Rivalry Aside: Chevy Camaro Wishes Ford Mustang A Happy 50th

By Bengt Halvorson 13 hours ago






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Among automotive rivalries, there are few as deep-rooted, enduring, and all-American as the one between the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro.
And during this week of the Mustang’s 50th birthday, even GM has been a good sport—putting out a press release acknowledging it, making this little birthday card, and even digging out some of the many magazine covers that helped fuel the muscle-car melee among car enthusiasts and industry insiders alike.
Chevy likens the pony-car clash to other great longtime product rivalries like Coke vs. Pepsi, Leno vs. Letterman in the 1990s; or Nike vs. Reebok in the 1970s.
And it all comes to a head with the current Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. With the new 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition that makes its debut at the New York Auto Show this week, Ford is revisiting the past and nodding to a 1964 publicity stunt at the Empire State Building. As for the current 2014 Camaro, it’s revisiting familiar themes, too, with top ZL1 and track-tuned SS models now in the lineup.
Browsing through the magazine covers here should be enough to get you waxing nostalgic about your favorite era—or for times when certain models 'ruled the road.' When did the Mustang have an advantage, and when did the Camaro rule?

 

Ford is releasing a limited edition 50th Anniversary Mustang for the event. It comes in your choice of 2 colors - white or blue.

 

*^^ Thanks 'Mike,
I like the new Mustangs 4>Sure
2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition Debuts At 2014 New York Auto Show



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2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition, 2014 New York Auto Show

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HI-RES GALLERY: 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition, 2014 New York Auto Show



Ford’s new 2015 Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition may not be listed as a 2014.5 model, but it comes exactly 50 years after the original pony car was revealed at New York World's Fair back in 1964. This time Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is using the 2014 New York Auto Show to present the latest chapter in its muscle car’s legend but the automaker also has a whole list of other celebrations planned including the recreation of a 1964 stunt where a Mustang was taken to the roof of the Empire State Building.

Only 1,964 examples of the 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition will be built, all of them based on the V-8-powered Mustang GT fastback coupe. The cars are all fully-loaded, meaning the only choice for buyers is one of two exclusive colors (Wimbledon White or Kona Blue) and either a manual or automatic transmission. To the untrained eye it may just look like a regular 2015 Mustang, but to the faithful the car is brimming with design cues that link it to the original. For example, the Wimbledon White color was used for the Mustang bearing chassis number 001. The car, a convertible, was a pre-production version that was accidentally sold to airline pilot Stanley Tucker. He was later kind enough to give it back to Ford which has displayed it in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

There is also some new chrome trim, with the shiny stuff featuring on a retro Mustang badge in the grille and bezels surrounding the base of each of the three tail-lamp blades. Both take inspiration from the original 1962 design proposal for the Mustang penned by Gale Halderman.

The car also gets a replica gas cap badge on the rear fascia where “50 Years” has been added to the GT designation, and in addition to these there are louvered rear quarter-windows. Unlike the external louvers on the quarter-windows of the original, the new windows are comprised of layered sheets of glass built with a construction technique uniquely developed for this car. It won’t feature on any other Mustang, Ford promises.


2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition

Inside the cars, the normal aluminum trim panel that spans the double-brow instrument panel gets an axel spin finish different from other 2015 Mustangs, plus a special serialized “50 Year Limited Edition” badge on the passenger side. Each badge will be individually etched at Flat Rock Assembly Plant where the Mustang is built.

Other special touches include a cashmere-stitched, leather-wrapped steering wheel. The stitching is also used on the instrument panel, shifter boot, center armrest, door inserts, seats and floor mats. The seats feature exclusive two-tone cashmere and black leather upholstery, and a Mustang 50th anniversary logo on the seat backs. Buyers will also get a unique owner’s guide that will come in a leather portfolio. No changes are made to the powertrain, which means all 2015 Mustang 50 Year Limited Editions will come with the stock 2015 Mustang GT’s 5.0-liter V-8, which Ford says will deliver “more than” 420 horsepower and 390 pound-feet. The cars do get the 2015 Mustang’s available performance pack, however, which adds six-piston Brembo brakes in the front and 19-inch alloy wheels with Pirelli P Zero tires. Those wheels, by the way, were also inspired by the chromed steel wheels on the original Mustang.

The 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition will go on sale this fall, but if you’re interested you had better get on the phone with your local Ford dealer right now as the cars aren’t expected to last.

For more of our 2014 New York Auto Show coverage, head to our dedicated hub.

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HI-RES GALLERY: 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition

 

Looking more and more like a Fusion every day...

 

I do not like that very much at all. The lights look way to funky and slanted.

 

Let's see if Ford returns the favor in 3 years

 

I agree with Mike, although I was thinking Camry. I'll stick with my monte!

 

Happy B-Day to the car that started it all! Happy Birthday to the beloved Mustang!!!

 

Not to take anything away from the 'stang, but I think the Poncho Boys would have something to say about that 'started it all' comment.