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Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is a sports car made by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the additional bearing North American Ford Falcon, a bunched car. Introduced aboriginal on April 17, 1964, as a "1964�" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's best acknowledged barrage back the Archetypal A. The archetypal is Ford's third oldest nameplate in production and has undergone several transformations to its accepted fifth generation. The Mustang created the "pony car" chic of American automobiles�sports car-like coupes with continued hoods and abbreviate rear decks�and gave acceleration to competitors such as GM's Chevrolet Camaro, AMC's Javelin, and Chrysler's revamped Plymouth Barracuda. It additionally aggressive coup�s such as the Toyota Celica and Ford Capri, which were exported to the United States.
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