"Ford Mustang The New Breed" says the inside cover of the 1979 Ford Mustang promotional booklet. It also says: Heir apparent to the throne of the specialty car kingdom founded by its namesake a scant fifteen years ago. Mustang is a whole new breed for 1979. One that is engineered to help put pure excitement back into driving. 1979 was the first year of the fox body design which as Ford says has efficient aerodynamic styling which is important for road performance and fuel economy. This page describes the new handling, new size, new standards, and new options. Fuel efficiency of the 2.3L, 4 cylinder, manual transmission engine is listed as 21mpg / 31 highway (17mpg / 27 highway in California).

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