04/08/2025
Nine amazing facts about the ¹ ²:
1. The Ford Mustang was first introduced by Lee Iacocca in 1964 at the New York Auto Show.
2. The car was an instant hit, with 22,000 units sold on the first day.
3. The Mustang is often credited with popularizing the "pony car" class, which is made up of affordable, compact and stylish sports cars.
4. The car's logo is a horse galloping from right to left, which was developed by the automotive designer Philip Thomas Clark.
5. The logo took many forms before the final design, including resembling a knight on a chessboard and changing the positioning of the horse.
6. Red is the most popular Mustang color, followed by yellow, blue, white, silver, green, black and brown.
7. The most expensive Mustang was sold for over $3 million, which was a 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R.
8. The Mustang is considered one of the safest sports cars on the road and has a five-star crash test rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
9. The Mustang has been featured in over 3,000 movies, including "Goldfinger," "Bullitt," "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "The Princess Diaries," "War of the Worlds," "Transformers" and "Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift."
