Automotive News
November 25, 2013 - 12:01 am ET
To make the point that it has global aspirations for the Mustang, Ford announced last week that the redesigned version marking the car's 50th anniversary will be introduced Dec. 5 in six cities around the globe: New York, Dearborn, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Shanghai and Sydney.
At the Los Angeles Auto Show last week, Ford's PR machine confirmed the world's worst-kept secret -- that a redesigned Mustang is in the works -- and announced the global-intro plan. "Mustang has come to be much more than just a car for its legions of fans spanning the globe," Jim Farley, Ford's global marketing chief, gushed in a statement.
So where will Farley be on the big day? He's not saying, but it won't be in the United States. "When I talk to my grandsons, I want to tell them I was outside the U.S. when we launched the first global Mustang," he said.
Put your money on Sydney, so he can add another first: being present at the debut of the first right-hand-drive Mustang.
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