[D Rider]

However, one caller called in to say that when the Mustang first came out it was marketed as a female car.

When it first came out it had a straight six. It's funny what happens when you drop a small block V-8 into something isn't it?

[calex59]

I was a young man when the Mustang came out, every guy I knew wanted one, I can’t remember it ever being touted as a woman’s car. For what it’s worth, the corvette came out with a six the first year or so also. That is because Chevy didn’t market a V8 at that time, not until the ‘55 models came out(in 1954) with the 265.