The Modernizing of a Classic
The 50th anniversary Ford Mustang GT is a fastback — and a throwback. It’s an homage to Ford’s glory days, when gas was cheap and custom pony cars dueled at the drag strip with Corvettes, Camaros and GTOs. But this is no history lesson. The new model is a thoroughly modern machine. The 2015 GT has a 5-liter V-8 engine that pumps out 435 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque. It’s fast, but not furious — rowdy, but refined. The GT...