Happy Birtday Mustang! And a special milestone.

Happy Birtday Mustang

April 17th, 1964. That was the calendar day with the aim of the automotive humankind was bowed on it's ear. It was on this calendar day with the aim of Ford Motor Company unveiled the all original 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang. Launched by the side of the New York Worlds Fair, the Mustang quickly rose to be Ford's top promotion car since the Model A. It in addition launched the foal car rage with the aim of led to the muscle car. Ford sold completed 400,000 Mustangs in 1964. 100,000 of which were sold in the earliest 3 months of production.

That leads us to today's high point. 49 years to the calendar day of the introduction of the Mustang, Ford's Flat sway, Michigan factory produced it's 1 millionth Mustang. Production of the Mustang was stimulated to Flat sway from the famous Rouge factory in 2004 meant for the launch of the redesigned 2005 Mustang. Since 1964, completed 8.5 million Mustangs cover been tearing up American roads.

The car, a crimson red 2014 convertible was driven inedible the line by Raj Nair, Ford's Vice President meant for overall artifact development. The production of the 1 millionth Flat sway Mustang in addition helps to launch the 50th anniversary time of the Mustang.

Source: Ford Motor Co.

Press announcement:

FLAT ROCK, Mich., April 17, 2013 – Happy Birthday Mustang! Forty-nine years to the calendar day when its 1964 presentation in New York, the iconic sports car celebrates one more high point: One million Mustangs cover rolled inedible the line by the side of Ford’s Flat sway Assembly Plant since production stimulated near in 2004. Ford is celebrating this high point as time 50 of unremitting Mustang production gets under way by the side of Flat sway Assembly.



Raj Nair, set secondary president meant for overall artifact development, now rode inedible the line by the side of Flat sway Assembly Plant in a Ruby Red 2014 Mustang convertible. Nair was riding shotgun with Ed Salna, material planning and logistics boss by the side of the factory. Salna is a 27-year veteran of Flat sway Assembly, preliminary succeed near more than a time or else the factory produced its earliest car.



“Mustang is single of the nearly everyone beloved nameplates in the industry, with fans around the humankind and all through Ford Motor Company,” assumed Nair. “The team at this point by the side of Flat sway Assembly has built an outstanding reputation meant for quality while producing single million Mustangs completed the survive nine years, and we expect with the aim of to go on with meant for many years to reach.”



Ford has built Mustangs close its residence root in Dearborn, Mich. Meant for 49 years. The car was built by the side of Ford’s famous Rouge factory, really a hardly any minutes from company head office, meant for four decades or else touching a hardly any miles south to Flat sway in 2004.



Introduced in April 1964, Mustang proved to be far more standard than somebody likely, prompting Ford to add production power outside Michigan. By before time 1965 plants in Metuchen, N.J. And San Jose, Calif. Were in addition building Mustang. Less than two years presently, on Wednesday, protest march 2, 1966, the one-millionth Mustang rolled inedible the line in Dearborn. To go out with, Ford has produced and sold more than 8.5 million Mustangs.



The launch of Mustang production by the side of Flat sway coincided with introduction of the at that moment all-new fifth-generation perfect – earliest in the run to find a dyed-in-the-wool platform. Featuring in addition to the standard V6 and the V8-powered GT perfect, Mustangs advent dazed of Flat sway Assembly Plant cover integrated several special editions and people cars:



    Featuring in 2006 Flat sway built a restricted run of black and gold Shelby GT-H coupes meant for Hertz rental fleets to celebrate the 1966 Shelby GT350H rental car
    2007 brought the presentation of the Shelby GT500 Mustang residential by SVT with a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 producing 500 horsepower, the nearly everyone eternally meant for a Mustang at that moment
    For the 2008 and 2009 perfect years, the Mustang lineup integrated the Bullitt, inspired by the car driven by the title character in the 1968 film of the same nickname
    For the 2012 and 2013 perfect years, Flat sway built the track-optimized Boss 302
    The Flat sway line has produced numerous competition versions of Mustang as well as the FR500, Boss 302R and the awfully doing well Cobra Jet drag racer

The Flat sway factory has been producing vehicles since 1987, as soon as it opened as Mazda Motor Manufacturing USA and built the Mazda MX-6. Featuring in 1992 Ford purchased a 50 percent share in the factory and it was renamed AutoAlliance International. Over the years Flat sway Assembly has produced the Mazda 626, Mazda6, Mercury Cougar and Ford Probe. Featuring in addition to Mustang, Flat sway will add production of the Fusion sedan presently this time.



“Flat sway has spent through an amazing transformation completed the forgotten time,” assumed Tim Young, factory boss, Flat sway Assembly Plant. “We’ve invested $555 million as well as a state-of-the-art, fully flexible body superstore and an upgraded paint superstore to progress to bound to be we’re continuing to build the top of the top meant for the subsequently single million Mustangs.”



“The one-millionth Mustang is a sincere testament to the stiff succeed and dedication of the Flat sway Local 3000 membership,” assumed Tony Bondy, UAW Local 3000 chairman. “It’s been skillful building an iconic American car since 2004, and with the introduction of Fusion along with our original factory upgrades, we will keep building world-class quality in Flat sway meant for years to reach.”



Ford is toting up 1,400 jobs and a back up spell by the side of Flat sway Assembly Plant to support original Fusion production as part of its prepare to add 12,000 hourly jobs in the United States through 2015.