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Driving down the road today I saw a car show going on and decided to check it out. The show was put on by a local Mustang owners club.
Walking through the cars I spotted this...
1975 Ford Mustang II MPG Hatchback
He purchased it new when he was 18. Unfortunately, I was only able to talk to the owner for a moment as they were starting to have the award meeting. He did say that the "MPG" model was only available in 1975 as a option and that it had a lower rear end ratio.
edit: 3.18:1 rear-axle ratio (standard was 3.40:1)
According to what I can find on the web.
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The net effect was that, by the mid-1970s, performance was measured by fuel economy, not horsepower, in cars of this size. Ford even introduced an Mustang II MPG model with the kind of fanfare with which they just introduced the 2011s. The 2.3L 90hp 2700-lb car was rated at 34mpg highway, 26 city. Those are still decent numbers (though in reality you’d get no more than 29-30), good as nearly anything at the time.
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