The styling work done by Ford deserves a unique qualification: impeccable. It's well done wherever you look at it. The tail shows three vertical rectangular headlights on each side and a large fuel tank cap in the center.
The front with the built-in optics and the grill with the horse in the center is touching for fans. Aerodynamically it is not so flawless... so many edges and mouldings must go very hard at 100 km/h, of course the idea is not to sell an innovative car in design.
On the contrary, the strategy of the new GT is to take ownership of the market based on two factors. The first is reaching the emotions of the nostalgic, and the second and not least, the production output of Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird (both of General Motors), one and the other rivals of the Mustang for 35 years.
While staying alone isn't always good business. Without a direct rival, as the Corvette and Viper correspond to another category of price and performance, it seems that at the moment the closest to a rival could be the brand-new Pontiac GTO.
Rear wheel drive
0 to 100 km/h: 5.2 sec
Rims diameter: 17"- 17”
Weight: 1564 kg.
It is expected to go on sale at a price of $26,900 in the US. —
A brief and brief history lesson for those who are beginning to get to know the Mustang.
At the end of 1964 Ford introduced the Mustang into its hardtop and convertible versions. A small car among the colossus of that time. It was a 2 + 2 car, meaning that it comfortably accommodated two people but could eventually travel 2 more in the rear seats.
It was basically a car for a ride and daily use, for the young public who could access a vehicle of very innovative design at reasonable price. It had V8 and V6 engines.
Only by 1967 came GM's slow response to Ford's unexpected success. GM introduced the Camaro and the Firebird. That same year I saw a whole range of Mustang options: short, medium and long tail (fastback). There was the GT, the Shelby GT 350 and the Shelby GT 500.
Ford's little pony had been transformed into a wild horse with motorizations up to 500 hp, with severe maneuverability problems, as it was not born for that. His success in local races allowed this feverish growth.
By the year 70, the Boss and Mach versions appeared, also with a waste of power. Until like every car in the US suffered the oil crisis of the 1970s. Changes in the laws of fumes and the high price of oil vexed its yield. It was only in the mid-80s that it began to regain its shape. The 1990s saw it reborn and 2005... Will you see him consolidate himself as an American icon?
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