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Classic instruments are a downloadable anniversary gift to new Mustang owners, and may be offered locally.
Owners of the new Ford Mustang in the US can now update their digital instruments to look like the dials on the first-generation 1965 Ford Mustang.
The downloadable over-the-air update (OTA) is available through Ford dealers in North America and brings a retro-style speedometer and tachometer with classic numbering to any new-generation Mustang.
While made available to US Mustang owners from 17 April – Mustang’s 60th anniversary – Ford Australia told Drive the classic gauges may become available locally.
A spokesperson for the carmaker said: “We will be able to share an update on the local availability of gauge cluster options closer to [the] Australian launch.”
The new Mustang is due in Australian showrooms in the second half of 2024 – after repeated delays – with production expected to begin in August.
In the US, owners of the latest Mustang can also make the instruments look like those of a 1980s ‘Foxbody’ Mustang.
The instrument update comes as Ford celebrated a milestone for its iconic sports car, with the 60th Anniversary package also announced on 17 April – six decades to the day since the original Mustang was revealed at The World’s Fair in 1964.
The Ford Mustang 60th Anniversary is offered in the US on V8-powered GT Premium models and features unique 20-inch alloy wheels, retro-style brake calipers and unique graphics.
The colour palette has also gone back to the 1960s, with the classic Wimbledon White, Race Red and Vapor Blue as the sole exterior paint choices.\
Sadly, none of the celebratory Mustangs – limited to a production run of 1965 individually numbered examples – will be sold in Australia.
A batch of about 160 to 200 Mustangs was offered in Australia in the 1960s, before returning to showrooms in 2001 with coupes and convertibles converted to right-hand drive by Ford Falcon tuner Tickford in Melbourne.
After sales of the Tickford-tweaked version ended in the early 2000s, Australia had to wait until 2015 for the first factory right-hand-drive Mustang with the arrival of the S550 model.
The Mustang has since enjoyed a seven-year run as Australia’s best-selling sports car from 2016 before a lack of stock during the change-over from old to new models helped the Subaru BRZ claim the number-one annual spot for the first time in 2023.
The post Ford Mustang celebrates 60th anniversary with classic gauges, a chance for Australia appeared first on Drive.
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