Two years before the +Ford Motor Company Mustang burst onto the automotive landscape,…

Two years before the +Ford Motor Company Mustang burst onto the automotive landscape, the first concept with the name appeared

Unlike the front-engined, four-seater that 1 million customers bought in the first 20 months, the Mustang I was a diminutive two-seater with mid-mounted V4 engine.

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+Motor Trend Magazine takes a look at how not to start a car company by comparing…

+Motor Trend Magazine takes a look at how not to start a car company by comparing +Tesla Motors and +Fisker Automotive 

Fisker vs. Tesla: A Lesson in Not Taking Shortcuts – Motor Trend
The recent emergence of the modern plug-in electric vehicle has brought more automaker start-ups to the marketplace than we’ve seen in decades, with Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors the most prominent examples.

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Caught up on the Mad Men finale this evening and Pete Campbell demonstrates why if… 7

Caught up on the Mad Men finale this evening and Pete Campbell demonstrates why if you don't know how to manipulate three pedals and manual shift lever, you don't really know how to drive

A Very Special Mad Men Teaches The Importance Of Stick Shift Driving
The season finale of Mad Men was as arresting and dramatic as we’d all hope: there was a scene with a ’69 Camaro Z28 and the importance of driving stick, and a bunch of other stuff that was kind of a blur. Minor spoiler alert.

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+Jalopnik takes a second look back at the 1979 +Ford Motor Company Mustang RSX…

+Jalopnik takes a second look back at the 1979 +Ford Motor Company Mustang RSX concept

The RSX is just one of many Mustang-based projects over the last five decades that never made it to production. At least this one was a runner.

The 1979 RSX Rally Concept Is The Coolest Mustang Never Built
What if I told you that Ford commissioned a two-seater Mustang rally car designed and built by a legendary Italian coachbuilder that history quickly forgot? You’d want that car, right? Here it is: the ’79 Ghia RSX, the coolest Mustang that never was.

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