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11-08-2013, 04:29 PM
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As we eagerly await the unveiling of the all-new sixth-generation Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has been giving us some great information (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/24/ford-mustang-color-infographic/) over the past few months (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/24/introducing-the-1965-ford-mustang/) showing what has gone into shaping its venerable pony car. As many changes as the Mustang has gone through in its 50 years, though, it appears the fourth-gen model played a decisive and pivotal role in the car's future.
As is part of Mustang lore, the front-wheel drive Ford Probe was originally developed as a next-generation Mustang in the Eighties before cooler heads prevailed. The Blue Oval has just released a handful of images showing how bad things could have been - including a full-scale clay model of a front-wheel-drive Mustang (shown above). Fortunately, the FWD Mustang plan was scrapped and Ford went to work designing a rear-wheel-drive replacement for the Fox Body Mustang, with three design studies making it far enough to become full-scale models. These include the soft "Bruce Jenner" Mustang, the over-the-top "Rambo" Mustang and the middle-ground "Arnold Schwarzenegger" Mustang, which finally became the basis for the 1994 'Stang.
By early 1991, the design language of the fourth-generation Mustang had been worked out, and the rest, they say, is history. Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/11/08/1994-ford-mustang-fwd-sketches-images-released/#continued) for the fascinating press release telling the story of the fourth-gen Mustang, and be sure to check out the gallery of horribly misguided sketches and various design studies that were all on the table in the late 1980s.Continue reading These horribly misguided front-drive design studies nearly became the Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/08/these-horribly-misguided-front-drive-design-studies-nearly-becam/)
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As we eagerly await the unveiling of the all-new sixth-generation Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has been giving us some great information (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/24/ford-mustang-color-infographic/) over the past few months (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/24/introducing-the-1965-ford-mustang/) showing what has gone into shaping its venerable pony car. As many changes as the Mustang has gone through in its 50 years, though, it appears the fourth-gen model played a decisive and pivotal role in the car's future.
As is part of Mustang lore, the front-wheel drive Ford Probe was originally developed as a next-generation Mustang in the Eighties before cooler heads prevailed. The Blue Oval has just released a handful of images showing how bad things could have been - including a full-scale clay model of a front-wheel-drive Mustang (shown above). Fortunately, the FWD Mustang plan was scrapped and Ford went to work designing a rear-wheel-drive replacement for the Fox Body Mustang, with three design studies making it far enough to become full-scale models. These include the soft "Bruce Jenner" Mustang, the over-the-top "Rambo" Mustang and the middle-ground "Arnold Schwarzenegger" Mustang, which finally became the basis for the 1994 'Stang.
By early 1991, the design language of the fourth-generation Mustang had been worked out, and the rest, they say, is history. Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/11/08/1994-ford-mustang-fwd-sketches-images-released/#continued) for the fascinating press release telling the story of the fourth-gen Mustang, and be sure to check out the gallery of horribly misguided sketches and various design studies that were all on the table in the late 1980s.Continue reading These horribly misguided front-drive design studies nearly became the Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/08/these-horribly-misguided-front-drive-design-studies-nearly-becam/)
These horribly misguided front-drive design studies nearly became the Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/08/these-horribly-misguided-front-drive-design-studies-nearly-becam/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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