Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts Quotes

“Jim Farley may be known in some circles as the brother of star-crossed comedian/actor Chris Farley, but after serving 17 years as a vice president at Toyota and general manager of Lexus, he arrived at Ford in November 2007. As group vice president of global marketing, sales, and service, Farley was in position to help support many Mustang performance programs, including the reborn Boss 302.”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“the buzz is that the general shape of the car is dead-on.” So wrote Hot Rod editor (and my former boss) David Freiburger in the March 2003 issue. His words supported a “sneak peek” cover story on the 2005 Mustang. Looking back, we now know the prototypes shown”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“don’t want to be known as the guy who screwed up the Mustang.” Rest well, Mr. Mays, your team’s effort on the 2005 Mustang was directly responsible for the reappearance of the Dodge Challenger (2008) and Chevy Camaro (2010). Rest well, indeed!”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“modified GTO (that was known to have angered Pontiac), Columbia Pictures Television left the drop-top GT alone except for some painted-on new wave graphics. Plans called for 22 episodes, but poor ratings snuffed the New Monkees after 13 episodes were produced.”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“Ford’s Cologne, West Germany–built V-6 had been offered stateside in the Mercury Capri since 1972, but some upgrades were made for service in the heavier Mustang II. Most significant is that it was bored and stroked to 3.66 × 2.70 inches to increase from 155 to 171 ci (from 2.6 to 2.8 liters) and its shared (siamesed) exhaust ports were separated to greatly improve exhaust flow. 447​”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“Camaro’s 396 big-block option (actually a 402 by this point)”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“In May 1968, Knudsen poached GM stylist Larry Shinoda (whose”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present

“Ford was still in full support of the Shelby Mustang program, which had recently relocated from Los Angeles to A.O. Smith in Ionia, Michigan. The 1971 Shelby Mustangs never materialized”
― Steve Magnante, Steve Magnante's 1001 Mustang Facts: Covers All Mustangs 1964-1/2 to Present