Ford Sources Say Next Mustang will Look More Like the Evos Concept, Less Like the Original

As with everything else in this life, there comes a time when things must change for a vehicle series, and if we are to believe a report from the Wall Street Journal, that time has arrived for the Ford Mustang.

Citing unnamed sources that are familiar with Ford’s plans, the newspaper reported that the sixth generation of the Mustang that is pegged to arrive in 2014 as a 2015 model on the 50th anniversary of the series, will abandon the current, fifth-generation model’s retro-styling in favor of a far more modern design.

The Ford insiders said that the car would retain the “shark-nosed grille and round headlights” of the classic model, but it would look more like the new Ford Fusion than the current Mustang.

According to the newspaper, people who have seen the 2015 Mustang said “it is almost a body double for the Evos concept“, a design study with four-gullwing style doors that we first saw at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

The reason why Ford is working on a radical makeover for its Mustang model is the shrinking numbers of ‘baby boomers’ who were fond of the current version’s retro-looks, something that is reflected in the car’s sales which have dropped from 166,530 in 2006 to 70,438 last year.