The Ford Mustang is enduringly cool as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2014. The classic compact first hit the road in 1964, and will roar into its second half-century with two new models confirmed for 2014 and 2015.
The new 2015 Ford Mustang Cobra was recently spotted on the test track in Dearborn, Michigan and onlookers said it was going fast. The 2015 model being tested looked a bit different from what we’re used to seeing from the Mustang, coming draped in a funereal black curtain. But that’s because it was in disguise.
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The manufacturers are very keen that you don’t know too much about their latest bad boy, lest we spoil the birthday surprise. But from what could be detected through the camouflage, though, the 2015 Mustang looks set to be exactly the kind of rugged powerhouse we’ve come to expect since the first Mustang hit the 1964 Indianapolis 500 as a pace setter. After which, it quickly became known as the kind of car dead movie stars would be found in, earning its place in popular iconography as the epitome of cool.
The 2015 Mustang is set to be considerably smaller than recent models, and will feature a steering wheel with 20 buttons, chunky tyres and the kind of brakes that could stop a fighter jet. By the look of its performance on the track, it’s going to need them.
