Today we are test driving something very special.
Some people call it "the Stang". Some people call it "the pony", some people call it "the 5.0"
- if you're Vanilla Ice or other musicians who've sang about it in the past.
This, folks, is a very yellow, very nice, very muscly, Ford Mustang.
(laughter...) Let's try that again!
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(whisper)... nice
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This is an absolutely stunning looking vehicle.
It makes so many people so happy. By just driving by them you can see smiles coming on their faces.
You can see kids giving me the thumbs up, or giving the car the thumbs up...
I won't be so vein as to assume it's me.
And there's so much wrong with it, but so much more right with it.
It's hard to describe. I think part of me wants to cry right now that I don't actually own one.
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Let's go over the simple stuff that nobody really gives a crap about.
Legroom to the rear, there's two seats back there. There's no leg room.
My 6-year-old, and even my 3-year-old, were giving out about the space.
If you want space, go out and buy a Ford S-Max or a Ford Galaxy, or an MPV of some description.
This is not about that.
Then you've got a good sized boot. You've got 408 litres back there.
But the casing around it is kind of funny, it's difficult to get some stuff in there.
So, there's some of the negatives right there that nobody really gives a shit about
Even the road noise I'd forgive because when you consider that this is a 421 bhp machine
that will go from 0-100km/h in 4.8 seconds
all of that road noise is just part of it.
Just get over it.
If you're buying one, put up with it.
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It's not like driving a fancy SLK or an Audi TT or an SLC.
This is Americana, and we've seen this car throughout our lives.
If you were alive when Bullitt came out with Steve McQueen
you looked at the Mustang and you probably put a picture up on your wall or in your office.
As years went by, it's been in all of these movies and it's looked great everywhere it's been.
But it's never been here (in Ireland). It's never been made in right hand drive before.
Then in 2014, the fiftieth anniversary of the Mustang, Ford decided,
"right, let's give the world a right hand drive Mustang".
So, now the good people in Australia, the good people in the UK,
the good people here in Ireland, will finally get to buy one.
This morning, when I dropped my children off to crèche, hence the child seat in the back,
I had mothers and fathers asking if they could sit in the car.
It's amazing that a car can do that, because not just any car can do that...
and this one can.
And that's amazing, That's cool.... I'm getting quite emotional here!
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No, it's not the best car in the world. I'm never gonna pretend that it is.
But it is one that will make you satisfied.
Here's the other thing about it, and it's not a catch - it's a good thing.
Prices.
This car that I'm sitting in, all 421 bhp of it, costs €79,500.
The entry level 2.3 Ecoboost, and don't laugh about the 2.3 Ecoboost
because it does 0-100km/h in about a second slower than this - that's 5.8 seconds instead of 4.8,
it's 55k for one of those.
Where would be going buying a Mondeo Vignale when you could by a Mustang, even with the 2.3 litre engine?
I know there are purists out there who are sitting there saying,
"naw, it's not a 5.0 - I don't get it, it's only got four cylinders. The 2.3 Ecoboost, no way."
Well... Why not?
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That is the Ford Mustang. For our full written review, it's on Car Buyers Guide - www.cbg.ie.
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