the Vette smoked the Mustang with a 17.22-second quarter-mile to Ford’s wheezy 19.04. That’s not just slow. It’s borderline golf cart with attitude. There’s no question the Mustang oozes ...

crash-tested the previous Mustang and awarded it two from a possible five-star rating. Despite the public criticism it didn’t seem to impact Ford’s sales of the pony car, which remained a best-seller.