Today we’re celebrating the Ford Mustang’s 60th Birthday with a look back at all seven generations (plus a few extras). Here’s where we’ve been so far
What the public really needed was a small, affordable, and stylish American sports car. Something with the feel, size, and handling of a GT coupe. But the practicality and simplicity of a regular middle-class family car. A niche picked up by Lee Iacocca , Vice President and General Manager of Ford.
We’re celebrating the Mustang’s 60th Birthday by looking back at every single generation. Here is the full series!
The fourth-generation SN95 Mustang sold 1.6 million units between 1994 and 2004, bringing with it the first modular V8, the first Mustang with an independent rear suspension, the popular New Edge 1999 facelift, and several iconic models, including the Terminator Cobra. But underneath all the new sheet metal and technology, the SN95 was still very much a Fox Body platform vehicle. So, when Ford set out to create a fifth-generation Mustang codename S197 it represented the first totally clean-sheet design since 1977.
Next week, our beloved Mustang turns 60. We’ve been celebrating by looking back at the history of every generation, including the Mustang II this week.
The infamous Pinto Mustang, debuting as the Mustang II in 1973, gained a certain notoriety as the poster child of the Malaise Era sports car. Built for the ‘74 model year, the Mustang II came equipped with the Lima I-4, producing a whopping 88 horsepower. Which earned it somewhat of a black sheep reputation these days, not the least of which because it’s a Mustang with the power/weight ratio of a Beetle.