Poll: The Ford Mustang Is Turning 60, Which Generation Did It Best?

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The original pony car outlived all of its imitators, and there are heroes from every era - yes, even the Mustang II

The Ford Mustang turns 60 next week. It’s outlived every one of the imitators it inspired, and though the original pony car now sells around one 12th as many units as it did during its 1960s peak, it remains a cultural icon and is one of the few new cars still available with a V8 and a manual 'box. To last that long, the Mustang has had to adapt to changes in technology, consumer demand and government regulations along the way.

1971-73 The biggest Mustang yet featured supercar-like styling and was available with a huge 429 cu-in V8, but it scored the lowest sales number up to that point as buyers migrated to nimbler, greener cars that they could actually see out of. 1974-78 It’s the Mustang we all love to hate, and wasn’t even available with a V8 for its first year. But arriving in time for a crippling gas crisis, the II was the right car at the right time and sales tripled. Pity the fools.

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