The "Mach 1" Name Is Safe

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...for now, at least.

[Ford] has now decided against using the ‘Mach 1’ name, telling Automotive News in a recent interview that it won’t use the former Mustang badge after receiving considerable pushback from fans and customers.

“We put that out there to evaluate it,” Ford’s president of global markets, Jim Farley, told the publication. “There are pros and cons. I don’t want to handicap it at this point, but we got a very strong reaction from people.”

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