Ford Mustang - predatory "charm" of America

Probably, there is not a single person who does not watch the remake of the creation of the Polish director and racer Henry Galicki "Gone in 60 Seconds", which in 2000 was shot by Dominik Sehn, leaving the same story and title. In all its splendor we see the game of famous actors and fantastic, predatory and super-powerful cars. It is here through the whole film that the string of uneasy Memphis relationships takes place, in the role of which Nicolas Cage harmoniously accustomed , and the passionate machine Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 nicknamed "Eleanor". It was from then on that many fans of "muscle cars", or, as they say in America, a muscle car, began a love fever in relation to this predatory and at the same time attractive car. The thousands-strong army of fans wanted, like Gollum from the "Lord of the Rings", to reach out to this aggressive apparatus and say: "My charm!".

Ford Mustang was created on the platform of the family sedan Ford Falconet. Motivation of Ford Corporation is simple and understandable - to keep up with competitors who released the Chevrolet Camaro series into the world . The appearance of the first generation of Mustangs in 1964 was surrounded by a grandiose marketing company that allowed the sale of the Ford Mustang, the characteristics of which fully met the requirements of pony car sports cars, more than a million hands. Later this "pony car", equipped with all the necessary sports "gadgets", but not too powerful engine, will become a "maskcar", having united under its hood hundreds of horses.

When buying this car, the client could choose not only the body of a sedan or a coupe, but also an additional equipment for his taste. Thanks to the individual approach to working with the client, the popularity of the Ford Mustang car has reached unprecedented heights. At the same time, you should not underestimate the characteristics of this sport car: low landing and predatory long hood, under which the six- or eight-cylinder engine was hiding, and sharply felled rear part - that's what Americans fell into euphoria. And if you consider that since 1965, to design the car could be in one of the 34 colors, then it becomes clear why the Ford Mustang was at that time much more popular than Camaro.

After a while, together with Carroll Shelby, Ford Concern is releasing a new Mustang model - Shelby GT350. The hood of this handsome man hid the power of 306 horses. And after installing the supercharger, the car's speed increased to 430 hp. It was this model that became the mother Eleanor, which was released in 1967. After playing with the engine, the manufacturers dropped the Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 from the assembly line with eight different types of motors, the power of which varied from 110 hp. Up to 355 hp It was then that the hydromechanical transmission appeared, which made it possible to change transmissions both mechanically and automatically.

A year later, this menacing device is replaced by his brother, who has a Cobra engine under the hood with a special air intake system. It was this model that gained immense popularity and was remembered by connoisseurs as Ford Mustang Cobra.

The legendary car, which fell into the Forbes list as an inverted story, the "pony car", which later became one of the best "maslkars" in the world - is the Ford Mustang, and to this day captivating the hearts of millions.