The iPhone as the Modern Day Mustang

Posted by Rich Crowley in Cars, Cool, Design

My first car was a 68 Mustang. The car was almost twenty years old when I bought it. It had black interior and although it was an automatic, it had a 289 V8 and would really go. I was just out of school, had just gotten my first apartment and I was King.

While my buddies were buying new cars, getting company cars or living in big cities and using transit, my car was more than transportation. It was the epitome of cool, even with two decades behind it. I can remember the snarl it made when you started it up. Its proportions were gorgeous. Long snout and short rear deck and low slung. The interior was black and it had factory air (rare for the time). It had a great big steering wheel which needed some muscle in tight turns since there was no power steering. The shifter was on the floor and was slick as hell. Clearly, Ford nailed this thing in the 60’s.

Around the same time, (mid eighties), my sister bought a brand new 86 Honda Prelude. It was amazing the parallels in the two cars. Proportions were similar and the Prelude was quick and nimble. The gear box was silky smooth and its four cylinders allowed it to really go as well. I can remember by Dad commenting at the time that the domestics had walked away from the market because clearly, given the Prelude’s huge success, buyers were still there.

I’m not sure there is a parallel today.  There are so many companies making cars that perhaps it’s impossible to capture the public’s attention with a single model the way Ford did with the Mustang.    Perhaps the iPhone is the modern day Mustang?