In the mid-1980s, the whole automotive industry seemed to be abandoning rear-wheel-drive… 1
Fortunately cooler heads prevailed in Dearborn and the coupe that Ford was developing with Mazda became the Probe. Meanwhile, the Fox-body Mustang was given substantial upgrades and went on to a major resurgence. ?
Speculation on the ‘Mazda Mustang,’ which was eventually built as the Ford Probe – Autoweek