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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
You can't take as much risk with one of the few nameplates in automotive history that has remained in continuous production for just a few months shy of 50 years.
You also have to consider just where the majority of sales are going to be . . . that other recent thread has put the fat part of the sales curve for the Camaro out in the 40 - 49 and 50 - 59 range.
Never mind that the attached picture is strictly concept-car in nature. Without getting into details that just wouldn't fly at all, any production version simply can't be drawn that tightly.
Norm
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+1 to be perfectly honest all the 13-14 refresh was doing was preparing everyone for the design change of the '15. By that point I think Ford realized what direction they were going to go with the 15 so they styled the front accordingly. Imagine if the 10-12 Mustang design continued all the way to 2014 and then Ford just went to what the 2015 looks like now. That would be a huge departure and would probably shock the hell out of people and make them hate it and think it doesn't look like a Mustang.
By going to the 13-14 design they could ease people into the design of the 2015 with the larger grill opening and aggressively styled lights of the 13-14 cars and bring that into the 2015 design.