Ford's Efforts to Bring Fox Body Flair to the S650-Gen Mustang Were Years in the Making
It all started with throwback wheels — and one particularly handsome 1993 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra.
Ford delighted fans of the third generation Mustang earlier this week with the debut of the 2026 Mustang GT FX Package. The retro-inspired theme harks back to the days of the car's Fox Body era, complete with an oh-so-sweet Adriatic Blue Metallic exterior hue. It's undoubtedly awesome — but also, admittedly, a bit out of the ('90s-era) blue.
To find out more about what led to Ford offering the Mustang GT Premium-specific FX Package, Road & Track sat down with the designers behind the project to better understand how the Fox Body influence came into the fold, and the challenges of modernizing iconic design choices …
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