The new Mustang GT packs plenty of power despite being a more refined machine
In the six decades since the original Mustang was unleashed in 1964, Ford has nurtured the iconic sports car into becoming “a world best-seller”, says Steve Sutcliffe in Auto Express. Now the seventh generation of the car has arrived. It has been “comprehensively redesigned to celebrate the success of its ancestors and to hike the Mustang howling into the 21st century”. It’s a sharper car despite Ford sticking to the front-engined, rear-driven V8-powered formula “that we’ve come to know and love”.
The “reborn” Mustang features a fully digitised cabin that has been loosely designed to “replicate the feel of a fighter jet”. It boasts the software and “graphics wizardry” that feature on “many of the world’s top computer games”. So, while the mechanics look familiar – “big V8, uprated suspension, rear-drive, huge brakes, [and] monster 19in Pirelli tyres – the Mustang has been well and truly modernised inside for its probable final outing… As a result, it looks like an awful lot of car for the money at ‘just’ £55,725.” Don’t ask about fuel consumption. At 23.5mpg combined and emissions of 274g/km, the numbers are “pretty horrendous”.
Road warrior
Unlike the “beefed up” Dark Horse track version of the new Mustang, which will set you back £67,996, the entry level GT is the one “that’s best suited to the road”, says Yousuf Ashraf in Evo. The five-
