The automotive world has lost one of its brightest innovators, Hal Sperlich, at the age of 95. Often called the “Godfather of ...

Sperlich died Jan. 20 at age 95, according to his wife of 11 years, Dr. D’Anne Kleinsmith, a dermatologist in West Bloomfield ...

Sperlich joined Ford in 1957 after receiving a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. By 1960, he ...

Sperlich was the father of the Ford Mustang and Chrysler minivan, and was credited with being one of America's greatest ...

Hal Sperlich, key figure behind the Ford Mustang and inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame, has died aged 95.

Harold "Hal" Sperlich died at age 95. Sperlich was a man who changed the automotive landscape in major ways, ushering in the age of the pony car at Ford, and later, revitalizing Chrysler with the ...