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Originally Posted by The_Blur
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In short, it sucks, and I hope Chevrolet never makes these mistakes on a future Camaro in the name of producing a global car. Americans don't buy German or Japanese cars because they're American. We buy cars that we like, and sometimes that means buying a foreign car. For the foreigners out there, there's something different about American GTs. We should keep our styling and branch outward, inflicting our style on the world. Look at this community. Look at Camaro5. We have people who paid way too much for a Camaro in Israel, the UK, Japan, Germany, the UAE, Italy, France, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and so many other great countries joining in this community to share in their enthusiasm of a fine American car. It isn't the Asian curves or European refinement that inspire these fine car enthusiasts from going to Chevrolet for their purchase. It's the uniquely American qualities that make the Camaro a success. Those qualities tend to include sharp lines, hunching shoulders, a long hood, aggressive stance, large wheels, irresponsibly high horsepower, tire-spinning torque, and simple engineering. Where are those qualities on the next Mustang? Some of them are there, but where's the American package with too much chrome? They even dulled the wheels to take off some of that shine that some of us are going out of our way to install in our engine bays. This Mustang is a collection of great features thrown together in a package that I'm sure won't sell.
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People pay too much money to bring cars from all over the world to America as well. It has nothing to do with "American qualities" and everything to do with the fact that maybe they just like the damn car. Many people buy cars because of what they look like, not because of who makes them.
Are there brand loyal people? Absolutely. Many of them are on this forum. There are also plenty of people who never owned or even liked Camaro's before the 5th Gen that bought them and are now on this site. There are also many folks who previously owned M3's, S4's, Accords, Mustangs, and every other kind of car that now own 5th Gens. On the other hand, I know of many hardcore 1st-4th Gen Camaro fans that don't like the current Camaro. There are also many muscle/pony car enthusiasts that don't care for them.
Basically all that above just means people like different things. You seem to be upset with the fact that the Mustang isn't built to your ideal definition of an "American car." I'm one of many that can't stand all the chrome. I can't stand all the chrome on my Chevy truck, but it pretty much comes standard now. Many of the younger car enthusiasts don't like a bunch of chrome bling either. Luckily many cars are starting to get away from that trend, so hopefully in the next few years it will become less prolific across all brands.
Wait a minute. You like something I don't? Holy shit, stop the presses. Luckily there are lots of different options for cars and not all Americans have to like your definition of what a pony car should be.
Ultimately Ford is out to make money. They make more money by selling more cars. To sell more cars, you have to appeal to a broader audience while still appealing to current owners. This is a tough line to straddle, and you're going to lose some customers along the way, but the hope is you brought in more customers by changing to a more globally appealing look.