There’s no such thing as a ‘safe bet’ when it comes to facelifting iconic cars – just ask the poor Subaru designers who cop flak every time they give the Subaru WRX a new set of headlights.

So a minor nip and tuck to the Ford Mustang was never going to go unnoticed.

The new look has leaked in a video published on a Ford Mustang forum, claiming to show the 2018 Mustang with a few key cosmetic tweaks.

The video, which has Ford title graphics and is unambiguously called “2018 Ford Mustang Running Footage”, shows a yellow Mustang going through its paces sporting its new, slightly frowny face (compare and contrast with the current model pictured in red below).

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Does it look more aggressive, or is the end result a car that suffers from Resting Bitch Face? The market will decide that one.

At the rear, it appears the updated Mustang will lose its body-coloured faux diffuser and gain slightly curved tail lamp plastics. The circular GT badge surround also gets dumped, replaced by a flush-mounted GT graphic.

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The good news is we shouldn’t have to wait long to learn more about the Mustang’s new facelift – full details should be dropping overnight.