Ford Mustang IIMustang II · 1974–1978

The 2020 Shelby GT500's dual-clutch gearbox can bang off a shift in as little as 80 milliseconds — blink-of-an-eye quick for a 760-horsepower muscle car.

The GT350's Voodoo V8 uses a flat-plane crankshaft - exotic Ferrari-style engineering that lets it scream to a higher redline than any other Mustang V8.

In NBC's Knight Rider reboot, KITT lived in a black GT500KR, using its hood scoops for the famous red scanner.

The SN95 Mustang's 1994 redesign was internally code-named "Bucephalus," after Alexander the Great's horse.

The 1987 facelift of the Fox-body Mustang was designed by Fritz Mayhew's team and softened the car's boxy lines with a more rounded nose.

The Mustang II launched the same week as the 1973 oil embargo and became the only Mustang year ever sold without a V8 option.

The 228's coupe styling hides a sedan underneath: Maserati stretched it onto the longer four-door Biturbo chassis to make room for its biggest V6, which is literally where the name comes from — 2-door, 2.8 litre.

Switching to fuel injection let this V8 finally shed its trademark bonnet bulge — and only 405 of these flat-hooded Series 5 cars were built before the whole model retired in 1989.

A product of the DaimlerChrysler merger, the Crossfire shares 80% of its parts with the Mercedes-Benz SLK — German bones under American badges.