The Mustang Stampede, as Ford dubbed the caravan, descended on the automaker’s headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., the day of the unveiling, then traveled en masse the final 11 miles to downtown Detroit. The crowd gathered at the Hart Plaza amphitheater on the riverfront, in the shadow of General Motors’ towering Renaissance Center offices, to witness the debut of the 2024 Mustang.
To introduce the redesigned pony car, Ford called on a fifth-generation employee who works at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, where the Mustang is built. The employee said she was wearing the watch her great-great-grandfather received as his retirement gift from the company.