Hey guys, just signed up but I've been reading for a couple of months now. Thank you for all the information, it's been more help than any other avenue! Deep Impact Blue GT is supposedly ment to arrive Aug/Sept or so they've told me.
I was talking with Ford Australia the other week and letting them know of my disappointment in there decision not to have the indicating hood vents in Aus! Which I was really looking forward to. They also talk about the LED's briefly. Thought I'd share there response with the new community...
Ford Australia:
Happy to clarify regarding hood vents that are optional in the North American Market. The RHD Mustang has been built as a 'world car' so has specifications that make it compliant in Europe. Europe has strict rules in place that deal with pedestrian impact protection and the Aussie Mustang conforms to EU Pedestrian Protection Regulation, which is amongst the toughest globally and more stringent than the regulations that US Mustangs need to comply with. Part of the RHD Mustang’s pedestrian impact protection is an ‘active’ bonnet, which uses pyrotechnics to deploy the bonnet from the hinges when the vehicle senses an impact. This provides more protection to a pedestrian and reduces the likelihood of serious injury. The bonnet vents are not compatible with the 'active' bonnet and so are not included. The 'active' bonnet is not part of the specification for US Mustangs, which allows the vents to be on these vehicles. Similiar story with the tri bar LEDs, they don't comply with European standards. Therefore the daytime running lights are incorporated in the front fog lamps and the LED lights in the headlamps are not present. The bars instead are a translucent plastic assembly which reflect the beam from the main headlight unit so when the main beam is on, viewed from some angles there is the visual effect of being lit. Hope this clarifies. FordService^JS
Still not sure exactly why we can not have them to be honest, as apparently other vehicles with the 'active' bonnet have hood vents in some way, shape or form. And I still am struggling to understand the impact in having them to not having them and how it would honestly make any difference at all. I feel it's just laziness... just like the handbrake.