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BaylorCamaro · 02-04-2015, 01:45 PM

Interesting article. The ads back then were hilarious!

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-manly-...y-meant-women/

"The Mustang. Perhaps more than any other car, its name calls to mind things like power and motor oil and pure manliness. (Why is manliness always so dirty and gross?)

I'll pause while a certain segment of Cracked's readership rushes to the comments to argue the timeless "Ford vs. Chevy" debate while the rest of us wish you'd all take public transportation and just stop talking about everything.

Out of your system now? Great. Anyway, quality or style issues aside, you have to admit that the Mustang is a quintessential guy car. Even Top Gear, the most testosterone-driven show in the world, is desperate to love it. So, I'm sorry if this news shocks you, Mustang owners, but your $30,000 penis extension was originally intended to be a car for ladies.

Wait, What?

OK, obviously car companies would sell to every person on Earth if they could, regardless of sex or gender, so they could make all the money. But in 1964, when the first Mustang hit the sales floor, there was a concentrated effort to sell it to women specifically. As part of their initial campaign, Ford put Mustang ads in the "women's" section of 2,600 newspapers on a single day.

But the first Mustang had already been sold, two days before it was supposed to be available, to, no surprise, a lady. Gail Brown was a 22-year-old teacher and the car's first-ever buyer. As of 2013, she still owned it.

Even a few years after its debut, Ford was still telling women how a Mustang was perfect for their lifestyle. This hilariously dated commercial from 1966 promises "single girls" that the car is not only "all you could ask for on a secretary's salary" but at the end implies that owning one will help you do the only important thing in life -- find a husband.

Honestly, Google Image search is so full of these early women-oriented ads that I have had to be really selective about the ones I'm including. But I have to throw in this final one that seems to promise women with young children ("Life was just one diaper after another until Sarah got her new Mustang") that if they buy one, their husbands will be so turned on by it ("Suddenly there was a new gleam in her husband's eye") that they will want to have more sex with them ... or the car; it's not really clear.

Soon, though, the ad campaigns changed to the manlier fare we're used to, and the Mustang went on to be known as a guy's car, hitting the peak of cliche maleness in 2007 when it starred as an evil police cruiser in a Michael Bay explosion-fest about boys' childhood toys."

shibbs · 02-04-2015, 01:48 PM

Yeah, that's how the name Pony Car got it's thing.

Horses are for the men, Ponies are for the women.

TastyBake · 02-04-2015, 02:08 PM

At one of those restaurant classic car gatherings, the guys there said the GTO was originally a girl's car. The GTO owner said it as well.

stoopid · 02-04-2015, 02:20 PM

lol knew there was a reason I didn't care for the aesthetics.

72MachOne99GT · 02-04-2015, 02:54 PM

My ****** hurts.

shibbs · 02-04-2015, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 72MachOne99GT

My ****** hurts.

Hangs like sleeve of wizard.

72MachOne99GT · 02-04-2015, 06:54 PM

My brother Bilo, one day he break out of cage, and he get it!

It very funny, we all laugh.

Muscle Car Memories · 02-04-2015, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shibbs

Yeah, that's how the name Pony Car got it's thing.

Horses are for the men, Ponies are for the women.

Fail...Pony Car comes from the name of the Mustang which was tagged by a magazine writer in the 60's.

stoopid · 02-05-2015, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Muscle Car Memories

Fail...Pony Car comes from the name of the Mustang which was tagged by a magazine writer in the 60's.

His explanation is better.

TheReaper · 02-05-2015, 11:21 AM

Maybe the Mustang was for girls until Carroll Shelby got hold of it.

derklug · 02-05-2015, 11:22 AM

Good looking girl with a Mustang, yeah I would do that. Good looking girl with a Pogo stick, I'd do that too. I really don't think the car is all that important when it comes to men and sex.

King Sun · 02-05-2015, 12:19 PM

They still look like more of a womans type car to me without even knowing the history behind it. Doesn't take away from it but the design overall reminds you of a girl.

shibbs · 02-05-2015, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by stoopid

His explanation is better.

Mine was also satire, but it's hard to convey smartassititude on the intarwebz.

TommyTheCat · 02-05-2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Muscle Car Memories

Fail...Pony Car comes from the name of the Mustang which was tagged by a magazine writer in the 60's.

And the Camaro is also considered a pony car.

And since the Camaro was supposed to compete directly with the Mustang, does that mean it's also a lady's car? Or were we late enough to the party to only target men?

02-04-2015, 01:45 PM	#1
BaylorCamaro Track > 1/4 Mile Drives: 2016 C7 Z51 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: League City, TX Posts: 6,072 View My Garage	Mustang originally targeted woman Interesting article. The ads back then were hilarious! http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-manly-...y-meant-women/ "The Mustang. Perhaps more than any other car, its name calls to mind things like power and motor oil and pure manliness. (Why is manliness always so dirty and gross?) I'll pause while a certain segment of Cracked's readership rushes to the comments to argue the timeless "Ford vs. Chevy" debate while the rest of us wish you'd all take public transportation and just stop talking about everything. Out of your system now? Great. Anyway, quality or style issues aside, you have to admit that the Mustang is a quintessential guy car. Even Top Gear, the most testosterone-driven show in the world, is desperate to love it. So, I'm sorry if this news shocks you, Mustang owners, but your $30,000 penis extension was originally intended to be a car for ladies. Wait, What? OK, obviously car companies would sell to every person on Earth if they could, regardless of sex or gender, so they could make all the money. But in 1964, when the first Mustang hit the sales floor, there was a concentrated effort to sell it to women specifically. As part of their initial campaign, Ford put Mustang ads in the "women's" section of 2,600 newspapers on a single day. But the first Mustang had already been sold, two days before it was supposed to be available, to, no surprise, a lady. Gail Brown was a 22-year-old teacher and the car's first-ever buyer. As of 2013, she still owned it. Even a few years after its debut, Ford was still telling women how a Mustang was perfect for their lifestyle. This hilariously dated commercial from 1966 promises "single girls" that the car is not only "all you could ask for on a secretary's salary" but at the end implies that owning one will help you do the only important thing in life -- find a husband. Honestly, Google Image search is so full of these early women-oriented ads that I have had to be really selective about the ones I'm including. But I have to throw in this final one that seems to promise women with young children ("Life was just one diaper after another until Sarah got her new Mustang") that if they buy one, their husbands will be so turned on by it ("Suddenly there was a new gleam in her husband's eye") that they will want to have more sex with them ... or the car; it's not really clear. Soon, though, the ad campaigns changed to the manlier fare we're used to, and the Mustang went on to be known as a guy's car, hitting the peak of cliche maleness in 2007 when it starred as an evil police cruiser in a Michael Bay explosion-fest about boys' childhood toys." __________________ Automotive YouTube Channel / Texas World Speedway / MSR Houston

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TheReaper Drives: 2018 Mustang GT Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mobile Al Posts: 750	Maybe the Mustang was for girls until Carroll Shelby got hold of it. __________________ 2018 GT 10R80-355

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derklug Drives: 12 Boss 302 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, Mi Posts: 1,369	Good looking girl with a Mustang, yeah I would do that. Good looking girl with a Pogo stick, I'd do that too. I really don't think the car is all that important when it comes to men and sex. __________________ The biggest mistakes in life come when you know exactly what you are doing.

02-04-2015, 02:08 PM	#3
TastyBake Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT/RS Black Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 973	At one of those restaurant classic car gatherings, the guys there said the GTO was originally a girl's car. The GTO owner said it as well.

02-04-2015, 02:20 PM	#4
stoopid Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: anyplace, USA Posts: 1,177	lol knew there was a reason I didn't care for the aesthetics.

02-05-2015, 12:19 PM	#12
King Sun Casual Camaro Owner Drives: 2010 Black LS V6 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jacksonville Fl Posts: 1,090	They still look like more of a womans type car to me without even knowing the history behind it. Doesn't take away from it but the design overall reminds you of a girl.