Justin: Hey. What's going on, everybody? Justin with americanmuscle.com. We are in Detroit
for the special day. That's right. The unveiling of the seventh generation S650 Mustang,
guys. The buildup has been real. We've seen the teasers, we've seen the leaked images,
now it's time to see the real thing. Guys, the excitement is very high here in Detroit,
so let's just get right to it, man. Let's see what they got.
Man: Let's say hello to the future.
Woman: Please welcome the all-new Ford Mustang.
Woman 2: We have got the GT Convertible, a GT Coupe,
we've got the EcoBoost Coupe, and of course, there's also an EcoBoost Convertible. We have
that VA soundtrack, manual transmission, we've got that open-air top-down fun, but we've also
injected it with new features and technologies to take that Mustang experience up a notch.
Man: We say it's time to raise the curtain on a new performance phony. This is Dark
Horse. The first new performance series in more than two decades. We turned up the volume on
everything that mattered. It starts with the most powerful Coyote ever targeting 500 horsepower.
Crowd: Yeah.
Man: 500 horsepower.
Justin: Well, guys, there you go. The 7th Gen was just unveiled.
The crowds are all kind of swarming around the cars right now, so let's go down,
throw some elbows, and see if we can take a closer look. Come on.
Let's start up front with probably the most polarizing as always
part of the car. And of course, let's talk about this grille here. Guys, you can see they did stick
with the gloss black grille along with the gloss black hood scoop here on our GT. Well, the grille
and the front end completely different from the S550 as you guys can see. Now, we've heard our
comparisons to some other, let's say American cars and, you know, maybe it's some of it's warranted,
maybe some of it's not, but I still think it's pretty striking. Probably not my favorite part of
the new generation to be completely honest, but I really do like the side profile and the rear end.
Now, the side profile, they did lower the belt line about 10 to 15 millimeters, I believe,
the designer was saying, and that gives the car kind of a lower profile or lower look. And
the car itself is pretty low as it is just kind of sitting here, which I really like.
Some Brembos are back here. I don't know if you guys can see, but there's actually
like a little pony logo down there. They're doing three colors on the Brembo this year,
including the red, the black, and a new for 2024, which is going to be a grabber blue. Here you are,
guys. The rear end, as you can see, tri bars are back. As you might imagine here,
they can't get rid of those. But this is a completely new decklid and rear end, very angular.
I've heard people say it's not their favorite part, I actually really like it.
First time I've seen in a long time where Ford hasn't put a decklid panel on the car. Quad tips,
of course, are back here on the GT. It looks really good. Even without the spoiler itself,
guys, you can see it's got a very aggressive look. This is actually the vapor blue color,
guys. This is very sick. It's got some flake in it and you can kind of see that.
New performance back wheels here as well. Kind of got that meshy thing back. There's our grabber
blue calipers we talked about a little bit. Good look here at those new headlights. So,
there it is. I don't know. The grille just looks huge to me, guys. It's actually the same size as
the EcoBoost grille. EcoBoost grille actually looks smaller, but I think it's this extra
plastic down here in the bottom. It might give it that illusion that it's actually bigger than
it really is. Big win though, guys, for sure, is this interior. I don't know if you can tell,
but that is all one piece of glass here at the GT Premium. And it gives you that
cockpit-like feel. Kind of wraps around the driver when you're sitting in there.
MT82 is back. But the interior itself, the touch points are all different. And steering wheel,
as you can see, they got the flat bottom steering wheel going on a little bit more kind of like
[inaudible 00:03:55] to the wheel itself. Mustang fans will also realize that this is no more
double brow for the dash itself, guys. Definitely different there. First time they departed from
that basically in a very long time. But overall, I'm a big fan of all the interior treatments here.
Let's talk engines real quick here, guys, with the S650. Now, the five-liter is back. It's the Gen-4
Coyote. And some of the big stuff they've changed there, even though they didn't
really talk about it here tonight, we got a glimpse of it, dual throttle bodies. So,
dual 80-millimeter throttle bodies, dual airbox. It's a very cool look. I'm sure
aftermarket cold air manufacturers are gonna have a field day with that. But outside of that,
some different changes for the Gen-4 Coyote. They finally put a steel oil pan on the car,
different exhaust camshaft. And there's also a different driver's side manifold as well. They
finally got rid of the cat in the manifold. And so, now both manifolds are essentially catless.
They moved them downstream a little further because they're targeting 480-plus horsepower here
with the standard GT, over 500, I heard, with the Dark Horse that was unveiled.
Definitely a little bit more powerful than the S550 GTs. EcoBoost has got a little bit more power
as well through some different changes through the turbocharger. So, a more powerful lineup here,
which is certainly something we're looking forward to hearing. Can't wait to get behind the wheel.
All right, guys. So, last night was obviously a little bit crazy, there was crowds everywhere.
It was really tough to get around the car, but now we snuck into the show early
for media day and we got an uninterrupted view of the Dark Horse. So, let's take a closer look.
Now, this is that front end I was talking about. The Dark Horse really does a lot of
the things that the standard GT or the EcoBoost just simply misses on.
Much more aggressive grille and lower chin, I think that's what the S650 really needed.
Obviously, we have some detail going on here up at the hood as well.
Still have our GT hood bin up there, of course. You get a better sense of your signature lighting.
The twin snorkels in the grille feeding those dual air boxes new for the 7th Gen. Again,
the twin 80-millimeter throttle bodies is what you're looking at here, guys.
Definitely raising the power. Ford is advertising over 500 here with
the Dark Horse. You can also see we have a PP2-style wheel on the car. Looks like a
nice wide square setup. Actually, interesting change for the S650. No longer Sport Cup 2s,
we're looking at the P Zero Trofeos. Very grippy tire. This is pretty radical. This is an entire
plastic bit here that flows into that grille. Again, the twin nostrils feeding that opening.
Still gloss with this grille, but guys, it doesn't really look as striking as the other one. And I'm
not saying that in a bad way. This front end is where it's at, guys. This is what the S650 really
needed, and they nailed it with the Dark Horse. This color is absolutely beautiful. You can really
get a good sense of the flake in this color. As you can see, it turns gold when the light hits it,
it's more blue. And there's also another bespoke color I understand that we can't see right here.
These wheels again, you can see Trofeo RS 305/30 R20s square. And then there's this huge spoiler
in this thing. This is what the car needed, guys. But everything about the Dark Horse is improved,
right guys? You got over 500 horsepower Ford is targeting with this thing, different suspension,
more arrow, more cooling, just everything you come to expect from a more performance-based version.
All right, guys. Well, there you go. That was the S650. First impressions from Detroit. The car is
out. It's here. It's still V8-powered, it still has a manual. We should all be rejoicing at that,
especially in this time where that seems to be going away. I like the car. I know a lot of you
guys might have some differing opinions on that and that's fine. But overall, I feel like it's a
nice step forward in this Dark Horse with over 500 naturally-aspirated horsepower, big arrow,
square stance. This is where it's at, guys. Big, big fan of that. And hat tip to Ford for
coming out with something like that right out of the gate.
As always guys, we'd love to hear from you on this. So,
drop us a comment wherever you're watching. But for now, from Detroit,
I'm Justin. And remember, for all things Mustang, keep right here to americanmuscle.com.