Ford Mustangs were once notorious for ruining car meets with botched burnouts that mowed down pedestrians or ended against a pole. Now criminals are using them to rob people at gunpoint, as a Memphis man learned in a frightening encounter.
The shift from reckless show-offs to armed robbery represents a darker turn for the pony car’s reputation. The incident left the victim shaken and underscored how brazen and dangerous such gunpoint robberies have become.