... day of February and I, too, could have that right of passage. I was amazed by the audacious freedom that car ownership offered to me. Purchased with my money alone, the old Honda Prelude was my ticket to anywhere I desired to go. I felt like I could go anywhere or do anything and nothing could get in my way. I no longer had to ride my ... a cherry slurpee. I could drive to the beach, or to the snow, or to my buddy's house, parent-willing of course. No car illustrates these fascinating qualities like The Ford Motor Company's model of the 1964 Ford Mustang. With its sleek fastback body st...

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... compact European cars were selling all too well in the U.S. Throughout this time also the post-war baby boomers were going to be purchasing their first car, and Ford Motor Company knew this. Yet Ford had some trouble making sales at the time against Chevrolet: "Chevrolet took the Corvair Monza into production, a sporty, compact car and people wanted it. Ford tried ... like the Mustang. This forced Ford to drop the big V8 engines in the 400 hp range, to V6 engines with a mere 105 hp in "74. Today's base four cylinder Honda Civic has more horsepower than what the Mustang did in 1974. A V8...

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