Right here’s When Ford Will Launch Its Restricted Version Mustang Bullitt

Steve McQueen’s well-known San Francisco automotive chase scene within the 1968 film Bullitt turned the Mustang GT fastback right into a Hollywood icon.

To rejoice the 50th anniversary of that movie, Ford showcased the unique automotive on the North American Worldwide Auto Present in Detroit–the unique automotive used within the movie hasn’t been seen by the general public in 40 years–as properly as unveiled a brand new limited-edition 2019 Mustang Bullitt.

The brand new, special-edition mannequin has an upgraded 5.Zero-liter V8 engine that gives 475 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. The upshot? A sooner Mustang GT. The brand new Bullitt can have a prime pace of 163 miles per hour, an eight m.p.h. improve from the newest Mustang GT.

The Mustang GT fastback performed a distinguished function in Bullitt, notably the almost 10-minute-long sequence that adopted McQueen chasing down two hitmen in his Mustang via the streets of San Francisco. Two 1968 Mustang GT fastbacks had been used within the movie. The hero automobile was offered by Warner Bros to a non-public purchaser. The opposite automobile, which was utilized in many chase scenes, went to a salvage yard. That jumper automobile resurfaced in Baja, Calif., in early 2017–but the opposite was misplaced to historical past, in accordance with Ford.

Sean Kiernan, proprietor of the hero automobile, inherited the automotive in 2014 from his late father, Robert, who had bought the automobile in 1974. Kiernan contacted Ford and the 2 events labored collectively to disclose the automotive alongside the all-new 2019 Mustang Bullitt at NAIAS.

As a part of the revealing, Ford confirmed a brief film, starring a third-generation member of the McQueen household, Molly, to introduce the brand new third-generation Bullitt at NAIAS. Within the movie, Molly races a brand new Mustang Bullitt via a parking construction battling a Dodge Charger for the ultimate free house.

“This new Bullitt is, as Steve McQueen was, effortlessly cool,” Darrell Behmer, chief designer of the Mustang, mentioned in an announcement. “As a designer, it is my favourite Mustang–devoid of stripes, spoilers and badges. It does not have to scream about anything–it’s simply cool.”

The 2019 Mustang Bullitt, which options darkish highland inexperienced exterior paint and chrome accents, is predicted to be out there this summer time. The automobile will come geared up with a handbook transmission and a gear shifter that includes a white cue ball shift knob in a nod to the unique.

The automotive’s signature burble can be there, due to a retuning of the lively worth efficiency exhaust system, which comes customary with black “nitroplate” exhaust ideas.

Different customary tools features a heated leather-based steering wheel and a 12-inch all-digital LCD instrument cluster, similar in perform to the cluster launched on 2018 Mustang, with one distinction. This model can have a Bullitt welcome display that begins in inexperienced with a picture of the automotive relatively than the horse.