- Digital artist Luca Serafini gives the current S650 Mustang a more exotic, supercar-inspired look.
- The rendering keeps the Mustang’s iconic proportions, pony logo, racing stripes, and muscle-car attitude.
- Slimmer lights, cleaner surfacing, and sculpted bodywork give the Mustang a more upscale appearance.
From the very first Mustang in 1965, every generation of America’s most iconic pony car has gotten a little sharper, a little sleeker, and a little more muscular. After more than 60 years on sale in the US, the seventh-generation S650 is easily the most modern and aggressive-looking Mustang to come out of Dearborn.
But when looking at the supercars and sports cars surrounding it today, there’s still room to take the Mustang’s design up another notch.
That’s where 3D rendering artist Luca Serafini comes in. We’ve featured Serafini’s work before, including his takes on the Ferrari Testarossa, Concept C SUV, and BMW Z4. This time, he’s taken the current Mustang and pushed it into the not-so-distant future, imagining what a more exotic version of Ford’s iconic muscle car could look like.
Ford Mustang Rendering By Luca Serafini
Photo by: Luca Serafini | Instagram
From Mustang To Modern Icon
The basic shape should be instantly recognizable to Mustang fans: a long hood, upturned headlights, a set-back greenhouse, and a sweeping rear deck topped with a subtle but stylish spoiler. It even gets the dual racing stripes synonymous with high-performance Mustangs like the Shelby GT500.
Serafini isn’t trying to reinvent the Mustang here. The goal was to keep the proportions and design cues that make it unmistakably a Mustang while giving them a cleaner, more sophisticated look.
‘While the rear keeps those familiar, beloved proportions, it brings in a cleaner, modern edge: slimmer vertical taillights, a subtle integrated aero lip, and twin round exhaust pipes pushing out from the lower fascia.’
Up front, the Mustang’s familiar face remains largely intact, with the pony logo front and center beneath a new “MUSTANG” wordmark that extends across the grille. The grille gets sharper air-intake surrounds, while the headlights are slimmer and flow more naturally into the surrounding bodywork. As Serafini puts it:
‘Compressing the headlights vertically gives the front end a much meaner, more grounded stance.’
We couldn’t agree more.
Photo by: Luca Serafini | Instagram
Serafini also wanted to clean up some of the elements that can make modern American performance cars feel a little less special, particularly when compared with more sophisticated rivals from Europe and elsewhere.
‘This concept takes the iconic Ford Mustang and gives it a more athletic, sculptural body language, moving away from the overly sharp, plastic-heavy surfacing seen on so many modern Ford sports cars.’
And because this is still an American muscle car at heart, Serafini couldn’t resist borrowing a little inspiration from one of the Mustang’s biggest rivals.
‘Topped off with a Camaro-inspired greenhouse, the project blends the most distinctive cues of classic American muscle into a refined, high-impact design.’
Photo by: Luca Serafini | Instagram
Mustang Of The Future?
The Mustang has never been afraid to evolve, and Serafini’s design shows there’s still plenty of room to work within the formula. The proportions are still unmistakably Mustang, but the cleaner surfacing, slimmer lighting elements, and more sculptural bodywork give this version a level of sophistication the current car doesn’t quite have.
Of course, this rendering has absolutely no bearing on what Ford actually has planned for the Mustang, as much as we might want it to. The seventh-generation car still has plenty of life ahead of it, and there’s little reason to think Ford will suddenly turn the Mustang into a mid-engine supercar or exotic grand tourer.
Still, it’s fun to imagine what might come next.
The Mustang has spent more than six decades evolving while staying true to its roots. If Ford eventually decides it’s time for another major design leap, Serafini’s vision makes a pretty compelling argument for taking the Mustang somewhere a little more exotic.
Motor1’s Take: Renderings like this have little to do with reality, but that doesn’t make them any less fun to look at. As with Serafini’s previous work, this Mustang is an absolute stunner. If Ford ever wanted to push the pony car further upmarket without losing what makes it special, this wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
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