Damn, I really like that.
zactly! what were they thinking? although u throw a 351 in one of those and its not so ugly 
i think the 2005+ are the best loookign since the 69-70 my brother had a 79 pace carand it wasnt too bad
I’m not a big car guy, but I agree.
At least the 80’s ones had some kind of style…granted, it was 80’s style, but whatever.
But the mid-90’s to mid-2000’s Mustangs were as bland as white bread, crust removed. I guess that was the trend for every car in those days, but there’s a fundamental difference in doing that to something like a minivan, sedan, or station wagon, and then doing it to a Mustang. I remember the first time I saw the “new classic” Mustangs (2005 and on) I was like,
“Holy shit, the Mustang is cool again!”
The even-numbered generation Mustangs suck.
Avoid these:
Generation 2 1974-1978
Generation 4 1994-2004
I have every reason to suspect that Ford will continue this trend.
I’m also going to vote for the 1974-1978 Mustangs. My first car was a '65 Mustang (this was in 1976) and a friend of mine owned a 1980 Mustang and they weren’t bad.
On the other hand, my favorite Mustang is the fastback Steve McQueen drove in Bullitt.
My neighbor has a convertible later 80’s Ford Mustang. It’s red. He washes it every Saturday, gives it a loving wax and shows all evidence of excessive pride in his vehicle.
I just have to snicker. That ain’t no Mustang. That’s a stupid budget compact with a horse on the grill.
I have to say that is the second most beautiful car I’ve ever seen.
-Spud (owner of an '06 Vista Blue GT Convertible) 
Okay, car-folk, here’s something I need answered:
A guy I work with claims that the Mustang was actually introduced in 1955 for one model year and then discontinued until 1964.5, when it was reintroduced.
I’ve never heard this, and have been unable to corroborate this with any kind of Google-fu.
'55 was the Futura concept, which is best known as the Batmobile. '62 was the first “Mustang” but it is closer related to the GT40.
The Mustang I prototype was designed in 1961 and unveiled in 1962.
Every time I see an 80s Mustang, early 80s Datsun pops in my head
I use to work with a lady who promised her children if they got all A’s in High school they could pick any car that Ford made as theirs. Dad worked for Ford.
Both picked Mustangs. The daughter graduated in 91 ish and her car was fugly as sin and I always felt bad.
Her brother graduated a few years later and the car was redesigned and marketedly improved.
I always loved Mustangs. In the 5th grade, like '75, I had a major crush on my teacher, and she drove a Mach I Fastback. That was the coolest car I ever saw.
Then the 80’s turned Mustangs into Bobcats. The 80’s did the same thing for music, by the way.
But now they’re back looking cool. I managed to snag a 2007last year. I’m no longer dirt poor, but I’m still not quite to the “I’ll buy a brand new GT” level yet, so mine is a used V6 version … but damn, it still looks cool.
I’ve owned an 03 GT and an 07 GT and rode home from the hospital in an 83 GT when I was born. The 79-04 are pretty much the same car. You can swap drive train, suspension, and several other pieces between them. They are easy to work on easy to improve or turn into race cars. The 05+ are the most refined. They handle and accelerate better than any Mustang ever made. They’re so comfortable though, that you don’t feel how fast they are. Even after mods, they don’t feel as “raw” as I think a performance car should. They’re great daily drivers though. Comfortable, fast, fun, and great gas mileage.
My personal favorite is the 03-04 Mach 1. Suspension, 4.30 gears, and slicks turn it into an 11 second car. The big hole in the hood and the shaker hood scoop are also cool.
My next “Mustang” will be a Factory Five Roadster with a Mach 1 drive train.
Y’all are raggin’ on the 80’s Mustangs. But my dad had a '89 GT convertable that was really good-looking and fast as hell. It had the state trooper modification (basically, the governer disabled). My god that car was fast and powerful and turned a lot of heads.
In my rambling, I forgot it was about the ugliest Mustang. Not a fan of the 94-98 Mustang, though the Cobras do look alright.
Screw all of you 80’s haters! I had a '89 and was happy with it: $13k brand-new with a 5 liter V8, holy sh*t! That car roared, and was way fun to drive. Also, a lot of the boxy ugliness of the early-80’s had been smoothed out by '89, but I bought the car for how it drove, not how it looked.
I too don’t think they were the ugliest but I refer to them as Rustangs. The nice thing about them was that they weighed 2800 lbs with the 302 and air conditioning. They even had staggered shocks which worked well for drag racing and the 8" posi and C4 would stand up to 300+hp reasonably well. The factory brakes were worthless and would not work if asked to at 130 mph.
- It looks like a Dodge Aries coupe, which is quintessentially the antithesis of a Mustang.
http://www.mustangview.com/1980-ford-mustang.html
Aries coupe (bottom of the page)