[alfabeat]

New Ford Mustang. Just been on the web site configurator thingy. Here are the specs:

5.0 V8
0-60 - 4.8 secs
Top Speed - 155mph

Specced up to top spec price is £34k inc delivery, road tax, VAT.

Having been in one of the early ones in the UK last year, I can confirm that they sound very good and go very very well. Great looks as well.

How much is the Guilia going to cost? This has to be a direct rival doesn't it. Great value I reckon.

The technology behind the New Mustang Driving Experience | Ford UK

 

[cue2]

A big car which looks better in the metal than pics. It will be interesting to see who buys them. Instead of a Giulia ?

 

[alfabeat]

Well I reckon it will do all a Giulia will offer at a fraction of the price and more reliably - oh, and it's actually available. Looks a little bit similar as well....

 

[TheGrimJeeper]

You probably won't get a 'Stang on a company car list.



Deffo worth getting as a rental stateside though.

 

[cue2]

Reckon the residuals will be ok though.

 

[cue2]

The Mustang that is. Not the Giulia.

 

[alfabeat]

They do a 2.3 zero boost version which is a bit more acceptable. But really it needs to be the V8.....

 

[cue2]

Is that Eco-boost?!

 

[Giorget2]

How is this a rival to a Giulia apart from the fact that it is a largeish car that's pretty quick?

There's a reason why most American cars are cheap. Drive one for a few hundred miles and you'll find out. Cheap and nasty in many respects, although their engines certainly have improved.
The new Mustang has a flat-plane crank though, which means it doesn't have that characteristic American V8 burble anymore...

 

[alfabeat]

How is this a rival to a Giulia apart from the fact that it is a largeish car that's pretty quick?

There's a reason why most American cars are cheap. Drive one for a few hundred miles and you'll find out. Cheap and nasty in many respects, although their engines certainly have improved.
The new Mustang has a flat-plane crank though, which means it doesn't have that characteristic American V8 burble anymore...

You should take a look at the new one. This is the global Mustang, in right hand drive as well, and the fit and finish are far better than days gone by.

 

[Tony_S]

What Giorget2 said

Sorry but they haven't made a decent Mustang since the 1960s

 

[Giorget2]

I have had a look at the new one, though I have not driven one. The interior seems better, but still nowhere near the same as most European cars.

 

[Dave Brand]

Sorry but they haven't made a decent Mustang since the 1960s

Speaking from experience?

 

[steveisfrowning]

L 188.3
W 81.9 (inc mirrors)
H 54.4

BUS!:tum:

 

[alfabeat]

Media reviews say the interior is up to Ford Europe levels, which is pretty good. Mechanically it is pretty advanced - and for £34k! And it does look good in the flesh. oh and it sounds very good...

 

[Giorget2]

L 188.3
W 81.9 (inc mirrors)
H 54.4

BUS!:tum:

It is huge, yes, but that's par for the course for Mustangs. :thumbup:

 

[steveisfrowning]

I'd have one !

 

[Giorget2]

Media reviews say the interior is up to Ford Europe levels, which is pretty good. Mechanically it is pretty advanced - and for £34k! And it does look good in the flesh. oh and it sounds very good...

I believe media reviews of new cars about as much as I believe that vampiric squirrels are living in the clouds.

 

[alfabeat]

First Drive: Ford Mustang Fastback 5.0 V8 GT | Top Gear

 

[Tony_S]

Speaking from experience?

Certainly true for the 04 that the guy up the road had, haven't heard anything that convinces me that anything has changed