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The Ford Mustang<\/strong> is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company<\/strong>. It was initially based on the platform of the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, and thus dubbed as a “1964\u00bd” model by Mustang fans, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker’s most successful launch since the Model A. The Mustang has undergone several transformations to its current fifth generation.<\/p>\n The Mustang created the “pony car” class of American automobiles\u2014sports-car like coupes with long hoods and short rear decks\u2014and gave rise to competitors such as the Chevrolet Camaro<\/strong>, and Pontiac Firebird<\/strong>, AMC Javelin<\/strong>, as well as Chrysler’s revamped Plymouth Barracuda and the first generation Dodge Challenger. The Mustang is also credited for inspiring the designs of coup\u00e9s such as the Toyota Celica<\/strong> and Ford Capri<\/strong>, which were imported to the United States.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the platform of the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, and thus dubbed as a “1964\u00bd” model by Mustang fans, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker’s most successful launch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20048,20055,20043,20271,20040,20049],"tags":[20796,20771,20745],"class_list":["post-237105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","category-design","category-gallery","category-motogp-10","category-motor-racing","category-ride-of-the-day","tag-2015-mustang","tag-ford-mustang","tag-vehicle-reviews"],"acf":[],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"\n