The brainstorming and planning date back to 2017, two years before Krenz was assigned to the project. His predecessor expected to retire with the launch of the new Mustang in 2019. "They spent so long in this pre-program phase that he actually retired before the program started. That's how long they spent considering," Krenz says.

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