Mustang Owner's Museum

In May 2016, the Mustang Owner's Museum was announced, with an official opening
in Concord, North Carolina on April 17, 2019; the fifty-fifth anniversary.[114] The decision
to locate somewhere in Concord was a result of the success of the 2014 Mustang 50th-
anniversary celebration at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, with over 4,000
Mustangs registered and an estimated economic impact of US$8,300,000.[115]

In popular culture
The Ford Mustang has been featured in numerous media. Effective product
placement allowed the car to reach "celebrity status in the 1960s." [116] In particular,
"movie glamour" assisted in establishing a positive association with the Mustang. [117] The
following are a few notable cases where embedded marketing influenced the sales or
other tangible aspect of the vehicle:

 The 1964 movie The Troops of St. Tropez, was the Ford

Mustang's first appearance in a movie. "Contrary to popular
belief, the Ford Mustang did not make its cinematic debut
in the classic James Bond film Goldfinger. On September
9, 1964, Nicole Cruchot cruised around in a Poppy Red
1964.5 Mustang convertible in the French comedy Le
Gendarme de Saint-Tropez. Known to American audiences
as The Troops of St. Tropez, Cruchot’s character,
Geneviève Grad, holds the distinct honor of being the first
person to drive a Ford Mustang on the silver screen." [118]
 The 1964 movie Goldfinger, was the Ford Mustang's
second appearance in a feature film and timed with the
car's introduction in the US marketplace.[119]
 The song "Mustang Sally", recorded by Wilson Pickett in
1966, is about a man who buys a Mustang for his
ungrateful girlfriend. It has been described by one cultural
historian as "free advertising for the Ford Motor
Company."[120]
 The TV series The F.B.I. was sponsored by Ford Motor
Company and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. drove new Mustang
convertibles during the first four seasons (1965–1969) and
viewers can see how the Mustang evolved into a muscle
car.[121]
 Using real cars, Steve McQueen drove a debadged,
Highland Green, 1968 Mustang GT fastback with a 390
cubic inch engine and 4 speed transmission in a chase
scene with a 1968 black Dodge Charger in the 1968
film Bullitt.[122][123]
  A 1971 Mustang Mach 1 was featured in the James Bond
film, Diamonds Are Forever (1971).[124]
 A 1971 Mustang (modified to look like a 1973 model),
nicknamed "Eleanor", was the feature car in the 1974 car
heist film Gone in 60 Seconds. "Eleanor" returned, as a
1967 Mustang GT 500, in the movie's remake in 2000.
 The racing video game Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives,
released in 2005, features only Mustangs. [125]
 The 1997–1998 TV show Team Knight Rider featured a red
1997 Ford Mustang convertible named "Domino" and the
2008 TV movie Knight Rider featured a black 2008 Ford
Mustang Shelby GT500KR as KITT.
 The David Gelb directed documentary A Faster
Horse covers the creation of the 2015 Mustang. [126]
 The 2014 film Need for Speed features, along with
a Shelby Mustang integral to the plot, a 2015 Mustang
which briefly appears at the end. Like with Goldfinger, the
scene was shot before the car was revealed to the public.
A prototype was used and kept secret.[127]

See also
 Ford Mustang variants
 California Special Mustang
 Ford Mustang SSP
 Ford Mustang Mach-E

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