Personally I love the way the 2010 looks. BTW, its exactly the same car as the S197 if everything I have read is correct. Its just a body redesign. The same thing they did between the 98-99 cars. Same car, different body panels. Also, I dont know if any of you guys remember but back in 05 when the S197's first came out they were going for upwards of 30k too. Its probably because people will buy it. In 2 years the used ones will be going for 17k-22k. The new ones probably around 28k-32k.

Here is some information on it.
Ford Mustang (fifth generation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The rims are bigger because all cars are getting bigger rims now. Its what people want and are willing to buy. Money talks and bullshit walks. You could take and put 17's on it again but people wouldnt be as inclined to buy them when compared to the camaro's and charger's and challenger's. Im right there with you guys about the rims. I hate big rims. In fact I would rather take the bullett's off of my car and put some 15 inch welds on it. Just looks better IMO.