Photo: Mike Levine/Ford
Back in the early 1960s, someone at Ford thought that a sports coupe based on the Falcon would be a great sell. Lee Iacocca is the man who spearheaded the development of the Mustang (and Pinto), and the rest – as they say – is history.
History in the making, to be more precise, because the Mustang is now in its 54th year of production. In over half a century, the Ford Motor Company built more than 10 million units, with this convertible holding the status of Mustang number 10,000,000.
Saluting VIN 001 from the 1964.5 model year, the celebratory car features a 460-horsepower 5.0-liter engine with dual injection and all the latest technologies you’d expect from an American V8, including a six-speed manual transmission. The 4.3-liter Windsor in the original from the Swinging Sixties churns out 164 horsepower and is connected to a three-speed stick shift.
“Mustang is the heart and soul of this company and a favorite around the world,” commented Jim Farley, president of global markets at the Ford Motor Company. “I get the same thrill seeing a Mustang roll down a street in Detroit, London or Beijing that I felt when I bought my first car – a 1966 Mustang coupe that I drove across the country as a teenager. Mustang is a smile-maker in any language.”
Based on cumulative registrations supplied by IHS Markit, the Mustang is the best-selling sports car in the United States of America over the last 50 years. More than 38,000 units have been sold in Europe since the pony car went on sale there in 2015, outselling the Porsche 911 in 13 European markets.
Now manufactured in Flat Rock, Michigan, the Mustang used to be made at a facility in Dearborn back in the old days. San Jose, California and Metuchen, New Jersey are other locations where Ford manufactured the world’s favorite pony car.
As you would expect, number 10,000,000 isn’t for sale. Ford will keep the Wimbledon White-painted example safe and sound in their archive, and with a little bit of luck, we might get to see the car at the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Saluting VIN 001 from the 1964.5 model year, the celebratory car features a 460-horsepower 5.0-liter engine with dual injection and all the latest technologies you’d expect from an American V8, including a six-speed manual transmission. The 4.3-liter Windsor in the original from the Swinging Sixties churns out 164 horsepower and is connected to a three-speed stick shift.
“Mustang is the heart and soul of this company and a favorite around the world,” commented Jim Farley, president of global markets at the Ford Motor Company. “I get the same thrill seeing a Mustang roll down a street in Detroit, London or Beijing that I felt when I bought my first car – a 1966 Mustang coupe that I drove across the country as a teenager. Mustang is a smile-maker in any language.”
Based on cumulative registrations supplied by IHS Markit, the Mustang is the best-selling sports car in the United States of America over the last 50 years. More than 38,000 units have been sold in Europe since the pony car went on sale there in 2015, outselling the Porsche 911 in 13 European markets.
Now manufactured in Flat Rock, Michigan, the Mustang used to be made at a facility in Dearborn back in the old days. San Jose, California and Metuchen, New Jersey are other locations where Ford manufactured the world’s favorite pony car.
As you would expect, number 10,000,000 isn’t for sale. Ford will keep the Wimbledon White-painted example safe and sound in their archive, and with a little bit of luck, we might get to see the car at the Woodward Dream Cruise.
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— Mike Levine (@mrlevine) August 8, 2018
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