PONY UP
NikeshKooverjee
Petridish_Mooks
WHERE WE DROVE IT
MUSCLE - CAR ROYALTY
You have to reach 1 234,80 km/h if you want to travel faster than sound. This supersonic state is scientifically referred to as Mach 1 and, of course, a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle or a Saab JAS 39 Gripen are somewhat faster than the two Mustangs we have here. Yet, from behind the wheel, that’s of little importance. Sitting in either feels exhilarating enough and there’s no denying the Ford Mustang Mach 1 has a special and powerful aura to it.
The history of the Mach 1 moniker stems back to 1969 when the Blue Oval previewed its futuristic Ford Rotunda Levicar hovercraft concept and dubbed it Mach 1. This creation took a single-seater cabin and placed it atop a chassis of pressurised air, replacing the idea of conventional suspension for each of the wheels. Almost immediately, Ford took the Mach 1 badge and applied it to the Mustang as a performance enhancer to the GT.
Despite beating everyone to the muscle-car punch just five years prior with the Mustang, preceding the Mach 1 were the Boss 302, American muscle car.
