The road has never been easy for America’s pony cars—a class of cars considered being too raw and prehistoric when compared to European and Japanese offerings.  In fact, the Mustang’s chief rival, the Chevrolet Camaro has already bitten the dust.  However, at the rate things are going, the Mustang will not share the Camaro’s fate.  Americans certainly don’t care that the 2004 edition still has some parts shared with the first-generation model; it boils down to the fact that the Mustang has lineage, performance and affordability.  And above all, it’s quintessentially American. ●

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