2015: The Year The Mustang Became A Proper Sports Car

Since 1964, the motoring public has been infatuated with the Ford Mustang. The Mustang sold quite handily from day one, serving as a favorite of consumers from every walk of life. Priced at an affordable mark, yet also gifted in terms of performance, there is little mystery as to the secret behind the Mustang’s success.

Despite this, the Mustang has also been a regular target of ridicule and skepticism among critics—many of whom questioned the car’s status as a true sports car. The bulk of this criticism centered around a perceived lack of originality and focused primarily on the fact that the Mustang did not originate from a blank slate design. Quite the contrary, the Mustang simply evolved from prior Ford models of the same era.