Ford Mustang
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October 25, 2011
When Ford introduced the Mustang in 1964, it was nearly instantly a game-changer. Eventually coming to define the beginning of the pony car craze that seemingly overtook many American drivers from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, the Mustang was...
October 25, 2011
By the time the 1965 models were delivered in late 1964, the Mustang was the most popular car in America, and was selling as fast as Ford could produce them. Production of the 1965 models eventually totaled 559,451, a...
October 25, 2011
With the help of the Mustangs, which were still selling as fast as they could be produced, 1966 saw Ford move into the number one spot for overall domestic market share ahead of Chevrolet. Ford produced 2,426,617 total units....
1967 Mustang Review
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October 26, 2011
1967’s Mustang redesign wasn’t drastic, but it did offer a sportier looking car just in time for a new slew of Mustang competitors to be introduced that year. Overall, the car was slightly larger than its previous incarnations at...
November 19, 2011
The biggest changes to the 1968 Mustang line were a few differences in engine options, including the previously 302, which for years would remain a popular engine in many Ford models. Stylistically, little changed from the revamp that occurred...
November 20, 2011
Responding to declining sales resulting from increased competition in the pony car genre, Ford completely restyled the Mustang for the 1969 year model. Though actually only four inches longer than the 1967 and ’68 Mustangs at 187.4 inches, the...
December 01, 2011
Throughout the car industry, 1970 can probably be viewed as the pinnacle of performance. The next few years would see regulations requiring stricter emissions control, unleaded gas requirements and more safety regulations combined with higher insurance rates, a weakening...
December 01, 2011
While the redesign of the Mustang wasn’t a complete departure from its predecessors, the new models were significantly heavier in addition to being dimensionally bigger. The hardtop model was nearly 200 pounds heavier than the 1970 Mustang. Especially when...
January 18, 2012
While certainly not marked by physical changes (other than the word “Mustang” written in script on the side instead of block letters, it’s difficult to differentiate between the base 1971 Mustang and ’72 models), 1972 was marked by notable...
January 19, 2012
Other than the aforementioned grille redesigns, the 1973 Mustang was nearly identical to the 1972 Mustang, though the front bumper and hood and fender moldings were now color keyed to the car instead of chrome. The interior received very...
January 21, 2012
Introducing the second generation Mustang, the 1974 Mustang II marked the end of the Mustang as a pony car. At least at that time. Lee Iococca, who was partly responsible for the original Mustang, had become president of Ford...
January 21, 2012
To capitalize on the success of the introduction of the 1974 Mustang II, Ford left the 1975 Mustang largely unchained. The main exterior differences were a slightly revised grille, now flush with a thinner opening panel to make room...
January 21, 2012
A lot changed about the Mustang in 1976, but almost all of it was visual, mostly coming in options packages available known as Stallion or Cobra. The Stallion option featured black paint around the lower portion of the body,...
January 21, 2012
Following the example set in 1976, instead of drastic restyles or model changes, the 1977 Mustang distinguished itself by options packages, mostly aimed at making the hatchback Mustangs look sportier. The Cobra II package was carried over from the...
January 22, 2012
From 1975 to 1978, Ford changed very little about the body style or performance of the Mustang. They made up for the lack of change by offering different option packages each year. 1978 was no different, and along with...
January 22, 2012
The 1979 redesign of the Mustang began with the new Ford Fox platform, first introduced in 1978 as the base for the Mercury Zephyr and the Ford Fairmont, which was the successor to the Maverick. With this platform, the...
January 22, 2012
Motivated by the high sales numbers of the 1979 Mustang, Ford made few changes to the interior or exterior of the Mustang. In keeping with the car’s tradition, small details were changed to distinguish different year models, but the...
January 25, 2012
With the loss of the turbocharged four-cylinder engine options, the highest performance available in a 1981 Mustang was the 4.2 litre V8, which produced only around 117 horsepower. This was easily the least amount of maximum power ever available...
January 25, 2012
In 1982, the Mustang was again available as a performance car. Ford was providing the option of a very fuel-efficient compact car for those that went with the base four-cylinder engine, or a car that could offer high-performance with...
January 25, 2012
The big Mustang news for 1983 was the reintroduction of the convertible option, which had been missing from the Mustang lineup since government regulations outlawed convertibles in 1973. Introduced at the 1982 Chicago Auto Show, it was available in...
January 25, 2012
While few visible styling changes were made to the standard Mustang models in 1984, the names of many of the trim levels changed, and the engine options, as noted above, had expanded. The SVO model, however, had a significantly...
January 25, 2012
Though the body style didn’t actually change, the 1985 Mustangs looked much sleeker and distinct with the elimination of the egg crate grille that had been used since the redesign of 1979. The new trim levels left the LX...
January 25, 2012
Very little changed between the 1985 Mustang and the 1986, either inside or out. Other than that aforementioned stoplight, it would be hard to tell the difference between the two year models. There were a few minor changes, however,...
January 25, 2012
The most noticeable change about to the 1987 Mustang was the headlights and taillights. Up front, flush-mounted halogen lights recalled the SVO design of the 1986 Mustang, and the taillights were redesigned, with the LX models changing slightly and...
January 25, 2012
After the significant update to the styling of the 1987 Mustang, Ford chose to leave the car alone for 1988, changing virtually nothing in styling or performance. It turns out the choice worked, with the aforementioned production jump to...
February 01, 2012
As it had from 1987 to 1988, the Mustang underwent very few changes from 1988 to 1989. With production at almost exactly the same numbers as they had been in 1988, it shows that this strategy was a good...
February 01, 2012
For the third consecutive year, Ford went with the old “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” adage and left Mustang just about exactly the same as it had been since 1987. However, the most significant change came in...
February 01, 2012
Sticking with a tradition they began in 1988, Ford once again decided to change very little about any model of the Mustang, inside or out. This is something the company would continue until the end of the third generation...
February 01, 2012
Other than the aforementioned special edition packages, very little changed in any Mustang model from 1991 to 1992. In fact, almost nothing had changed since the restyle of 1987. While the Mustang, particularly the GT models, was a very...
February 01, 2012
The SVT Cobra, built by Ford’s new Special Vehicle Team, was by far the bright spot for the 1993 Mustang, the last year of production for the third generation Mustang. While the Cobra was defined by exterior differences from...
February 01, 2012
While the Mustang had remained almost entirely unchanged from 1987 to 1993, the new redesign was a breath of fresh air for the Mustang. The industry took notice of this, and the car won Motor Trend’s Car of the...
February 01, 2012
While very few changes were made to the base model cars, the big news for Mustang in 1995 was the introduction of new Mustang models. The aforementioned Cobra R was one of the most powerful stock Mustang ever produced,...
February 01, 2012
In the past, when Ford restyled a Mustang and saw successful sales, it rarely made changes to the style until sales started to drop. The fourth-generation Mustang proved to be no exception to the rule, as the Mustang had...
February 01, 2012
1997 proved to be just about a carbon copy of the previous year model. Other than the exterior changes listed above, it is difficult to tell the difference between the 1996 and 1997 Mustang models. It was the same...
February 01, 2012
Just like the previous year, the design of the 1998 Mustang was a holdover from the previous two years. In fact, other than the two new colors, the only thing that distinguished a 1998 Mustang from a 1997 or...
February 01, 2012
While the new styling for 1999 wasn’t a complete overhaul, it did offer enough of a change to differentiate it from the by then tired styling of the fourth-generation Mustangs. The new design was a more angular take on...
February 01, 2012
While little changed in the interior or exterior design of the Mustang from its restyle year in 1999, the lineup itself did undergo a few revisions. First was the aforementioned omission of the regular Cobra models. The lineup would...
February 02, 2012
Though the styling of the 2001 Mustang had hardly changed from the 1999 restyle, the introduction of the Bullitt Mustang and the reintroduction of the Cobra provided some added spark to the lineup. In the 1968 movie...
February 02, 2012
Since the restyle of 1999, Mustang’s hadn’t changed drastically other than in the number of models available. The Bullitt Mustang was issued only for the 2001 model, so with it gone for 2002. And with all the Cobras being...
February 02, 2012
The base and GT Mustangs saw hardly any change from 2002 to 2003, but the return of the Mach I and the Cobra really diversified the 2003 lineup. Both had fresh features that distinguished them from both the base...
February 02, 2012
While there were almost no changes whatsoever to the Mustang line between 2003 and 2004, this was not necessarily a bad thing, as the new Mach 1 and reintroduced Cobras provided a slew of options. Additionally, 2004 would be...
February 02, 2012
Not content to merely update the already popular styling of the fourth generation Mustangs, Ford completely rebuilt the 2005 Mustang from the ground up, with a new chassis, suspension, body panels, interiors and engines. Though there were actually fewer...
February 02, 2012
Little changed about the Mustang between the introduction of the fifth-generation Mustang in 2005 and the 2006 year model. But, the restyling had been so successful, Ford didn’t really need to change much about the new car, which sold...
February 02, 2012
Though the actual styling or options available didn’t change much from 2006 (or 2005, for that matter), the 2007 Mustang lineup distinguished itself from the previous year model with the addition of the aforementioned new models that were available....
February 02, 2012
Though the Mustang made no noticeable changes to the car since 2007 (nor had it really since the introduction of the fifth-generation in 2005), the differences for the year were mainly marked by changes in options available. In addition...
February 02, 2012
Other than a few minor changes to the front end of the car, the standard 2009 Mustangs were basically a carryover not only from 2008, but also from the fifth-generation Mustang’s introduction in 2005. However, a restyle awaited the...
February 02, 2012
With the exterior changes to the Mustang in 2010, the car kept its retro styling and, with an upward and outward slanting nose, brought in a piece of the 1970 Mustang. Inside, the dash and instrument panels both were...
February 15, 2012
The styling of the 2011 Mustang remains mostly a carryover from the restyle that occurred in 2010, and retains an extremely modern look while still based on the classic Mustangs of the 1960s and early 70s. But the big...
February 15, 2012
Other than the introduction of the two new models, very little changed on the Mustang between 2011 and 2012. Considering that the restyle of 2010 and the new engines introduced in 2011 made for a very attractive and powerful...
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