Ford’s 2010 Mustang Reveal Party last night was loud, frantic and attended by nearly 1,000 Mustang Club fans who brought along 400+ vintage mustangs. We got to hear the winner of the “My Mustang” story and watch him get the keys to his 2010 GT. We got to see the video from the video contest winner also. Both can be seen at The2010Mustang.com.

You just knew it was going to be a fun when they are handing out earplugs with a warning that it was going to be loud. The evening built to a crescendo capped with the 2010 models being drifted, skidded or simply driven onto the hangar floor at Barker Hangar in SaMo.  The fans gave them ovations as each one entered the arena.

The Mustang did get a gorgeous, chiseled new body and interior.  The engine options are the same but both power plants benefited from the cold air induction introduced on the Bullitt.  Short version is that the colder the air the more efficiently the car can burn its fuel.  End result is more power coming from a cleaner burn.   The options lists are extensive.  If you want more power than the base GT provides you can go through Ford Motorsports or an authorized dealer to have “super packs” added.  

Super-packs are how you make your ’stang even more powerful and suspension tuned for more track performance to stay at the top of the performance pack.  ”Super-packs” means supercharged engines producing 400 or 500 horsepower along with the mods to the car so it can handle that increased power.  Nice.

A few more pics and the drifting vid after the jump.

2010 Mustang flanked by vintage Mustangs with racing history.

Mustangs on dyno ran dragstip qrtr mile in 103-104mph depending on driver skill.

New rear design maintains the "3 bar lamp"

New interior with Sync/Nav integration.

At the Auto Show Ford promises that they will have a huge interactive display where you can customize your own Mustang.  That would be the place to get all the details you could ever want on the new ’stang.

All pics by me.  Vid too…done with a little digicam.  More can be found in my 2010 Mustang Flickr set.  The pics of all the vintage ’stangs will be up over the weekend.   

I’m off to the LA Auto Show to see which car won the “Green Car of the Year Award”.

First its no secret that for Ford, LA and So Cal is the most important market for the Mustang (base and performance versions) that it was only fitting that the World Premiere of the 2010 Mustang is to take place at the LA Auto Show. The LA Auto show has pretty much matched Detroits Auto Show in importance on the global car show circuit.  Us finally getting the World Premieres shows how important this show has become.

What most of you don’t know is that Ford is having a special pre-reveal party tomorrow in Santa Monica.  The reveal party details can be had by registering on the Ford 2010 Mustang Reveal site.  We get the real deal while 11 other cities get a satellite feed of the event.  At the reveal party there will be a huge Mustang only show presented by the Ford Mustang Clubs.  Mustangs from the last 40 years will be on display.  Followed by that is what they expect to be standing room only for the roll out and uncovering the 2010 Mustang. 

The technical bits on the new Mustang I can reveal right now, more once the official press releases are passed out and I can sift through them.

• improved fuel economy on V6 and V8 models
• new suspension on all models based on current Bullitt
• Full Sync integration with Sat Nav
• automatic climate control (solves my trivial complaint nicely)