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26-09-2012, 11:50 PM
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Has anyone else noticed this?
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26-09-2012, 11:54 PM
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They are nothing alike
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26-09-2012, 11:59 PM
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not even close
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27-09-2012, 12:01 AM
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I don't see it
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27-09-2012, 12:02 AM
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I noticed this years ago around the time the BF came out. Also if you look at the pre-2008 Fiesta's lower grille and turn it upside down, it also looks like a GT500
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27-09-2012, 12:04 AM
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Also looks like a fiesta, focus and mondeo - why assume it's taken from a mustang when the focus is closer? Mustangs are just jumped up falcons anyway (the first mustang was built on the poor selling falcon platform).
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27-09-2012, 12:09 AM
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oh yes.... i see it.
they both have 4 wheels with black tyres. . . . . . . hey ; look at that mountain . it looks like a lion eating an elephant.  
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27-09-2012, 12:16 AM
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Don't see it but I want that mustang
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27-09-2012, 01:03 AM
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You mean.... they both have fog lights?
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27-09-2012, 01:37 AM
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They are both Automobiles? both have head lights? both have 4 tyres? both have 1 engine? Both transport humans? - I see many things except what you are trying to imply??
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27-09-2012, 06:40 AM
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Both are FORDS.
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27-09-2012, 06:55 AM
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The shape of the area around the headlight of the Mustang is similar to the area around the fog light of the Falcon? Otherwise I dont see it....
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27-09-2012, 07:58 AM
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Nothing alike lol.
If you squint, the upper grille for the stang and the way the headlights swoop back from it kind of looks like the lower grille and fog lights on our FG1s. Kinda.
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27-09-2012, 09:01 AM
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What he said.
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27-09-2012, 09:22 AM
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As mentioned I think the only similarities with the GT500 are the lower air intake and fog light scollops which mimmic the grill/headlights if the Mustang.
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27-09-2012, 09:27 AM
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It's different IMO
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27-09-2012, 09:40 AM
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The opening of the lower grill on the falcon is the same as the opening on the upper grill (between the headlights)
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27-09-2012, 09:48 AM
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Side mirrors??
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27-09-2012, 10:18 AM
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I think I see what you mean...
Attachment 74765 Attachment 74766 It is common for styling cues to be spread across a range, what they call "design DNA" Bill.
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27-09-2012, 10:22 AM
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27-09-2012, 11:20 AM
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Yeah I don't think they copied mustang.
I'd say they were referencing the BA GT lower opening, similar to what they did for BF XRs.
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27-09-2012, 11:57 AM
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Having read many interviews and statements by Auto designers over the years I think they knew exactly what they were doing.
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27-09-2012, 12:48 PM
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its the wheels right?lol
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27-09-2012, 01:02 PM
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I know!... Clouds are same colour as the tiles?
 
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27-09-2012, 01:04 PM
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Um yeh.....No sorry
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27-09-2012, 01:07 PM
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Someone turn a BA XR lower grill upside-down and tell me if you can see a 1967 Mustang nose ....
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27-09-2012, 01:38 PM
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Maybe if you squint, spin around 10 times after drinking a slab and maybe then it might look vaguely similar.
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27-09-2012, 01:47 PM
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I think the styling on the top half of the mustang front and low half of FG 1 is definitely similar. Not sure why everyone is having a dig.
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