since its inception the Ford Mustang was always considered a pony car not
necessarily a sports car that's a little bit different pony car goes really good
in a straight line doesn't handle corners all that well but Ford is really
upped its game on the Mustang especially with this latest version this is the
2018 Mustang specifically this is the GT model and it's got a couple really cool
features but one of my favorites is this the five liter v8 engine making 460
horsepower now when you combine this with the 10 speed automatic transmission
which is an option on this model you can get from 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds
which is extraordinary it's the fastest Mustang GT model ever made but there's a
couple of other features on this thing that are also pretty cool now whether
you have a v8 Mustang or a four-cylinder Mustang you can specify the performance
package on the GT it gets you some serious performance parts like these
19-inch wheels and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4s tires and Brembo brakes up
front sick piston calipers
underneath or some parts you can't see there's some additional structure
bracing is additional strut tower bracing inside still pretty much a
standard GT you can option it up with some fancier leather and some additional
features like a digital dash which unfortunately this one does not have but
one of the coolest features of the 2018 Mustang is the new quiet exhaust and
that's a really great feature if you're coming home late maybe you don't want to
be heard or you're getting up super early and don't want to wake your
neighbors and here's how it works now when you got to start your Mustang maybe
early in the morning and you don't want to wake all your neighbors up the good
neighbor mode is basically called the quiet exhaust and you can select it
using the selector here in the center of the dash when you turn the engine on in
quiet mode that's nice and quiet really not that bad loud but you're not gonna
make your neighbors up however you spent a lot of money on your v8 Mustang so you
should probably let your neighbors know every time you leave in the morning for
work and you can actually leave the car in track mode and which case
I think it's probably what I do much as I love my neighbors I love a v8 Mustang
the acceleration from this v8 is fantastic
now with the 10 speed automatic you can go from zero to 60 in under four seconds
but with the manual the six speed here not quite that fast but still it's
ridiculous amounts of fun even in the wet the grip these Michelin Pilot Sport
4s tires is really astonishing this thing feels so beautifully planted
I can't wait to drive from performance pack to performance pack one alone is
fantastic the progress that they've made with the Mustang in 20 years is
astonishing I used to have a 96 SVT Mustang Cobra black on black
it was my graduation present to myself after I I graduated college and this
thing is just so much better it's so much more planted it's more powerful
it's more poised this thing is a proper sports car now it's just a hell of a lot
of fun
that noise
you know you could keep your four-cylinder sports cars your
turbocharged front-wheel drive fun there really is no replacement for
displacement this thing makes sounds that very few other cars on the planet
can match
and as cool as the Performance Pack one is on the Mustang Performance Pack 2
looks to be even more exciting with that later on this year you're going to get
things like improved aerodynamics a different rear wing wider wheels and
tires but unfortunately it's not yet out so we haven't been able to drive it but
when we do you're gonna see it on cars calm