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    The Ford mustang Lee Iococca had asked his team to create a new 2 seat vehicle. He needed a car that would give all the other European cars and the American Chevrolet Corvette a run for their money. Iococca was the General manager of Ford. Donald Frey and his design team formed the project which was called the T-5. Lee was anxious about this car because his last car, The Ford Thunderbird had not been quite as much of a success. Lee Iococca did not enjoy the work that was happening and hired Davis

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    the Ford Mustang functions as a daily driver, weekend warrior, and a show winning work of mechanical art. Whether someone just needs a basic transportation to get from point A to point B, an eight second quarter-mile beast, or a show stopping work of power and beauty, Ford has produced a Mustang for every need. The Mustang got its name from the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane (Harris). The “five generations” evolved each year model until, in response to the 1971-1973 models, Ford returned

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    Comparing Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaros Muscle Car," two distinctive cars come to mind, the Camaro and the Mustang. Throughout the era of the early 1950's and 1960's, there was a revolutionary movement that took place and paved the ground work for today's "Muscle Cars" known as the "Ponycar Era." Ask any avid Camaro or Mustang fan about the ponycar era, and watch their pain. They will describe cars that would light the tires on fire, floor it, and hang onto the wheel excitement. Back in the

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    A Lot of people argue about what car is better the Ford Mustang or the Chevy Camaro. To a lot of people the Camero is better but not to me. The Ford Mustang has a lot of features better than the camaro. In the first place, I think a mustang is better because it's been around for 11 years longer than the camaro. Plus as far as the new ones go they're more visually appealing with curves and soft lines while the new camaros are very square with hard lines. Especially the dashboard is a little too

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    Ford Mustang History

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    If there is a car that can be said to be a classic piece of Americana, the Ford Mustang is it. This vehicle has remained popular for decades. Born out of a need to compete with a rival company's model and to boost sagging sales, the success of the Mustang is due to the right combination of media savvy, great entrepreneurship, and marketing brilliance. The Concept In 1964, the Ford company was experiencing a downswing. Although it had experienced good sales with its Falcon model in years past, Chevrolet

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    Over the past sixty years, the American car scene has been dominated by two completely different vehicles and the entire communities that believe in them. Both designed, founded, and rooted in Detroit, Michigan, the Ford Mustang and the Corvette have continued to fuel the chase for the label of America’s true muscle car. The question over the years has been, why and how do consumers choose which to own, and which one is our “bald eagle”? Investigating deeper into the roots of each American superpower

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    2005 Ford Mustang There was a time, once, when it symbolized everything Americans loved about their cars. Powerful. Fast looking, with a tough stance. Practical enough to be convenient, and impractical enough to be fun. Affordable. It could gallop like a horse and a regular guy could afford one. It was the people's icon of American car culture. Was. It's a bitter, lonely word. And at some point, people started connecting it to the Mustang. While Ford executives will point to the sales figures

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    From the 1962 prototype to present day the ford mustang has been in production for many years. It has a very long history and has changed a lot ever since the very first prototype. In fact the ford mustang has been in production for 52 years. That 52 years is split up into 6 generations each generation looking a little different. The start of the mustang was the year 1962 when they started to make a prototype. Through testing ford found that they didn't like it so they began to change it the 1963

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    Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford have been battling it out for years to be on top of the market for the Pony car division. Chevrolet has the powerful ZL1 Camaro powered by 6.2 liter v8, Ford has the Mustang GT powered by their famous 5.0, and Dodge has the Demon powered by a supercharged 6.2 liter v8. All three are amazing cars, but the Ford Mustang just takes the cake, and here is why it does. Dodge is one of the American brands of automobiles, manufactured by Fiat Chrysler based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

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    GM and Ford team up again, but there are other partnerships between automotive rivals to consider. Who would have thunk it?! For 2017, the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro will share a 10-speed automatic transmission as a result of a collaborative engineering effort between General Motors and the Ford Motor Company. How’s that again? In 2013, Detroit’s top rivals signed an agreement to jointly develop new 9- and 10-speed automatic transmissions with front- and rear-wheel drive variants. The

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