DEARBORN, Mich., July 1, 2013 – The engineering and design teams at Ford Motor Company have produced a unique U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Edition 2014 Ford Mustang GT. This car will be donated ...

That's why Road and Track scribe Zach Bowman sought out the very first Mustang SSP for a must-read feature. As we recently discovered, there's something different about driving a police car.

Ford estimates around 15,000 SSP Ford Mustangs were in service before being discontinued in 1993. North Carolina will be the first state to bring the V8 Mustang back to its State Highway Patrol.