Ford Mustang Forty Years of Fun Author:Auto Editors of Consumer Guide From the wild, experimental two-seater of 1962, through the sensational launch of the original Mustang, to the inside story of the reborn 2005 model, this is the thrilling story of America's best-loved sporty car. — Fact-packed and inviting to look at, Ford Mustang: Forty Years of Fun is as fascinating as the car it chronicles. It even carries th... more »e legend up to the minute with the complete story of the development and launch of the all-new 2005 Mustang. Included are exclusive interviews with designers and engineers who reveal how they produced the boldest, most beautiful Mustang in decades.
Ford Mustang: Forty Years of Fun brings that same sense of discovery to every element of this captivating tale. It's enhanced by hundreds of photographs, many never before published.
Go inside Ford's secret styling studios to glimpse fantastic Mustang designs that might have been and the genesis of those that came to be.
Scores of stirring color portraits celebrate the most desirable production Mustangs ever. Here's the charming 1965 original, the one that connected America's youthful spirit and invented a whole new automotive segment: the ponycar. View with awe the muscle Mustangs that followed, including the Shelby GT-500KR and the mighty Boss 429.
Reconsider Lee Iacocca's downsized Mustang II of the mid-1970s. And watch as the Mustang regains its winning form in the 1980s with the new styling and good-old V8 power. Follow its development through the '90s with ever-more-roadworthy and value-packed versions that by 2002, helped it outsell and outlive the archrival Chevrolet Camaro as America's premier affordable performance car.
Weaved throughout is a clear, thorough discussion of Mustang's history. This is the car that caused traffic jams in the spring of 1964 as curious crowds converged on Ford showrooms to see a new kind of automobile, one that seemed to symbolize America's revolution in stye and personal expression.
Ford Mustang: Forty Years of Fun explores every Mustang model that followed -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. And it illuminates the people, politics, and shifting market demands that shaped this motoring icon. Special side-bars bring into focus key facets of the story including never-before-published, first-person accounts from major figures in Mustang history. Detailed specifications and prices for every model year round out the adventure.
Buckle up and settle in. This is Ford Mustang: Forty Years of Fun.« less