What's your favorite car of all time?

I am going to depart from the typical Jiffy Lube blog today and get just a little personal. I want to tell you about the car that for me has always been the definition of cool. The car, of course, is none other than the Ford Mustang. The original Ford Mustang debuted in 1964 with a sticker price of $2368. 

Today the stripped down basic model will cost you at least 10 times that much and the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang goes for close to $60,000. But even that is considered a great performance car within reach of the American everyman. That is part of what has created the Mustang legend. It may not be a Ferrari 575M, but it doesn’t cost $246,000 either.

The 1966 will always be THE Mustang for me. The semi-notched back and the almost petite lines make it a woman’s sports car in my mind, and well, I’m a woman.

Many people consider the 1967 Mustang to be the ultimate design in the 1960s. The back was redesigned with a full-Fastback roofline. A longer nose was added, as were triple tail lamps and a wider chassis. A bigger grille was also featured, giving the Mustang a more masculine appearance.

Admittedly, the Mustang wavered a bit in the late 70’s and 80’s. The 1979 Mustang looked WAY too much like the Crystler K car.

Fortunately the body style got back to cool by the mid 90’s, and the resurgence of the American car industry has fueled a desire to return to the strength and power of the muscle car’s glory days.

In 2005, Ford launched the fifth generation of Mustang. As Ford put it, “The new platform is designed to make the Mustang faster, safer, more agile and better-looking than ever.” In styling, Ford returned to the classic cues that made the Mustang popular to begin with. The 2005 Mustang featured C-scoops in the sides, a 6-inch longer wheelbase, and three-element tail lamps. In the performance arena, Ford said replaced the 3.6L V-6 with a 210-hp 4.0L SOHC V-6 engine. The GT model featured a 300-hp 4.6L 3-valve V-8 engine.

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What’s your favorite car of all time? We’d love to hear about it.