Pocket Book of Mustang: The Definitive Guide to the All American Sports Car

Not many cars can claim to have invented a new genre of vehicle, but the Mustang did. It was and is, a milestone car, standing alongside the Model T, the VW Beetle, the Jeep, the Mini, and the Golf Gti, all cars which had a huge impact on the public, and spawned countless imitators. It sold a staggering 417,000 in its first year but on paper, the Mustang didn't look that special at all. It appeared to put style before content, and skeptics might have seen it as a return to the excesses of Detroit's tailfin-happy 1950s, when style however outrageous, impractical, or garish, came before utility. But the Mustang wasn't like that at all. As launched, it was compact, easy to drive, and economical to run. It marries sports car looks with a measure of sedan practicality, putting the two within reach of thousands who thought they could never afford a car that looked like the Mustang. One advertising slogan called it, "The Car You Always Promised Yourself." Nothing sums up the Mustang concept better than that.


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