I'm Sorry...What?: The Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Mustangs

What do you get when you cross a legendary name in fashion like Neiman Marcus, and a legendary nameplate in the automotive world like the Ford Mustang? A recipe for weird. So weird in fact, legend says if you whisper “Neiman Marcus Mustang” into Doug DeMuro’s ear, he’ll spontaneously combust from sheer excitement. So here’s a bit of a background on one of the biggest flops in Neiman Marcus Limited Edition car history.

That’s right, history. Neiman Marcus has a history of selling modified cars in their Christmas catalog. These cars varied through the years ranging from the Maserati Quattroporte, to the already forgotten Cadillac XLR. Back in 2010 when Chevrolet unveiled the fifth generation of the Camaro, Chevrolet supplied Neiman Marcus with 100 convertibles to sell in the Christmas catalog, and sold out in just over three minutes, each one going for $75,000.

This wasn’t the case with the Mustangs though. They didn’t sell the 100 convertibles that were set aside for the project, in fact, there’s no clear evidence to prove how many were made. One photo in front of Classic Design Concepts, the shop that was tasked with modifying the cars, shows four of them. If you don’t count the prototype, that means only three of them exist in the world.

These Mustangs were just like any other Neiman Marcus car, with myriad of upgrades including a supercharger, which pumped the 5.0L V8 up to roughly 700 horsepower and over 600 lb-ft of torque. This resulted in a zero to sixty time of 3.5 seconds, which is about a second quicker than a normal Mustang GT of the same model year.

So what happened? It couldn’t have been pricing, because although each Mustang was supposed to sticker for $95,000 that’s pocket change compared to the hundreds of thousands that other Neiman Marcus Limited Edition cars have gone for in the past. According to Autoblog.com there were misprints of the Christmas catalog saying that the car was going to have all-wheel-drive, which would’ve made for an interesting prospect, and based on the numbers alone, it could have resulted a zero to sixty time close to a Lamborghini Aventador.

Autoblog goes into more detail and if you want to read more about this weird breed of Mustangs, I highly recommend reading their piece. If by chance you don’t believe that these cars were real, you can actually buy the prototype which can be found here for a reasonable $99,995.

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