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The discerning reader is likely already aware that the Ford Mustang GTY in this body style is a product of the imagination. The Mustang has been available for a few years now; as a racing version with oversized spoilers, it sprang from the imagination of our designer in 2020—a man who finds an insane amount of time to browse every possible and impossible motorsports website on the internet. But experience over the past few decades has shown that race cars simply sell better than production vehicles. Even though the Mustang is an all-time classic in the American manufacturer’s lineup.
The problem: of course, there are no real-life models to base it on. So the only options are paint schemes inspired by current racing teams or historic vehicles.
And what could be more fitting than a (European) Ford racing classic from the 1970s? The Ford Capri Zakspeed was a legend back then, painted black with yellow and red stripes. Of course, we won’t name the sponsor due to the well-known licensing issues.
It is precisely for these reasons that the current FORD GTY is called Krampus! This is a typically Austrian word for St. Nicholas’s helper. In Bavaria, he is called Knecht Rupprecht, but the Krampus is a darker, more ominous figure. The Krampus frightens all children who haven’t been well-behaved. Krampuses roam from Christmas through New Year’s to drive out evil spirits.
And that actually brings us right back to the Ford Mustang’s menacing look: designed to frighten and intimidate others. The phrase “Kraxn f’d Fratzn” on the roof is more of a little inside joke: in Austrian German, “Kraxn” refers to a baby carrier or a backpack, and “Fratzn”/“Fratze” should be self-explanatory.
Have fun with the Ford!
Best regards, CoMod
Lotus
