Originally Posted by
1OldFordMan
Guess I never paid that much attention. Knew Mustang was a pony car, Always thought that got started because of the horse reference ( Mustang, pony = both horse terms ). Mustang was actually spin off from the Falcon wasn't it?
Pony (Car) was derived from the Mustang name. Lee Iacocca was the father of the Mustang which used componets mainly from Falcons/Fairlanes.
There was a competition between the different FoMoCo Divisions to style the car. The Mustang as introduced in April 1964 (as a 1965 model) was styled by the L/M Division, who called it Cougar.