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Oh soooo tempted....

Chris Harris liked it too

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Unless it's a vast improvement on the previous model, I'd give it a miss. I drove one in the states whilst I was working over there. Very poor road holding and the interior was a world of rattling plastic.
 
Based on the reviews I've seen, it is a huge improvement. Independent rear suspension, for a start.
 
Unless it's a vast improvement on the previous model, I'd give it a miss. I drove one in the states whilst I was working over there. Very poor road holding and the interior was a world of rattling plastic.

It's a little bit like driving a Defender in Knightsbridge and complaining it is noisy.... :D

Mustangs are not about roadholding or plush leather interior... it's about being part of a legend, feeling the 60' in the air.... Mustangs are to the 60' what Easy Rider is to the 70'.... it's about connecting with all those things that made AMERICA great!

(Not to be confused with 'Let's make America great again' :( ).

In other words.... no one ever bought a Mustang because it was a good car :D
 
Unless it's a vast improvement on the previous model, I'd give it a miss. I drove one in the states whilst I was working over there. Very poor road holding and the interior was a world of rattling plastic.

I agree. We had the new model for 4 weeks in the US last year. When we picked it up it had 364 miles on it and after the four weeks, 4,650. So a reasonable work out.

It is near impossible to keep the thing in a straight line due to sloppy suspension and steering/tall tyres - wanders around all over the road - and in the US with its mostly straight roads it's a real issue. It may be set up this soft due to the very bad condition of US Highways now - metal plates covering holes in the road; bad road joints (2 inch differential in lots of cases) and very uneven surfacing. On a track with better surfacing or in Wales with not much in the way of straights this might not be apparent.

It also creates a drumming from the hood at cruising speeds around 65mph, so it has to be roof down all the way, which in fine weather is no problem but is a real pain in bad weather.

In our time with it, 2 small interior panels fell off into the foot-wells and for the life of me, I couldn't work out where they came from!!

Having said that, it looks and sounds great and raised plenty of comment from the locals.
 
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£16k to buy in the USA and £50k in the UK no doubt.

Still, I suppose it looks a bit like a 15 year old M3 if you squint a bit :D
 
£16k to buy in the USA and £50k in the UK no doubt.

Still, I suppose it looks a bit like a 15 year old M3 if you squint a bit :D

I think £28k for the 2,3 and £35k for the V8??

All Mustangs in Australia have been RHD for years - its the law.

And Camaros etc.
 
I saw one of these in Southampton the other day still with the protective cover on the bonnet, in black it really looked the part.
Plus as mentioned above Chris Harris who I rate very highly likes it too.
Personally I'd still buy a secondhand AMG for the money, but that's me.
 
There's a documentary about the latest Mustang on Netflix, called "A Faster Horse". Worth watching.
 
There's a documentary about the latest Mustang on Netflix, called "A Faster Horse". Worth watching.

I saw that's just appeared in the new stuff, I'm saving it to watch with my son, whose 9 and mad about cars! wonder where he gets it from LOL

Pete
 
I agree. We had the new model for 4 weeks in the US last year. When we picked it up it had 364 miles on it and after the four weeks, 4,650. So a reasonable work out.

It is near impossible to keep the thing in a straight line due to sloppy suspension and steering/tall tyres - wanders around all over the road - and in the US with its mostly straight roads it's a real issue. It may be set up this soft due to the very bad condition of US Highways now - metal plates covering holes in the road; bad road joints (2 inch differential in lots of cases) and very uneven surfacing. On a track with better surfacing or in Wales with not much in the way of straights this might not be apparent.

It also creates a drumming from the hood at cruising speeds around 65mph, so it has to be roof down all the way, which in fine weather is no problem but is a real pain in bad weather.

In our time with it, 2 small interior panels fell off into the foot-wells and for the life of me, I couldn't work out where they came from!!

Having said that, it looks and sounds great and raised plenty of comment from the locals.

The only tests I've seen have been of the coupe. It's possible the convertible isn't as good, and/or European spec. cars are set up differently.
 
Love that they finally brought it over here, but you'd need to have the V8 model nothing less!!!

Saying that, I'd rather a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, is an absolute beaut. Supercharged HEMI with 707 ponies starting at $59k is insane. $7k more than a base E class over there.
 
It certainly looks good. Drives very well by all accounts and you can have a V8. What's not to like and all for 35k which is the price of Golf R!
 

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