New Ford Cobra...whatta ya think?

[Lumberman]

Maybe this web address was already posted but if not all the details are here,
http://www.stangnet.com/2005shelbycobraconcept/
Will be beautiful with minor nose job.

[A Snake]

Meanwhile....back to the poll, I don't see Ford putting that ugly thing on the market. It has elements of everything from Audi to Nissan but nothing from the Cobra except the slightly bulged rear fenders and those are spoiled by the snubbed off rear end.

Remember the Ford GT 90? Same thing here. The GT 90 did not look at all like a GT 40 and nobody liked it either.

I hope Ford is reading this forum. If they're going to try doing a "new" Cobra, they will have to get a lot closer in styling than they are for it to have mass appeal.

It makes me think of all of those races I've seen where a car nudges the wall and off comes the nose. I have images of front ends that look like that.....but 50 feet in the air!! Good place for them.

For me, it will have to get a lot closer before I give it the nod. Horsepower ain't gonna sell this one!! Big thumbs up on the new Ford GT though. That one they did right!

Al

[casaleenie]

Don't quote me on this, but I understand that there are replicas of the new concept Cobras already available!!!!

Swear to God!!!! It's true*



*see Fred Douglas

[FALCON]

DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.....REALLY DISAPIONTING

[LURK]

The new Cobra finally makes it over here to the RIGHT coast at the NY Auto Show this weekend. I'm going!

The New York Times asked a bunch of auto-industry insiders like Lutz and Mays and a bunch of others for their picks of the new batch of cars. Bad news for the new Cobra: only one guy from Nissan picked it, and the only nice thing he could say about it was he liked the dashboard: "The dashboard on that car was just exquisite. Just the cleanliness. Just the billet aluminum that was milled out. And the gauges started and stopped where they should; you didn't have to have the whole gauge. And the toggle switches, which are so important to a sports car. Just a beautiful layout."



On the up side for Ford, looks like almost everybody likes the Mustang. I'm pasting in the arcticle with the picks (minus the comments). If you want to read the whole thing it's here - might require a free NYT registration to read it, but I THINK the link should work without it.

-JT



Anne Asensio, General Motors
Executive director for advanced design at the General Motors Design Center in Warren, Mich.


Ford Mustang

Lincoln Aviator Concept

Mercedes-Benz Vision GST

Toyota Ftx Concept


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Donald V. Esmond, Toyota
Group vice president and general manager of the Toyota Division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.


Ford Five Hundred

Chevrolet Cobalt

Honda S.U.T. Concept


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Ralph Gilles, DaimlerChrysler
Design director for the Chrysler Group in Auburn Hills, Mich.


Pontiac Solstice

Ford Mustang

Ford Bronco Concept

Nissan Pathfinder


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Peter Horbury, Ford
As executive director for design, North America, he is responsible for overseeing the design strategy and execution of all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products in North America.


Pontiac Solstice

Audi A8 L 6.0

Mitsubishi Sport Truck Concept


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Len Hunt, Volkswagen
Vice president for sales and marketing, Volkswagen of America.


Pontiac Solstice

Chrysler ME Four-Twelve

Infiniti QX56

Nissan Frontier


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Kevin Hunter, Toyota
Vice president for design and studio activities at Calty Design Research in Newport Beach, Calif.


Saturn Curve Concept

Dodge Slingshot Concept

Pontiac Solstice

Ford Mustang

Chrysler 300


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Susan Jacobs, analyst
President of Jacobs & Associates, an automotive consulting firm in Rutherford, N.J.


Bmw 645ci Convertible

Mercedes-Benz Vision Gst

Infiniti Qx56

Aston Martin Db9 Volante

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

Land Rover Range Stormer Concept


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Robert A. Lutz, G.M.
Chairman, G.M. North America, and vice chairman for product development.


Ford Five Hundred

Ford Mustang

Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum

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J Mays, Ford
As group vice president for design, he has led the development of more than 65 new products that will be introduced in the next five years.


Pontiac Solstice

Toyota FTX

Audi A8 L 6.0 Quattro

Mercedes-Benz Vision Gst


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Joel Piaskowski, Hyundai
Chief designer, Hyundai Kia Design and Technical Center. in Irvine, Calif.


Pontiac G6

Pontiac Solstice

Ford Mustang

Lexus GS

Volvo S40

Lincoln Aviator Concept

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Jeff Schuster, J. D. Power & Associates
Director of North American Forecasting in Troy, Mich., for the big market research firm.

Ford Mustang

Pontiac Solstice

Chrysler 300 And Dodge Magnum

Lexus Rx400 H

Ford Five Hundred And Mercury Montego


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Tom Semple, Nissan
As president of Nissan Design America in La Jolla, Calif., he directs all design-related activities for Nissan in the United States.


Ford Shelby Cobra

Saturn Curve

Pontiac Solstice

Jeep Rescue Concept


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Ed Welburn, General Motors
The company's new vice president for design, North America.


Lincoln Aviator Concept

Mercedes-Benz Vision Gst

Ford Five Hundred

[BANDIT 1]

Most on this forum agree that the New Cobra is frickin' ugly.........