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The 2005 Ford Mustang captured the hearts and minds of millions and started the imaginations of a pair of the world’s leading coachbuilders in Italy as well. ”When we saw the new Mustang, we knew two things: It was the best we’d seen since the original, and we had to get our hands on one,” said Fabrizio Giugiaro, styling director of Italdesign Giugiaro S.P.A.

Ever since Ford stated that it was going to create a production version of the Shelby GT500 Concept, consumers have been abuzz with speculation about what other specialty Mustangs were in the works. Their wait is now over: While the competition scrambles once again to play catch-up to Ford, Mustang momentum continues to grow with the introduction of the uniquely styled, limited-edition 2007 Mustang GT/CS or “California Special.”

Pure Power Motorsports created the Shadrach to celebrate two Super Stock racing legends Hubert Platt and Randy Payne, a twin-turbo Mustang that boasts 900 hp and the necessary hardware to put that power to the ground.

Fords Special Vehicle Team (SVT) unveiled a new Cobra,  the 2004 SVT Mustang Cobra Mystichrome package, with color-shifting paint that changes from green to blue to purple to black, at the 2003 New York Auto Show. The package also shows the industry’s first production application of color-shifting leather interior trim.

The 2004 SVT Mustang Cobra Mystichrome features an advanced formula of color-shifting paint, first offered in 1996 on the SVT Mustang Cobra with Mystic paint. The original formula changed from black to purple to root-beer brown.

So in early 2005, Giugiaro pitched J Mays, Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, Design and chief creative officer, on his idea to do an Italian job on the beloved Mustang. The result: Mustang by Giugiaro – a one-of-a-kind concept powered by Ford Racing technologies, marking the Italian coachbuilder’s first reveal at the inaugural November Los Angeles Auto Show.

Fabrizio Giugiaro led the 2-D design process on the Mustang by Giugiaro concept, allowing him to deliver a complete exterior model from the family’s Turin, Italy, studios in just four months.