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2005 Ford Mustang Preview Update

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A New Pony Ride for the Kid in All of Us

With a roar of its engine, a red Mustang GT burst onto the stage set up in Cobo Arena, as Ford Motor Co. introduced the latest pony car in its stable at the 2004 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Out of the car stepped Bill Ford Jr., the approachable looking chairman of the board and the fourth member of his family to lead the company that has his name on the building.

"If I had only one car to drive for the rest of my life, it would be a Mustang," Ford said. "And I think this Mustang makes me even surer of saying that. What I

The chairman of the board, Bill Ford Jr., introduces the all-new V8 powered 2005 Ford Mustang GT during the Detroit Auto Show. (Photo: Joseph Cabadas, American Auto Press)

The Mustang has been an icon of Ford and American car culture since it was introduced in 1964 as a 1964 ½ model.

The 2005 Mustang takes many styling cues from the Ford Falcon-based original. This 1965 Mustang Fastback features Ford Racing Performance Parts new all-aluminum 5.0-L DOHC "Cammer" V8 crate engine fed with four 2-barrel Weber carburetors. Just a little something to show the blue oval boys still take care of old Mustangs too. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

First shown as a concept vehicle to the members of the press during a product preview in the summer of 2002 and then publicly at the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, the anticipation of the new Mustangs release has been building steadily. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

The Mustang helped spur the "pony car" segment that included the Plymouth Barracuda, Pontiac Firebird and Chevrolet Camaro, plus in some regard the American Motors (AMC) Javelin.

The GT has a more aggressive nose than the V6, with circular fog lamps in the black grille in line with the headlamps, while the lower fascia is upright, with an "air dam" performance look. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

The car has been featured in songs--such as "Mustang Sally," written and first sung by Detroiter Mack Rice in 1965, before the Wilson Pickett version was released--and in movies like "Bullitt" where Steve McQueen races through the streets of

The new Mustangs front wheels have been moved significantly forward to the corners, reducing the front overhang by 4.6 inches. Meanwhile, the wheelbase is six-inches longer. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

The 2005 Mustang was first shown as a concept vehicle to the members of the press during a product preview in the summer of 2002 and then publicly at the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, attracting a great deal of attention. The car takes many design cues from the original 1964 ½ model as well as some from the

Small windows return to the Mustangs the C-pillar, for the first time since 1993. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada)

Mustang Sallies On

The 2005 Mustang is based on an all-new platform, rather than the heavy DEW/98 chassis used by the Lincoln LS and Thunderbird, which was rumored for years.

It has "design cues that have helped define Mustangs since the 1960s--C-scoops in the sides, three-element tail lamps and a galloping horse badge in the center of the grille," said J Mays, Ford vice president, Design. "The Mustangs menacing shark-like nose imparts an attitude not seen since the 1967 model, while

Both the V6 and GT models retain the Mustangs tri-bar taillamps and have a circular chrome Mustang badge centered in the rear face of the decklid. (Photo: Ford Motor Company)