Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Few cars have captured the world\u2019s imagination like the Ford Mustang. Launched in 1964, it was the perfect four-wheeled symbol of fun and freedom at a time when road trips were all the rage and America\u2019s highways were paving the way for new automotive adventures. With its pin-sharp lines, long bonnet and chrome details, the car became an instant cultural icon, starring in Goldfinger the same year it was released.\u00a0Ford\u2019s formula for the Mustang was simple: a thunderous engine up front and a\u00a0clean-cut design that would appeal to a\u00a0new, upwardly mobile generation. Recently appointed design vice president Gene Bordinat Jr realised the vision with a car that shared the proportions of a European sports car \u2013 its short rear and haunches gave it a crouched, ready-to-pounce stance. \u201cWe talked about the sporty car not being too masculine, too macho,\u201d Joe Oros, Ford\u2019s\u00a0head of car and truck styling at the time, said years later. \u201cIt had to\u00a0appeal to women as well\u00a0as to men.\u201dA new Mustang cost around $2,400 in 1964 (around $24,000 today), earning it the moniker the \u201cblue-collar supercar\u201d. Ford went on to sell 418,000 models in its first 12\u00a0months; six decades on, it is the bestselling coup\u00e9 of all time. Now, in the wake of the Mustang\u2019s 60th-anniversary celebrations, the\u00a0model is back on collectors\u2019 radars.The Mustang\u2019s success in competition has helped to cement its desirability. In 1964, it secured a victory in the Touring class of the Tour de France Automobile. Ford went on to foster a long-term partnership with Shelby, who produced more powerful and lightweight road-going\u00a0versions, such as the GT350, a\u00a0stripped-down \u201crace-ready\u201d road car designed to take on competitors like the\u00a0Chevrolet Corvette.\u00a0The original GT350H, a special-edition model produced exclusively for\u00a0the Hertz rental car company, earned the nickname the \u201crent-a-racer\u201d. Only 1,000 were ever made. That car now commands prices that are 10 to 20 per cent more than regular GT350s for its\u00a0rarity, according to car insurer Hagerty. One early 1966 GT350H was sold at auction by RM Sotheby\u2019s in 2020 for $274,400.The Mustang is a symphony of muscle and mightBut the most popular models are those that have appeared in film or television. The Mustang has starred in countless films:\u00a0in 1999 it appeared alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair, and\u00a0featured in Bullitt, in what some have deemed the best car-chase scene of all time.\u00a0The same Highland green Mustang GT390 Fastback that Steve McQueen drove through the hills of San Francisco is one of\u00a0the most expensive Mustangs ever sold at\u00a0auction: it went for $3.74mn at Mecum Auctions in 2020. The Mustang has also featured in the action films Diamonds Are\u00a0Forever (1971), Basic Instinct (1992), Transformers (2007) and John Wick (2014).\u00a0Nevertheless, it\u2019s possible to pick up a\u00a0good condition early model for less than \u00a320,000, and restoration projects can be found for less, with parts readily available on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, look to Sussex-based Pilgrim V8\u00a0for restored classic Mustangs, or Oxfordshire-based Modurstang for servicing, tuning and restoring. In the\u00a0US, Florida-based Velocity offers restored and\u00a0subtly tuned Mustangs, as does Oklahoma-based Mustang specialist Jason Engel, who has built more than 600 models.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s the one car everyone talks about when they see one, even if they\u2019re not a\u00a0car\u00a0person,\u201d says Mustang collector Sam\u00a0Gray, who owns both a 1969 Mach 1, which he is restoring with Modurstang, and\u00a0a tuned 2019 5.0 GT. \u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a better way to travel from A to B.\u201dFor an early concours- or competition- condition car with an interesting provenance, you should expect to pay anywhere between \u00a350,000 and \u00a3150,000: in 2022, a 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible, formerly owned and restored by US car collector Jim Taylor, was sold by Broad Arrow Auctions in New York for\u00a0$160,000. Finished in Highland green, the car sports a white racing stripe along the sills and a black leather interior.With values continuing to climb, the Mustang remains a safe bet for investors. \u201cThey\u2019re a symphony of muscle and might,\u201d says Gray. \u201cI\u2019ve loved them since I was a kid, but I never get too comfortable. They are a wild horse, after all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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