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The Mustang's styling, with its long hood and short deck, proved wildly popular and inspired a host of competition. It was introduced on April 17, 1964, as a hardtop and convertible, with the fastback version following in August 1964. Upon introduction, the Mustang, sharing its platform with the Falcon, was slotted into the compact car segment.
In August 2018, Ford produced the 10-millionth Mustang; matching the first 1965 Mustang, the vehicle was a 2019 Wimbledon White convertible with a V8 engine. [ 7 ] The success of the Mustang launch led to multiple competitors from other American manufacturers, including the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird [ 8 ] (1967), AMC Javelin (1968 ...
A Black Jade 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 and a 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429, one of only 43 of the 500 custom-built models painted Grabber Green, sold for $363,000 and $286,000, respectively, on ...
1974 Mustang II hardtop coupe 1974 Mustang II interior. Designers and engineers worked feverishly on a "reinvented" Mustang, mimicking the first version, by the traditional new model year introduction during the fall of 1973. [32] The new Mustang II returned to a size closer to the 1965 model, ultimately winning the Motor Trend Car of the Year ...
[47] Autoblog named the Mustang II as one of the "20 Dumbest Cars of All Time" and claimed that for it to have been named the 1974 Motor Trend Car of the Year, "Motor Trend, back in the day, had to be trading annual honors for ad pages." [19] Eric Peters wrote of the Mustang II in his book Automotive Atrocities!
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe. Ford Mustang: 1964–present Over 9,000,000 in five generations. Mustang is Ford Motor Company's longest-running car nameplate. It was introduced on 17 April 1964 at the New York World's Fair. [209] UK spec Ford Puma. Ford Puma: 1997–2001 Over 130,000 in a single generation. 1967 Ford Ranchero. Ford Ranchero: 1957 ...
The Mustang broke all post-World War II automobile sales records, "creating the 'pony car' craze soon adopted by competitors." [19] The 1965 Mustang provided the template for the new class of automobiles. [20] [21] The term "pony car" to describe members of its ranks was coined by Car Life magazine editor Dennis Shattuck. [22]
A convertible version was offered for 2012, the first convertible GT350 since 1970. The 2011 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350 was previously offered only in a white exterior color with Guardsman Blue Le Mans racing stripes running the length of the vehicle, but the 2012 model year saw two new colors in Race Red with white LeMans stripes and Kona Blue ...