Ford revealed details on its forthcoming 2015 Mustang convertible, whose top features several highly welcome improvements over the outgoing model's, making it quieter, more compact and easier to operate.
Though Ford continues to call the cloth top a two-layer design, it now sports a 10-mm thick cushion between the twill covering and the headliner layer, serving as both insulation and sound deadening. Ford says with the top up, the cabin is almost as quiet as the coupe's on the road.
Engineers also added an extra bow, or support structure, to the top; where the current model's top features four metal bows stretching from side to side, the 2015 car boasts five, which not only allows for a more compact z-folding stack when open, but goes a long way toward making the skeletal structure virtually invisible with the top in its closed position. Gone are the obvious series of “bones,” leaving instead a taut, smooth look that gives the car more of a notchback profile instead of the coupe's fastback shape. And fully deployed, the folded stack sits 6.7 inches lower on the 2015 car, improving visibility while giving the car a sleeker open-air look.