A rumbling engine, a beastly design, a four door and not to mention, loads of fiery American KICKASS power just under 3 grand would have fetched you the iconic Ford Mustang in the late 1960’s
Although, the first ever Mustang didn’t start out as a muscle car.
Built in 1964, the Mustang was the remodeled version of the Ford Falcon with light cosmetic changes on the chassis and a V8 under the hood, which made all the difference;
The Ford Motor Compay, classified the automobile as a “youth-targeted car”. The product became an immediate success. The first year of production alone sold over
400,000 units, and made more than a billion dollars.
Coming to the facts, the Mustang in 1964 was offered in 4 variants, the highest being the 289 cubic inch V8 engine which delivered an INSANE amount of torque. The car was so iconic that many other car manufacturers such as Chevrolet, Dodge and Amc started to create their own versions
of the mustang therefore creating a new segment known as the “The American Muscle cars”.
One cannot forget to mention a Shelby, while talking about muscle cars.The history of this car’s DNA pre-dates to Caroll Shelby,an automotive designer who took a 289 cubic inch V8 modified it by adding 35 more horsepower and put it back in a ’65 then, he added blue racing stripes. The rest was history,
It was a birth of the legendary Shelby Cobra GT350. It was a race car for the street,The car actually competed in theSCCA production B-class and ended up winnig the championship
for 3 consecutive years.
The 90’s was the begining of the fresh trends, pop culture and so was the new fox body design of the Mustang.The fox body chasis was modular and hence could be modifed in many ways.The car could be race machine, a drifter or even both.The vehicle came with a 232 cubic inch V8 engine which
made 145 horsepower.
the modern day Mustang comes with two variants being the 3.7L 300Hp V6and the 5.0L coyote 435Hp V8 (2015v).During this model year,Left hand driving versions were expanded to the new export markets.The design is a little curvier,but the look is undeniably Mustang.The GT edition of the
Mustang comes with a 460 hp engine, with an overall top speed of 250 kmph.
The Ford Mustang always sticks to its heritage; many people have heard of it and no matter how fast or how new,
it’s always noticeable with its American muscle car symbol, the galloping mustang.
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