Ford Mustang Fastback 5.0 V8 GT
Does the right-hand drive version of the 60s icon, the Ford Mustang, live up to its status, asks Geraldine Herbert What is it? It is the quintessential muscle car and one of the most recognisable in the world. It has featured in a host of films, been driven by none other than Steve McQueen and become an icon of modern culture but until very recently you couldn’t actually buy a Ford Mustang in Ireland. It has taken more than 50...
First Drive: Ford Mustang 5.0 litre V8
Does Ford’s long-awaited muscle car live up to expectations asks Geraldine Herbert? What is it? This is Ford’s first right-hand drive Mustang for half a century, a car that is a motoring icon unlike any other. First impressions of the new Ford Mustang? The Mustang will taunt you from your driveway, it will whisper incessantly and beg you to drive it. It is simply stunning to look at. There is a choice between a 2.3-litre...
Ford Mustang: We chart its 51-year history
The wait is over as the Ford Mustang arrives in Irish Showrooms we chart its 51-year history Ford executives watched gleefully as the public enthusiastically checked out the new Ford Mustang at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. Based on the regular, humdrum Falcon but clothed in a modern, handsome body and with a raft of options including cruise-o-matic transmission, power disc brakes, handling packs, air conditioning and a choice of...
