I have a similar "pet peeve" on late model Mustangs (I own one).
For some reason everybody out there, including now Ford, is putting sequential tail lights on Mustangs.
Sequential tail lights, IMHO, is NOT a Mustang styling cue. It dates back to Shelby Mustangs that used tail lights raided from the Cougar and Thunderbird parts bins.
So, sequential tail lights are really and Cougar or T-Bird styling cue - NOT Mustangs. Perhaps for Shelby Mustangs...
It's all just personnal taste. I like the look of 3 and 5 Series BMW's. My wife thinks they "look cheap". And she cannot describe "looks cheap".
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI