welcome to check in the car i am here in california and i'm driving down u.s highway one
between santa monica and malibu and we're going to carry on going this is like one of the most
beautiful roads in the united states i'm going for a little drive and today i'm in the ford mustang
convertible there's something so american about the mustang it started in 1964 when james bond's
goldfinger film actually featured the mustang and then from there he was seen in bullet with steve
mcqueen in 1968 and you might even remember it from gone in 60 seconds with nicholas cage and
it's been a feature in lots of lots of films and tv shows since then it's actually ford's
longest running production model that they make the mustang so in terms of history it's got a
long long history and it's been updated lots of times during that period the mustang is available
in several different trim levels you've got the ecoboost which has a four cylinder 310 horsepower
and around 300 pound feet of torque and then you have the v8 version so in the ecoboost version
you end up with the fastback the mustang ecoboost fastback then you've got the fastback premium and
then you've got the convertible which is what this is and then you've got the convertible
premium which is the next model above this car and then after that you go into the gt
which goes to the v8 engine which has over 400 horsepower and over 400 pound-feet of torque and
that's available as the gt fastback the gt premium the gt convertible and the gt convertible premium
you can kind of see where it's going and then we go to the mac one which has over 480 horsepower
so the gts 400 is 160 that one is 480 horsepower and then you've got the premium mach 1 as well and
then we go to the ford mustang shelby gt500 which has over 760 horsepower and torque to match over
600 pound-feet of torque so that's the range this car is about thirty two thousand dollars as spec
now one of the things i do like about all the mustangs and i've driven a few different models
over the past few years and this is the 2022 model of the mustang fastback or in this case a
convertible but there isn't a lot of changes going on here the mustang is very very much the same and
it's really well equipped you can't quibble with the equipment in this car we've got android auto
we've got apple carplay this car doesn't have digital dials but it still has a center
digital gauge where you can see the speed on the premium models you do get a digital display which
makes it even better and you can adjust that they come with cruise control adapter cruise control
lane assist great speaker systems really nice interior design which i love these cars are just
really really well equipped and they contain all that history in terms of driving this car
first thing you notice is a massive bonnet so even though this is the four-cylinder version
it's the same length and width as a standard v8 mustang and it's just a really long bonnet
it's actually a bit hard to tell where it is and when you're going over crests or hills you can't
actually tell exactly where the front of the car is it'd be nice to have a front camera 360 camera
system which comes up that would definitely help i think but you get used to it you understand where
it is it comes with a rear camera as standard so you can see where you are when you're reversing
and it's just a very very well spec car and it's a very nice interior now it's very much a tourist
thing to be in somewhere like california where it's always warm where they're always in the 70s
all year round and it's always beautiful and actually today it's slightly windier than normal
there's a bit of a wind advisory today here in january 2022 in california but it's still
a beautiful day the sun's starting to set as we head towards malibu which is where all the
rich and famous people live and it's a beautiful drive down here down the uh highway one us highway
one california one towards malibu and hopefully you can see that there's a bit of traffic that
seems to be quite common going down this road but it's still a very beautiful drive and it's very
enjoyable in terms of this car suspension has got independent rear suspension so that means
it's got really good ride and you definitely feel it and it's just a car when you drive it
you kind of feel like you're part of american history obviously not a classic mustang this
being a new model but you definitely do feel that history coursing through as you drive this car
and i don't know it just makes me very happy to be in a mustang driving down the california coast
towards malibu from los angeles in january when it's sunny no matter what you say about california
there's always beautiful weather and if you want to get fit you've got no excuse to go
outside because it's never cold and windy i like england definitely not missing england right now
so the mustang is a car which is great value i think like when you consider this is about 32 000
that is fantastic value for a convertible car which is this well specked thirty two thousand
dollars i mean that's a bargain even when you get to the gt500 and that's about seventy or eighty
thousand dollars and i don't know the exact price but i will put it on the screen that's a
bargain too to get a 700 over 700 horsepower car for you know around 60 000 pounds uk
why fantastic fantastic value so the mustang is very much a classic american muscle car
which isn't breaking the bank to have which is enjoyable to drive in this skies of the
ecoboost four cylinder that's between 20 and 25 mpg which is not at all bad although it could
be better considering how the cost of fuel in america is very very very cheap compared to the
uk i wish the uk fuel was that cheap anybody that's watching this that lives in the u.s
i know california is about five dollars a gallon uh the equivalent of the uk would probably be
around twenty twenty twenty dollars a gallon something like that so you know it's a bargain
putting fueling cars here it really is i you know i feel i feel like i'm stealing the fuel
honestly putting petrol in the car in this country anyway we're driving up to malibu now you can see
we're now inside malibu you can see the signs you can see the mountains in front of us and the beach
and it's just a very very relaxing drive and part of that is a mustang
if i turn on the cruise control now right cruise control is on
cruise control on set it using the button on the steering wheel our lane assist is on
obviously being california is always sunny right
laying assist is on cruise control is on and i'm just driving along with my roof open
as we head north in california soon we're going to get up to dukes in a minute where if you watch
vehicle virgins i think you probably saw parking vehicle virgins there and also i believe supercars
of london paul wallace was there recently they may even be around now as i film this you never know
i haven't seen them but they might be around and we're heading north now and you know this is just
a very easy car to drive it's a it's an enjoyable car to drive especially when you're in a country
where or a state i should say where the weather is always really really nice so this is just a
little short video my impressions of the mustang what i think of it it's a great car to drive it's
enjoyable this isn't the performance version but this is still an experience to drive and actually
when i put my foot down and you won't be able to probably hear it the exhaust actually growls quite
a bit considering this is a four-cylinder version it sounds very very deep and basic
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