16 Apr 2014

50 years since the Ford Mustang was first unveiled

From Afternoons, 2:09 pm on 16 April 2014

The original vehicle came complete with carpet, bucket seats and a six-cylinder engine. In the five decades since, the Mustang has evolved - but the appeal of the quintessentially cool American car has never waned. Ford estimates the Mustang to have made hundreds of film appearances. Celebrations have already started in America - one at the Las Vegas speedway and the other in Charlotte North Carolina.

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