Team Sky’s Tour de France campaign next month will have the support of one of the most iconic cars in the history of motoring – the Ford Mustang.
Earlier today, the team tweeted two pictures of the vehicle in its black and blue livery, saying “all will be revealed soon!”
Joining us at the Tour de France this July – say hello to the mighty @TeamSky @FordEu Mustang! A thing of beauty pic.twitter.com/7kPuwgjkZC
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) June 23, 2016
We’re adding even more horsepower to our #TDF2016 lineup. All will be revealed soon! @FordEu #OpenRoad pic.twitter.com/LjoIbVaysV
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) June 23, 2016
Ford replaced Jaguar as a team sponsor at the start of 2016, and our best guess is that the Mustang will be rolled out on the two time trial stages, as Team Sky has previously done with the Jaguar F-Type.
Launched in 1964, the Mustang featured in the famous car chase in the Steve McQueen film Bullitt, as well as in the James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever.
It’s also the subject of the Wilson Pickett song Mustang Sally, which got a new lease of life in the 1990s when it was covered on the soundtrack of the film The Commitments.
The sixth generation of the Mustang was launched last year and for the first time includes a right hand drive version for markets such as the UK where vehicles are driven on the left.
13 thoughts on “Ford Mustang joins Team Sky fleet for Tour de France”
They don’t go around corners
They don’t go around corners too well, or so the petrol heads say.
Expecting to see this dangling off some tree on the descent from the Joux Plane.
I drove one in the US last
I drove one in the US last year. A pig to drive. Also, hard to see how the bikes are going to go on top.
We’ve got a customer with one
We’ve got a customer with one of those. They are terrible at tight corners and he says he’s got very practiced at the 15-point turn in a car park…
Like “dodgy” said, it’s going to make for some comical moments on the tight Alpine switchbacks!
Yup, cycling is certainally a
Yup, cycling is certainally a green mode of transport
Can a gas-guzzler like that
Can a gas-guzzler like that make it through an entire Tour de France stage? Can it fit down narrow French country roads? Those sorts of vehicles are usually the ones that roar up behind you on single-track sunked lanes, with the driver revving their ridicuously over-powered engines, expecting you to somehow vanish into thin air.
The antithesis of cycling.
The antithesis of cycling. Horrible, inelegant, over-powered, fuel-guzzling tanks driven by fat fucks that over-compensate for their lack of athleticism by shouting about their right of way. And I’m a Sky fan.
Right lads….who has the
Right lads….who has the smallest disk?
We need someone to drive the new motor…
Hmm, well I wouldn’t mind
Hmm, well I wouldn’t mind something a bit more practical than the wife’s Mazda for the odd occasion when I want to transport a bike.
I’m a sucker for the sound of
I’m a sucker for the sound of a V8 but it’s not the best choice of team car.
It would sound pretty awesome if the rest of the teams got in on it though. It’d be like Mad Max Fury Road out there!
Shame something that isn’t a
Shame something that isn’t a total throwback wasn’t picked up as sponsor instead. LIke a Tesla but with artificial engine sound as they’re a bit quiet for these sort of close encounters.
The Mondeo’s are practical,
The Mondeo’s are practical, this is marketing sweetie!
Want one……..
Want one……..
“We’re adding even more
“We’re adding even more horsepower to our #TDF2016 lineup. “
How very green of you.