Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302 (2012)

Ford Mustang Boss 302

Ford gave the green light only once before: In 1968, management approved a special Mustang - a car that sacrificed nothing in its quest to be the best all-around road-going performance machine ever created by Ford Motor Company. That car became the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302, and it remains one of the world's most sought-after examples of American performance.

Forty-two years later, Ford has given the green light again.

The team of Ford engineers, designers and stylists - all Mustang enthusiasts to the core - that created the groundbreaking 2011 Mustang GT has distilled a new model to its purest form, strengthening, lightening and refining each system to create a race car with a license plate. Its name: the 2012 Mustang Boss 302.