Introduced in 1978 as a 1979 model and remaining in production until the end of 1993, the third generation of the Ford Mustang is the longest-selling model of its name. It is also the second best-selling model on the U.S. auto market, with over 2.6 million units delivered.
The Mustang is perhaps the best-known Ford product in the entire automotive world. The Model T and F-series pickups may far surpass the Mustang in sales, and perhaps even importance. The pony car is likely the first response any non-American with even a passing knowledge of automobiles will give to the impossible question, “Can you name an American car?”
First generation Mustang It debuted in April 1964. Over the course of a decade, it was an undoubted hit for the Blue Oval, with around three million units sold. At the peak of the Depression, the third iteration of the name was released, the famous Fox Body generation, which lasted for an astounding 15 years.
This proved to be a very popular decision not only for the Mustang, but for all other Fox-body Fords, as the platform lasted 26 years in production, the second-longest in Ford history, behind only the 33-year-old Panther platform released in 1979. But they’re all now history, except for the eponymous series of pony cars that have been churning out of Ford factories continuously since the original Mustang.
The original was truly a demigod in the automotive world, but the Fox body is undoubtedly Mythical HeroesAnd it remains beloved to this day (and will likely become even more beloved as time goes on.) Not surprisingly, with humanity rapidly entering an age of digital chaos, the Fox-body Mustang became a popular canvas for pixel wranglers.
The big news from Ford these days is the new Capri, and the Blue Oval’s icon has been trampled underfoot. Sport Utility VehicleAs if the misery wasn’t unbearable enough, Capri in the third millennium is also exciting. Cypher was right when he told Agent Smith:Ignorance is bliss“That’s where I want to go now: the realm of computers creating reality.”
Hold on. I think we’re half way there. But we don’t have to go anywhere. The Hex Invasion is upon us, and it’s bringing us things way more delicious than a steak that doesn’t exist in the Matrix. Like the 2024 Fox Body Mustang. Bells and whistles Both age groups – nothing wrong with either.
Courtesy of Houston, Texas-born car designer Oscar Vargas (known by his social media license plate wb.artist20), the Fox Body Mustang lives in another world of computer-generated imagery. With its sloping rear glass edges, terminating rather dramatically on the deck, it’s full of retro 1993 SVT Cobra vibes. The trunk is too long to fall into the compact category of traditional Fox Body Ford Mustangs. For those with a nostalgia streak, it may remind you of the Honda/Acura Legend.
The 20-inch wheels shod with 255/35 Pirellis leave little to the imagination. The widebody kit, lowrider stance, Skyline sidelines and rear spoiler would have you believe that in your imagination, you could make the tires smoke. The bonnet vents and four pipes on the other side would make oil producing and exporting countries very happy. And why wouldn’t they? The Mustang is a wild horse, and it should always be that way.
Inside is 2024 Mustang GT Before Ford execs come up with ideas for a nightmarish throwback to the past — they seem to prefer digging up the dead and turning them into electric zombies rather than reviving the past — the McE Mustang and Capri are the archangels of the apocalypse.
