THE BOSS IS BACK: 2012 FORD MUSTANG BOSS 302 BRINGS ROAD
RACING LEGEND BACK TO THE STREETS
- The Boss returns! Limited production 2012 Mustang
Boss 302 set to become the quickest, best-handling
straight-production Mustang ever offered by Ford, based
on the world-class foundation provided by the 2011
Mustang GT
- Boss upgraded in nearly every vehicle system; engine
output, brakes, suspension, interior and exterior all
examined to optimize weight, aerodynamics and track
performance
- Full Mustang team effort results in a comprehensive
re-engineering available only through the factory; new
Boss is not a package that can be purchased out of a
catalog or achieved through tuning or aftermarket parts
- Limited-production track-oriented Boss 302 Laguna
Seca model expands on Boss racing aspirations, deleting
rear seat and adding race-ready suspension and
aerodynamic treatments
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 13, 2010 – 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
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.
“The decision to build a modern Boss was not entered into
lightly,” said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global
Product Development. “The entire team at Ford felt the time
was right and with the right ingredients, the world-class
2011 Mustang could support a successful, race-bred, worthy
successor to the original Boss 302. For us that meant a
production Mustang that could top one of the world’s best –
the 2010 BMW M3 – in lap times at Laguna Seca. We met our
expectations.”
To celebrate the racing heritage of the new Mustang Boss
302, Ford will also offer a limited number of Boss 302
Laguna Seca models, named for the track where Parnelli Jones
won the 1970 Trans-Am season opener in a Boss 302. Aimed at
racers more interested in on-track performance than creature
comforts, the Boss 302 Laguna Seca has increased body
stiffness, a firmer chassis set-up and an aerodynamics
package carried over almost in its entirety from the Ford
Racing Boss 302R.
