Ford Mustang History Timeline, History Of The Ford Mustang

Output of the mustang gts 46 liter v 8 increases to 225 horsepower.

Ford jogja. From 1978 to 1981 ford also sold the european fiesta in north america. The mustang i made its formal debut at the united states grand prix in watkins glen new york. Fords passive anti theft system pats becomes standard on all models.

Here are some key moments in the history and evolution of the ford mustang. Ford broke the 1000000 mustang mark in 1966 18 months after its introduction. Ford mustang timeline covering the history and stats of each year from 1964 to current day.

Fords archives department remembers it developed the mustang svo at a time when engineers thought the mustang and large displacement engines were both living on borrowed time. Mustangs produced in the first 6 months were named the 12 mustangs. Featuring photos engine details original prices production numbers and more.

The 1964 12 ford mustang was orignially the only projected to have less than 100000 united for the first year but in its first 18 months more than one million were built. 1964 ford mustang makes a surprise appearance in the new james bond film goldfinger. The investments paid off and the fiesta broke the one year sales record of the 1965 mustang.

1965 ford oz imports and converts 161 mustangs with 289ci 47l v8 automatic transmission and heavy duty suspension. To celebrate ford released the sprint 200 mustang. For the first time mustang gts and svt mustang cobras are equipped with fords new 46 liter modular v 8 engine which uses overhead cams to open the intake and exhaust valves.

At 870 million its development budget was also the largest in fords history. They were mechanically identical to other six cylinder mustangs but had a chrome air cleaner and a special engine decal which read mustang powered sprint 200. Introduced in late 1964 ford mustang quickly found its way on the market and launched the pony car era.

Najjar co designed the first prototype of the ford mustang known as ford mustang i in 1961 working jointly with fellow ford stylist philip t. Executive stylist john najjar who was a fan of the world war ii p 51 mustang fighter plane is credited by ford to have suggested the name.