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Though its logo is a galloping horse, the ford mustang was reputedly named after a what?.

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fighter plane

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Henry Ford II debuted the Ford Mustang at the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Despite the horse in the Ford Mustang badge, the car was inspired by a quite different kind of Mustang. The automobile was named after the P-51 Mustang, a World War II fighter plane. The P-51 Mustang is usually recognized as World War II's best piston aircraft. The P-51 Mustangs, which combined an American dive-bomber design with a British Rolls-Royce engine, played an important role in the Allied victory over Germany.

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