The 6 CRAZIEST Mustangs That We Never Got

[@bofa83]

that mach 2. design is way ahead of its time.

[@henrybialik8333]

Reminds me of a GT40 style.

[@BogattheMoon]

Grabber Orange was the color of the Bud Moore SCCA Mustang that Parnelli drove. The Ford Taunus V-4 found in the Mustang 1 was later used in Saab's, such as the Saab Sonnet.

[@scottmoto]

Excellent video. For a long time I have pointed out how the Corvette struggled with whether it was going to be a sports car or a muscle car. I had no idea that the Mustang went through similar growing pains. Mustang definitely had some years it was not a "Mustang" but finally Ford got some engineers to get back on track. I love the Stangs.

[@timothymcnaughton531]

As soon as I saw the Milano profile I thought "wow, that roofline really resembles the Falcon GT of the era".

[@edwardlazich1140]

I like the Falcon rocket engine tailights

[@SHAGG13]

In 2001 my cuz scored a 94 Cobra 5.0 with all BBK goodies and a NOS kit for only $4500. 23 yrs later his son still drives it. Its a real gem.

[@Curtis1984]

Met a guy last year with a Saleen Mustang Grabber Orange, 07 I think, had a special number on the front bumper, but what was really rare is that it was a special order Automatic.. the guy I met bought it as a totaled car, paid 12k and it was 100% restored like new. Had a few thousand original miles.. the story was that it was ordered by an injured serviceman and his son took it out without permission and wrecked it. It was a very nice Mustang, the guy I met poured a ton of effort into fixing it and it was gorgeous.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

Thanks for the video, I grew up with the Mach 3 alongside the GT90. But i didn't know about the RSX. It's a shame they didn't build the mid engine mustang. But are we lucky to have the C8 and a GTD Mustang!!

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

The Mach III was from a design contest from outside of Ford. Ford was planning to make a Front Drive Mustang III to replace the Fox Body but Ford was afraid of the torches and pitchforks

[@DocWolph]

Incorrect. The FF car you are thinking of is the Probe, which was a rebodied Mazda 626 coupe. There were two generations produced as the first generation Probe did sell quite well. The reason the Probe was produced at the same time as Mustang was indeed Ford considered dropping the Mustang in the 1980s. They did not give much thought however. Thus We still have the Mustang and not the Probe. We would likely still have the Thunderbird instead today otherwise. Consumer sentiment and the ongoing sales of the GM F-Bodies, Camaro and Firebird, saved the Mustang and ended the Probe. Technically, a third generation Probe was the eighth and final generation Mercury Cougar. And no, the Mach III was designed internally as a design study (it is infrequent we get to know the names of the people who actually did the work), like the Dodge Turbo Interceptor ii informing the LH cars and most of Dodge division's styling for the 1990s and the CERV III/Corvette Indy informing the C5 Corvette. Often very "out there" cars used to develop new styling going forward.

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

@DocWolph The Probe was going to be badged the Mustang III. The Probe body was a concept car that was moved into production. Mustang fans were in an uproar. But the Mitsubishi Eclipse was in a very open market.

[@eriv4735]

DocWolph Yes, you are absolutely right..I have no clue where this guy got his “information” from 🤣😂

[@Jett-Crash]

@@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869no, the Mach lll was only a styling exercise, and the Probe would’ve been the replacement for the Mustang, not a Mustang lll.

[@Jett-Crash]

@@DocWolphI’m not sure where you got your “information”, but Ford never considered dropping the Mustang. The Probe was planned to REPLACE the Foxbody as the NEW Mustang. Also, the Probe never had anything to do with either the rear drive Foxbody Cougar OR the front drive 90’s Cougar.

[@TheCharlesAtoz]

Wow, if Ford was to do a pure version of one of these cars today, the market would buy buy buy. Sweet video.

[@usedtobecooltube]

The 2005 Giugiaro Concept is also worth noting. It was a very cool design.

[@braamvorster8249]

The Milano is definitely my favorite too!

[@Redacted-Information]

Milano Such a great cookie... Sports car

[@RonMcMahan-b2d]

I really like the Milano as well. The hood looks like the design for the 1969-70 Shelby Mustangs, and the vents on the hood looks identical. Still, it's a great body design.

[@Underpantsniper]

I totally forgot about the GTR, that thing was so rad looking back in the day. Too bad they never built them

[@ericbrammer2245]

The '62 Mustang-1's Engine, went into Tractors, and, the Ford "Tanus" in Europe. It Also took SAAB away-from 3cyl 2-Stroke motors in the Saab 95/96, and eventually in the model 97/98 Sonnet 2/3 V-4 lightweight FWD sports cars,. During it's time, three decades of such, the 96/95 model SAAB racked up a Huge amount of Rally Wins, using this Ford powerplant. 190 Hp was the Most I ever saw, with a Blower upon it, with it bored out to 1.8L. (it's 1.5L, stock). I had a 1974 Sonnet III, and had it Cam-profiled, with hardened Sleeves and a Larger Intake Holley Carb. It could easily do 118 mph, on 112 Hp..It also held it's ground in Cornering at .83G's, and had Lockheed Disc brakes all-around.So, this Was a Great Motor, for lightweight cars, IMHO.

[@1loveMusic2003]

Machh ll is so sexy. The back end OMG.

[@notmyworldnotmypeople3614]

I heard rumor that Ford discussed discontinuing the mustang and the mustang community spoke up and spoke against it. Ford was going to put its focus on the probe. They abandoned the idea when the enthusiast spoke up but I see the essence of that probe in the new mustangs.

[@chrismathes3647]

It was the late 80s and people literally wrote letters demanding they leave the Mustang alone. People weren't excited for a fwd Mustang at all especially a rebadged Japanese import.

[@FullTimeGT]

It was in the late 80s through the mid 90s when the Ford Probe came out, a collab with Mazda. The front wheel drive Ford Probe lasted about a decade, and during this era Ford was planning to replace the Mustang by the newer generation Probe. But high pressure from the public forced Ford to step back and continue to produce the Mustang. It didn't took long after to discontinue the Ford Probe, as it was considered the imposter in the Ford lineup, the one that tried to kill the Mustang. The Probe was not a bad car, but it was missing the Mustang DNA and it's front wheel drive design disqualified it from being a real Mustang successor.

[@sm65-wj2bc]

If I remember correctly I think the Probe was supposed to be the mustang, but people were upset about Ford making a front wheel drive mustang. That's why they named it the Probe, and refreshed the foxbody.

[@MrDingle360]

This is such a cool video

[@chucksgarage7165]

One of the kit car manufacturers needs to build a Mach II kit car!

[@scottwatson8648]

That Mustang one is a great looking car

[@omcara1]

The Mustang One concept looks very similar to the Jack Rabbit Special Hot Wheel car from 1969..

[@Ottobon]

i was going to be sad then i remembered the pantera looks better

[@turtle0753]

The 71 Mach 1 doing a burnout is me in my car. That’s cool!

[@AaronSpielman]

Well, we kind of got the Mustang One - as a Hot Wheels car in '71 or '72 (at least that's when I remember it).

[@Onteo1]

I saw the Mach III at a local auto show, it was a great looking car.

[@andrewchristmas2026]

The Mustang GTR paved the way for the boss 302 laguna seca.

[@avgFloridian]

I don't think I've ever seen the Mach 2. Good find. Mach III has always been my favorite. I think most of its shape got turned into the 1996 Taurus, sadly.

[@MilfordHeavenMercadoPach-im7jk]

You know the gt-r mustang did show up in racing games like dirt 3, ford racing 2 and dirt showdown if anyone is interested.

[@gerardh2278]

I believe it was also in the Project Gotham Racing and earlier Forza Motorsports games if I remember correctly.

[@MilfordHeavenMercadoPach-im7jk]

@gerardh2278 your right sir it also show up in ford racing psp too.

[@videogamingvideos]

Test Drive Unlimited

[@MilfordHeavenMercadoPach-im7jk]

@@videogamingvideos i forgot that one too dude so thanks 🫡.

[@CJColvin]

Don't forget Mercury's version of the Ford Mustang called the Mercury Cougar, also it would've been really cool of Lincoln made they're own version of the Mustang called the Lincoln Jaguar.

[@lincolnls0416]

Actually the Foxbody Mustangs stopped in 2004. SN95 was still a Foxbody.

[@williampalmer8052]

"Foxbody" is generally used as an informal name for the 79-93 models built on the Fox platform, and not something used by Ford in that form. While the 94-04 models were nearly identical, Ford altered the Fox somewhat and gave it the different designation of SN95, so those models were actually not Fox platforms, according to the manufacturer. All very pedantic, maybe, but generally anyone who is interested in Mustangs knows what you mean when you say Foxbody and SN95, and why you make a disinction between them.

[@lincolnls0416]

Guess as an ex Ford dealer Mechanic I would know. Guess everyone wants to say other wise. Oh well I guess what Ford taught me was wrong in your words. When I went Dodge I guess what Dodge taught me is also wrong. Ok I get it. Guess your smarter then Ford and Dodge. Got it. 🤦‍♂️

[@rodrogers6895]

@@lincolnls0416 nothing worth fighting about. Yes, the fox body platform lasted through both body styles. But in the Mustang enthusiast “vocabulary“ there is a clear definition of what years the word Foxbody refers to.

[@silverwings11035]

​@@lincolnls0416wow dude you get butt hurt stupid fast. He said nothing offensive. Just saying what others usually say about the Fox and SN95. He never said anything about your intelligence but after your comment, ok, we got it now.

[@themidnighttavern6784]

We've gotten so many mid engine concepts over the years. Hopefully Ford actually makes it a production reality one day.

[@jamesmarsh1831]

They have, it's called the Mustang GTD.

[@themidnighttavern6784]

@jamesmarsh1831 The mustang GTD isn't mid-engine man.

[@Joshua_N-A]

An updated Mach II in the 1980's would've been interesting, especially as an entry level mid-engine sports car IMO. The RSX look like something out of an 80's cyberpunk anime or movie. Imagine had the Mustang II was based on the Milano platform instead of the Pinto.

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

72 Torino Sport got that rear treatment.

[@Stonky77]

Do a Google search for shorty Mustang. It looks like a squashed 60s fastback.

[@edwardlazich1140]

My favorite is the Mustang 1. It was miles ahead of the competition. Maybe it would have made sense to have released it in Europe first.

[@bvward]

I vote for the Australian Falcon☺

[@davidb1630]

Which wasn't an XD coupe but an XB GT hardtop. 351 CUI

[@bvward]

@@davidb1630 Cleveland or Windsor?

[@davidb1630]

@@bvward Cleveland.

[@Joshua_N-A]

So, the closest thing to the Aussie in US is a Torino?

[@bvward]

@@Joshua_N-A Probably. I think the architecture was originally US Falcon/Fairlane based. US Ford Maverick also shared that DNA, I believe.

[@unionrdr]

I agree that the Mach II was drop-dead sexy! I'd love to have taken that for a bit of a go! Love the 289 Hi-Po! 271HP, solid lifter road monster SB!

[@spencerthu2956]

That mach 2 is bad ass! It looks like a European exotic supercar . The Milano was very ahead of its time. Most of these are really cool! That Mach 3 looks like it could come out now!! Very modern looking , especially the rear end . Put LEDs in all the lights and itd be perfect now!

[@chadwickhurlburt6529]

I liked the Mach 2 design the best, the others...eh.

[@travisgravelle7687]

Not A factory car, but the mustang station wagons were pretty wild.

[@amandastyles-uh6zx]

The mach2 looks alot like the pantera that was made with ford engines and running gear

[@StoffelDilligas]

The Mach II looked awesome

[@ekpauly]

The mustang mach 3 design was stolen by Hyundai for the Tiburon. Korea stole everyone’s designs. We used to call Hyundai cars by what they stole the design from. Hahaha. I love the fox body mustang, and whats funny is I’m still learning of weird special versions of it that i don’t remember, have never heard of, and have never seen. I love your videos, I’m still always learning and you never fail to disappoint with something different.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

I recognized that Mach III through the pixels... and what was that GT90 doing in there, that wasn't a Mustang concept. It was a potential replacement for the GT40 built on an XJ220 chassis with one and a half Ford modular V8s welded together.

[@mandomario]

i only knew about the Mustang 1 and the Mach 3. the latter of which i had made a model kit growing up

[@positrondesign6514]

I had a model of the Mustang 1 as a kid

[@xXcampx]

Did you blow it up with a firecracker?

[@frankpriolo7735]

You left out the 1963 Mustang II Concept car. The first production Mustangs were very much like it,

[@Davivd2]

Probably because Mustang 2's were built in the 70's and were hot garbage.

[@thefleecer3673]

They should have made the Mach 3, what a design!

[@tonycoke1440]

You forgot the rotary engine Mustang that Ford built! I talked to the man that owned it (not sure if there was more than one) about 20 years ago. He was very nice and knew a lot about it. He did not want to sell it then :-(

[@amandastyles-uh6zx]

My favorite mustangs are the 69-70 and the first generation sn95s❤

[@jeffschwartz5199]

My 95 Cobra has the same hood as the 96 Cobra and the Mach 3

[@starronin4580]

It's not on here, but the 65 'Shorty" is my favorite...they should have made that car

[@gohphaqurselfeeputhy622]

9:46 it looks like one of those Nissan quests met up with a Toyota MR two and had a real ugly baby with gigantism

[@colubrinedeucecreative]

I was wondering why in the world is the mustang mark 2 looking like 2 different videos. Turns out those are two different cars. The Mustang 2 is the black and while ones designed and destroyed in 1967, While the bright red one is called the mustang mark 2 c designed by Shinoda that came from GM so it is a lot bigger and had a 429 power plant. That was the one they lost interest in due to the Pantera I guess. The earlier 2 were just having issues with the gearbox I suppose? They just weren't happy with it on the track. All those really don't look like mustangs. I remember the first time I found out about the prototype, it just seemed so ugly compared to the 65-66, and still is. The GSX looks more like a mustang of that era but very impractical. It reminds me of the dodge eagle that flopped in the mid 80s. Finally the Mark 3 is a perfect concept. It shows what we could have if manufacturing time and cost didn't matter. It shows what they wanted the SN 95 to look like but just couldn't make it happen. It doesn't look practical or safe enough. After all it is all a trade off. Mustangs are cheap fun. They aren't meant to look like Ferraris. The mach two base is slightly my favorite but it looks like a opal or something else. They are what the company wanted to make but thank goodness they couldn't because those mustang golden years were to be savored. 69 on are kind of ok but they got really fat and away from their start which was a shame. Mustang 2 is more like the 65 than any of those but lacked something. Fox bodies I am partial too because those were my mustangs growing up. I really really like the SN95 as that is when I graduated and wanted to be in design. Love the 2005 trying to go back toward 65. Newer gens look pretty amazing but not sure if they feel more like the 69s or what they are awful big and wide. Nice video, thanks

[@Jaggerbush]

Mustang 1 looks like a corvear.... but way cooler.

[@indybob770]

Mach 3 did it for me. It looked a little like a Mercedes-Benz SL.

[@maxhenry1977]

Mustang milano for me.

[@paladin0654]

Not smart to have the roll bar below the driver's head.

[@amandastyles-uh6zx]

The mustang milano is pretty cool i would drive that they look cool it looks like a Pontiac in the front and fron the doors to the back looks like the sweet Lamborghini espada which i love ❤❤

[@gohphaqurselfeeputhy622]

Oh my God, I figured it out. It looks like that first generation Dodge stealth Nissan quest had a baby with a Nissan pulsar, and it got the size of the daddy and the shape from the mama with a ugly stick on the side.

[@johnreese3176]

The mustang 1 would have rewritten history.

[@Darren-r8l]

I like the mach 111 1993 convertible and the one that looked alot like the 1971 mach 1 mustang.

[@Captain_Max]

while it does need some work in areas, overall the Milano is my favorite

[@anselpeneloperainblossom-s3489]

Imma need a Mach 2. My inner chim chim demands it.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

And at least one car that would have FAILED as a Mustang. The Probe was INTENDED to be a Mustang replacement - but no option for a V8 killed that idea. Too bad Ford failed to learn the lesson and came up with that "electric Mustang SUV" mistake.

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

The Mach 2 was way ahead of the MR2

[@TooBrokeToWheel]

The RSX looked like a Dodge Daytona

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Milano - 1970 Mustang Mach 1 meet the Trans-Am.

[@ericfredrickson5517]

At 3:00, wasn't the Ford Mustang 1 the basis for one of the original Hot Wheels cars?

[@SModelMafia]

It’s too bad you show a 68 for “ The iconic 65 Fastback “.

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

Forgot the rare mustang wagon...

[@amandastyles-uh6zx]

The rex favors a Daytona

[@alxf66]

Insane? Hardly. Interesting? Definitely. The AI's hyperbole was wholly misplaced.

[@jamiedriscoll9781]

0:28 GT90 was a mustang concept?

[@toddjelle5612]

Milano is my favorite but… a mid engine mud stain is not what ford needed for sales

[@nycj3ahudson341]

My MUSTANG is a P-51...

[@darrinbunston5932]

The one that looks like a Ferrari

[@manmatt445]

yeah,that chevy is still the best mustang in this video. yup.

[@Atomwaffen-y3s]

Oh, but there was a real piece of H$it that we got in 1974-1978.

[@DeanRicci1]

Milano is #1

[@erichritz8633]

Cover photo is a chargcuda😂

[@anthonyhunt701]

Isn’t the Mustang 1 engine the same as the Saab Sonnett🤔…

[@bkehlin]

The white one was a GT90, not a mustang

[@brianwalker551]

The Milano

[@akane742]

Gt90 was NOT a mustang concept

[@macmaccourt]

The 0:25 GT90 is not a Mustang or a derivative.

[@Davivd2]

We got the Mach E though.... SMH

[@kitwalker520]

Will be a separate brand

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

The 90s was the beginning of the end for automotive styling. Instead of gradually moving away from the squared off style of the 80s(which I absolutely love). They turned everything into a bubble. Everything in the 90s was too rounded. And they continued to go horribly wrong afterwards. On top of the horrible styling. They improved the engines, only to overly complicate them with a bunch of unnecessary technology. So all modern vehicles are disposable appliances. Ugly shapes that you can't see out of with too many electronic nannies and brittle engines because of the overuse of technology to squeeze power from tiny engines. I will never understand why the automotive industry has gone so horribly wrong since the 90s. I know regulations are a part of it. But regulations didn't cause these horrible garbage crossovers. That's just poor design decisions

[@drg424]

Now if ford could just stop making vehicles that get exponential recalls, it could recapture the logo built tough instead of built junk. Can we say are u listening james? Listen to this if it ain't broke don't fix it..ford has absolutely destroyed its reputation by inferior products at ridiculous price.

[@oso_nomada]

10:35 Hyundai Tiburon??? 🤢

[@RodneyRotten]

S V O ! 86

[@jlang8213]

12:08 no it doesn't.

[@joeboivin3897]

They should make a rule about the angle of the back window of the cars my cornea’s are probably fried out of my eye sockets how the back windows on today’s cars always seem to catch the reflecting sun and blow it through my windshield when I’m driving really there’s no sense in a way that they can design these vehicles today a lack of common sense the artesian‘s of the past are gone

[@Ari-pw6nu]

After the 70's they are mostly junk. Interiors became completely plastic and they shook and cracked themselves to pieces.

[@drdetroitwheels]

I asked you was involved in building a GTR not that one privately built car for a casino owner in Las Vegas you can find the car in August of 2007 5.0 magazine Bash performance mustangs

[@MrWombatty]

That Mustang 1 design wasn't totally new as it was somewhat similar to low-production racing 'specials' being built in Britain, Italy, & to a lesser extent in other European countries! Just a reminder that the USA has had its share of ugly, unsuccessful vehicle designs! (Did I hear someone say 'Cyber-truck' & 'Edsel'?)

[@markstopkey4085]

@0:14 Dual clutch transmission?

[@tommygatch]

Why are you questioning it? A quick look at Car and Driver's Article... "Aptly called Predator, the motor is a supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 that summons 760 horsepower and 625 pound-feet of torque. That prodigious power twists the rear wheels through a clairvoyant seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission"

[@truthsayers8725]

i am BEYOND RELIEVED none of those abominations ever saw the light of day other than as concepts. every single one of them, ugly as sin. can you imagine the crap Ford and Mustang drivers would have gotten from the Chevy crowd if they had gotten one of these? it would have been more shit than the Mustang II of 1974-1978 of which the hatchback was actually a great looking car

[@Joshua_N-A]

An updated Mach II in the 80's would've been interesting considering the mid-engine lineups at the time and as an entry level sports car.

[@Rowebot15]

My favorite is the 1976 Cobra II