First look at the 2014 Mustang…

First look at the 2014 Mustang…

Posted on 16. Aug, 2012 by in News

After a major refresh for 2013 and with an all-new model coming for 2015, we didn’t expect a whole lot to change in the 2014 Mustang. However, as details started to break over the last few days, a few things surprised us.

For the most part, the 2014 Mustang is carried over from the 2013 model. However, Ford couldn’t resist tweaking several options and removing a few others to set the 2014 Mustang apart. Read on to find out the details…

A 2013 Ford Edge showing off the Mustang's new Ruby Red color..

A 2013 Ford Edge showing off the
Mustang’s new Ruby Red color.

Several of the changes in the 2014 Mustang involve the colors available:

  • Ruby Red replaces Red Candy
  • Oxford White replaces Performance White (this is the first time Oxford White has been offered on the Mustang since 2004)
  • The colors for the GT/CS are limited to Deep Impact Blue, Race Red, Black, Sterling Gray, Ingot Silver and Oxford White
  • The matte black hood stripes on the GT500 are now in gloss black
  • All other exterior colors remain the same, and there are no changes to any of the interior colors

Two new option packages will be available as well. Both are appearance packages, one for the GT and one for the V6. No specifics are available as to what is included on these packages, but we’re expecting stripes, special wheels and perhaps some special badges. No news on whether a 50th anniversary edition will be included in the 2014′s plans, or whether that celebration will wait until the 2015 model is released in early calendar year 2014.

Has the Boss 302 hit the end of the road?

Has the Boss 302 hit the end of the road?

The final bit of news came as a big disappointment. The Boss 302 and Boss 302 Laguna Seca are both missing from the ordering system and might not be available for 2014. Both models might have only been limited, two year editions, or Ford just hasn’t added them to the ordering system yet. While we’re hopeful that it’s the latter, we fear the Boss 302 may be gone.

All of these details will be finalized in a few months. Order banks open on November 12, 2012, while the 2013′s production will cease on January 11, 2013. The 2014 will begin production sometime soon after that.

We’ll continue to monitor the 2014 Mustang’s changes as more details become available, so we can bring them to you. In the meantime, what do you think of these proposed changes?

Sources: Mustangs Daily/Mustang Heaven

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12 Responses to “First look at the 2014 Mustang…”

  1. Cory L.

    16. Aug, 2012

    Doesn’t surprise me really. Boss 302 was really a limited kind of deal.

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  2. James D.

    16. Aug, 2012

    Oxford White was available from ’01-’04.

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  3. Gary R.

    16. Aug, 2012

    well it was a great comeback…hate to see a icon leave the pony corral rip BOSS

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  4. Matt

    16. Aug, 2012

    Hi James: You are correct…good catch. My source was wrong. – Matt B.

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  5. Dustin W.

    16. Aug, 2012

    I had a feeling the boss 302 would only around 2 years, didn’t they only have them in ’69 & ’70 as well?

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  6. Tony

    16. Aug, 2012

    2014 Mach 1 ?????

    Say it’s so!

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  7. Robert P.

    16. Aug, 2012

    I just want them to fix those 2010 up tail lights, Ugh!

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  8. Joe Wolf

    19. Aug, 2012

    The same old story; the Mustang bodies get bigger and more over-designed every year, as did Thunderbird. Then they start over, small again like what made them popular.

    Also, not all of us want race cars. Mustang was designed to provide fun at low cost.

    Leave the horsepower race to Shelby and Roush.

    The retro fastbacks were great.

    I’ll keep enjoying my ’68 Pony ragtop.

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  9. ken wappler

    23. Aug, 2012

    When the 2005 pony came out with its retro styling I thought Ford had smartened up after those ugly fox bodies but as usual they had to add more weight and more doodads like they did in ’71-73 and end up with, to quote Lee Iacocca, ” a big fat pig.” Why not just bring back the 65-66 style for the big 5-0 and I guarantee they’d sell a billion of them.I’ll keep enjoying my ’66 Pony ragtop.

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  10. Richard

    28. Aug, 2012

    Hmmm…..two years only for the Boss 302, just like back in ’69-’70. Maybe that means Ford will take the blower off the 2013 GT500 and make a one-year-only Boss 351, just like in 1971! Better yet, maybe Ford can make a 351 out of a raised-deck version of the more modern 302 Coyote…..hey, a Mustang fan can dream, right?

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  11. bob fisher

    28. Aug, 2012

    ok the boss 302 is dead.now bring out the boss 429!!!!!!

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  12. Josh

    30. Aug, 2012

    Any rumors about a better transmission? Or maybe just a better shifter? I think most of us with 2011 (and 2012) GT’s would like smoother shifting and no annoying SKIP SHIFT.

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