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which sounds amazing,

like a lion.

I had posters I remember

of the mustang on my wall.

You can go to Thailand,

and they know

what a mustang is.

You can go to Russia.

They want a mustang.

As a kid who grew up overseas,

the thing that stood out for me

was seeing my first mustang when

i was growing up in Vietnam,

a 1970 super boss mustang.

It was part of

an army promotional tour.

It symbolized everything

that was special about America.

Living in Vietnam,

that's what you envisioned.

The soldiers were big

and strong,

and this car just

embodied those things.

Strength, power, freedom.

You envisioned this car running

at high speeds

in wide-open spaces,

and that was a pretty powerful

image as a kid to see.

You know, my aspirations

living in Vietnam

was to someday own a car.

That was a dream.

It was beyond

my wildest dreams to think

that you could come to

not only live in the U.S.,

go through

the public school system

but then be in charge

of this iconic product.

If you wanna call

that the American dream,

if that's not it,

i don't know what is, you know?

When you're 16 years old,

first sign of freedom

is you go out,

you get your driver's license,

and you get a car, okay,

and that's a freedom

that stays with you

until somebody says

you can't drive anymore.

I think you either

have a passion for driving

or it's just

a utilitarian thing

that you got to do to get

from point a to point b.

Wilson pickett:

I've loved the mustang

ever since I was a kid.

I had a fella on my street that owned a

1965 mustang fastback, fire-engine orange.

And if I even heard him

start the car,

I had to run out there

just to listen to it.

I'm driving a '68 coupe.

I own a 1990 saleen mustang.

1970 mach 1 mustang.

I actually have an album

with pictures of all of my cars.

My '641/2.

My '68. '89 mustang gt.

Mustang

is a subjective decision.

King cobra 1978.

If you're really logical,

you would never buy a mustang.

I could show you lots more.

It's an emotional decision.

Everybody has a mustang story.

You don't have to own one

to have one.

You know somebody

that had a mustang.

You know a story.

Maybe it was that guy

in high school.

Maybe it was your

sister-in-law's cousin.

Who knows?

Thousands of people

on five continents

spend all of their time,

money and energy

supporting this car.

They've become a social network

around mustang.

There's nothing like it.

My job is to have

a connection with fans.

I'm basically the liaison

between Ford motor company

and all the clubs.

You don't have to get, like,

a focus group, like,

"who is the customer?"

It's me.

I'm dealing

with my friends and me.

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