2015 Mustang to Likely Premiere in Times Square Next Thursday on Good Morning America. Part of Simultaneous Reveal of All New Global 'Stang In Six Cities On Four Continents

by TTAC Staff

November 28th, 2013 2:38 AM

The all new, next generation Ford Mustang will have its world premiere next Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Reflecting the fact that for the first time Ford will be selling the Mustang globally, including in right hand drive format, the car will be simultaneously debuted in six cities around the world, on four different continents. For the North American market, Ford will get top billing that day on the ABC television network’s popular “Good Morning America” show, broadcasting from New York City, at the same time that the new Mustang will be revealed at events in: Los Angeles, California; Sydney, Australia; Shanghai, China; Barcelona, Spain, and near Ford’s world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

The events will be broadcast online at Ford’s GoFurtherLive.com site, which lists a starting time of 7 a.m. Eastern time, which is when “Good Morning America” begins. That would be 11 p.m. in Sydney, Australia; 8 p.m. in Shanghai; 1 p.m. in Barcelona, Spain; 7 a.m. in Dearborn, Mich., and 4 a.m. in Los Angeles. Since nobody in LA is going to get up at 4 in the morning to go to a car reveal, there is also going to be a local event there later in the morning at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard at 10 a.m. local time. TTAC will have at least one representative at the Dearborn event.

2015 mustang to likely premiere in times square next thursday on good morning

Lee Iacocca introducing the original Mustang at the New York World’s Fair, April, 1964.

Ford marketing head Jim Farley has confirmed that he’s going to be outside the United States for the event, though he’s been coy about where. His location is rumored to be in Australia

Other than giving the locations, times and the fact that the reveals will happen “nearly simultaneously” Ford isn’t saying much though they did say that company execs, dealers and “local influencers” will take part in each of the local events. The event in Dearborn will also have a contingent of Ford employees. The Product Development Center is just across Oakwood Blvd from the Ford conference center that’s hosting the reveal.

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Volt 230 on Nov 28, 2013

The last and only Mustang to have a 4 banger was the much maligned Pintostang, which nearly killed the iconic pony car, so it will be a hard sell for traditional Mustang buyers.

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- Ronnie Schreiber on Nov 28, 2013
  
  I know it's a popular trope to knock the Mustang II, but contrary to "nearly killing" the Mustang, the Mustang II kept the brand alive. Some of the best selling years in Mustang history were with the so-called Pintostang, averaging something like a quarter million units a year over five years. I did a piece for TTAC not long ago about the Mustang II and the fact that the people involved with the project are rather proud of it. They sold a lot of cars, they made money for Ford and they helped keep a storied nameplate alive to make it to what will be it's 50th anniversary next year. I'm getting a little tired of automotive cliches, "worst of lists" that include the Pinto, Vega and Gremlin, people saying that men compensate for sexual inadequacies with the vehicles they drive, jokes about Corvettes, middle aged men, combovers and gold chains and the like. I'm sure you can think of a few yourself. Sure, it's an easy joke to make fun of the "Mustang based on the Pinto" but how come nobody but our EiC Pro Tem is willing to point out that a Bentley Continental is really a Volkswagen?
  
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- Ion on Nov 28, 2013
  
  The 2.3 carried over into the fox platform and became a decent engine in 91. The turbo GT's of the early 80's had ironically reliability issues. The SVO however is legendary among late model enthusiasts. BTW Ronnie I had a similar discussion with a coworker. I argued that if he was going to go for a Cayenne or Qwhatever V6 he might as well get the VW as they're exactly the same thing. He counter by saying then a Veyron and TT are the same as they're both VAG coupes. I won by pointing out that the TT doesn't come in W16 flavor.
  
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- MK on Nov 28, 2013
  
  @Ion Yikes! Don't say that....I had the 2.3 four banger in my silver '79 so I wouldn't consider it particularly positive that 12 years later they finally had it sorted out! Lol
  
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- Jz78817 on Nov 28, 2013
  
  @Ronnie Schreiber the problem I have (conceptually) with the Mustang II is that it was wrong-headed and didn't need to exist. It was such a step back from the Mustangs it replaced, utterly bereft of anything resembling performanceThe Maverick should have been turned into the '74 Mustang. Yes, it was still a descendent of the Falcon but the 2-door Maverick had similar overall proportions to the preceding Mustangs and was almost 600 lbs lighter than the outgoing '73. plus, the Mustang II was just plain fugly, sadly like many cars in the mid- to late-'70s.
  
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- Ajla on Nov 28, 2013
  
  @Ronnie Schreiber The "Cobra" versions of the Mustang II are nothing short of embarrassing. Defense of the II also ignores that GM sold loads of F-bodies in this period too, and that although weak by modern standards the Camaro/Firebird had much greater performance than the Ford.
  
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- NoGoYo on Nov 28, 2013
  
  @ajla Even the 175 hp 350 (I think that was as low as the 350 got, unless there was a 150 hp version) had a bit more spunk than the 302 did, and the Firebird had the 400 which belted out a very respectable 220 horsepower in proper late 70s tune.
  
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- Scoutdude on Nov 29, 2013
  
  Lots of Foxstangs had the 2.3 in both NA and turbo form.
  
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- Scoutdude on Nov 29, 2013
  
  @jz78817 The MII was a return the the formula that made the original Mustang a success and a welcome departure from the excess of the Clydesdale it had grown into.
  
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Daviel on Nov 28, 2013

I like it

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