No, that honor would go to Porsche.
Haha! touché but with an important caveat. The 911 has evolved in a constant linear way whereas the mustang went through several iterations and then when they stopped working it went back to this style as a retro redo. It started selling again and ford has been afraid to jump off the look ever since.
Did you read the article?
The chassis is all new with an independent rear suspension, the entire greenhouse is smaller, lower, moved back 2", and the front suspension design is completely different.
Honestly I didn't because it looks the same to me and I'm not interested by it... However I will just to learn about it and because I stuck my head in here. That said, I am sure that there are real changes and I know the rear suspension is a big step for the car. I am sure you are technically oriented and the car won you over by it's virtues, and that honestly is high praise coming from you!
with styling of iconic cars the designers have to stay true to the common design language...meaning that customers get pissed if their stang or vette doesn't look like its supposed to.
This is true, but Ford is the worst. Look at the ford GT... I can barely tell it apart from the original. Not a good thing unless all you want is a modernized original. Chevy did a much better job using retro as inspiration rather than literal translation when they redesigned the Camaro.
JMO!