- Ford will supply a brand new FX Package deal on the 2026 Mustang
- It’s impressed by the boxy Fox Physique Mustangs constructed from 1979 to 1993
We’re right here to inform ya ‘little story ‘bout a 5.0 and the way all issues are forgiven in time, even that. Vanilla Ice is again in music, and Ford is celebrating, not apologizing for, the Fox Physique Mustang.
For 2026, Ford will introduce a retro-inspired design bundle for its muscle automobile. There’s nothing new about that. Mustang designers have been utilizing the first-generation pony automobile as their muse since Ford took it retro for its 1994, fourth-generation redesign.
What’s new right here? The corporate is celebrating the one earlier than that.
The Fox Physique Mustang
- The Fox Physique was the fourth technology Mustang, and essentially the most divisive one
The Mustang has been by way of rather a lot throughout six a long time.
Virtually everybody agrees that the unique, 1965 first-generation Mustang is an automotive legend and a traditional magnificence. Virtually everybody agrees that the 1974 second technology was a mistake finest forgotten.
Arguments begin with the third technology. Offered from the 1979 to 1993 mannequin years, the Fox Physique Mustang had Reagan-era boxy strains and boxy headlights. It reclaimed a few of the authentic’s efficiency glory, forsaking the wheezy engines of the malaise-era Mustang II.
It additionally reclaimed area in tradition, showing as an object of need in films and music movies in a means the second technology by no means did.
However when Ford lastly redesigned the ‘Stang for its fourth technology, the corporate left all cues from the Fox Physique behind. The 1994 redesign introduced again styling cues from the Sixties authentic. Ford has by no means stopped doing that.
The Fox Physique has been reminiscence holed. Till now.
The Package deal That Celebrates It
- The FX bundle brings again a really Nineties coloration — teal
- White painted wheels and rear-window decals full the look
The Mustang FX Package deal isn’t a brand new design with a physique of angles and a CD participant with an En Vogue disc in it. It’s simply an look bundle. Ford hasn’t revealed pricing.
However, Ford says, it “blends classic styling cues with fashionable execution to indicate how Mustang can spotlight its legacy whereas nonetheless wanting towards the longer term.”
That features a very Miami Vice shade of teal, newly accessible. It’s 2026, so Ford calls it “Adriatic Blue Metallic.” However you realize a classic Charlotte Hornets coloration scheme whenever you see one.
Patrons can select from two wheel designs, each painted gloss white. One leans towards fashionable, with the identical 5-spoke design as different 2026 Mustangs, however painted such as you’re simply beginning to study who Invoice Clinton is. The opposite “attracts inspiration from iconic Fox Physique designs,” Ford says.
The identical white strains badges on the skin and, should you go for the Efficiency Package deal, the “nostrils” beside the grille.
Ford has additionally introduced again window lettering. A lot of these Fox Physique designs wore a Mustang phrase mark instantly on the rear glass. “That very same contact now seems on the rear window of coupe fashions with the Mustang FX Package deal,” Ford says.
Inside, plaid seat inserts echo Eighties designs, whereas Ford used a Eighties-inspired font for badges inside.
Ford will supply the bundle solely on the Mustang GT Premium – sure, the one with the 5.0 – as a coupe or a convertible with both accessible transmission.
