autoevolution Up Next 5 Mar 2021, 14:54 UTC · by 2021 is the year when the Mach 1 moniker makes a comeback in the Ford portfolio. It’s been 17 years since we last got it, but the new one promises to make up for what we missed, even if its arrival spells the end of the Bullitt. 12 photos The Mach 1 is about as old as the Mustang itself. It was born in 1969 as a performance package for the muscle car, as it was so successful that it killed other variants, like the GT. But this is the auto industry, and success is a relative term: Mach 1 was discontinued in 1978, only to be revived briefly for 2003 and 2004.