S1 E1: Ford Mustang
The 1964 Mustang created a stampede in American showrooms similar to the frenzy created by the Beatles. Ford had a series of polls to see what baby boomers wanted in a car. The Mustang was it.
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The 1964 Mustang created a stampede in American showrooms similar to the frenzy created by the Beatles. Ford had a series of polls to see what baby boomers wanted in a car. The Mustang was it.
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A willy salesman and carriage builder, Billy Durant, was asked to help David Buick's struggling company.
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One of Henry Ford's early suppliers, Henry Leland, took over from Ford and turned his first company into one that would symbolize the best of America.
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The Pontiac GTO was created by John Delorean alongside a group of young engineers. They raced against kids at night and took what they learned back to their offices the next day.
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The 1955 Ford Thunderbird was meant to fulfill the desire for a sporty American car. In just two years, about 40-thousand T-Birds were sold.
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Like a coiled snake, this car scared the world's racing elite and made its creator, Carroll Shelby, a household name.
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In the 1960's a young Ford Motor Company executive, Lee Iacocca, decided that Ford needed to compete with the world's best companies.
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The Jeep was drafted in World War II and soon became the American soldier's best friend. The jeep was used as a combat car, postal carrier, snowplow and ambulance.
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Starting in the 1990's Sport Utility Vehicles took over the streets of America. Woman didn't want to be 'soccer moms' and abandoned their minivans in droves.
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