Scott and Renee Roemmele's 2020 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium HPP "Dorthee"
Scott and Renee Roemmele's Mustang Story:
“We’re Scott and Renee Roemmele, and we drive a new 2020 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium 2.3L HPP . Renee and I purchased our Mustang with the 2.3L High-Performance Package in May of 2020. We replaced a 2016 V-6 pony, and absolutely love and enjoy driving this car.
“She hunted for six weeks at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, until we finally found one and bought it on May 9th. Renee’ really wanted the Race Red, while I wanted the darker rims. The High-Perf Package with the rear center pony emblem (on the retro gas cap cover) and the front offset pony in the grill really sealed the deal for us: It really makes the car stand out!
“As far as our Ford background, my father worked for Ford for 46 years. It was his first job and only employer. He started in 1946 at the Rouge plant, sweeping floors part-time as a 16-year-old. After graduating high school, he went full-time there. He took a couple of years off from FoMoCo to serve in the U.S. Army in Korea in the mid-to-late ’50s, but he went back to Ford when he returned from military duty. I remember him taking night classes at Henry Ford College in Dearborn in the late 1960’s and early ’70’s to earn his Engineering degree. He finished his Ford career in the mid-1990s as a Program Timing Engineer for Ford’s Transmission division in Livonia, Michigan.
“I knew he’s brought home a brand-new ‘1964½’ Mustang for my mother. She drove it for a several years, and the car was passed down to my older brother in 1975. My brother had that car for a little over 20 years but had to sell it in the late ’90s due to moving and his own health concerns. Because of my age and starting my own young family at the time, I was not able to buy the car off my brother to keep it in the family. Fast forward to 2012: Renee and I had been fortunate enough to have purchased a used 2011 Taurus SHO and a 2011 Edge Sport (on the same day!), but that was really our introduction to the Ford Performance family. We really enjoyed the 3.5L Twin-Turbo engine and the AWD version of our Taurus SHO — it was a beast! That vehicle really solidified my passion for the Ford Performance team and their vehicles.
“So, in late 2019, we purchased a new Edge ST with the EcoBoost and AWD, and I love it! Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we were NOT able to make it out to Utah in 2020 for the Ford Performance Edge ST Driving School — but know that would have been incredible.
“Back to May 2020, when we purchased our Mustang EcoBoost 2.3L HPP with the Ford Performance badge. We’ve had the car for a year now, and it’s such a treat to drive! We get comments everywhere we go. We named her “DORTHEE” for two reasons: First, Renee says it looks like Dorothy’s red slippers from Wizard of Oz, and second, we named it in honor of my father who bought my mother (Dorthey) that new 1964½ Mustang way back in the day.”
(photo credit: Ford Performance)
