First generation (1964–1973)
Conceived by Ford product manager Donald N. Frey and championed by Ford
Division general manager Lee Iacocca, the Mustang prototype was a two-seat, mid-
engined roadster. This would later be remodeled as a four-seat car penned by David
Ash and John Oros[11] in Ford's Lincoln–Mercury Division design studios, which
produced the winning design in an intramural design contest instigated by Iacocca.
To cut down the development cost and achieve a suggested retail price of US$2,368,
the Mustang was based heavily on familiar yet simple components. Much of the
chassis, suspension, and drivetrain components were derived from the Ford Falcon
and Fairlane.

The car had the the 1964 Falcon's monocoque platform-type frame, with welded box-
section side rails and cross-members.

Media exposure began on 16 April 1964 with commercials broadcast by all three
American television networks to reach 29 million TV viewers, followed by
announcement advertisements and publicity articles in 2,600 newspapers the next
morning, the day the car was "officially" revealed. A Mustang also appeared in the
James Bond film Goldfinger in September 1964, the first time the car was used in a
movie.

Original sales sales forecasts projected less than 100,000 units for the first year, but
in its first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were built.

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