Ford Mustang

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The latest variant of the Ford Mustang Mach 1 has touched down, so to find out more, Ford was able to set us up with motorsport legend, and Mach 1 ambassador, Rick Kelly!

I made the very sensible decision to sell my Bullitt Mustang recently. Want to know why? Read the owner review.

I’ve never been a huge Mustang person. Owner: Jay Williams

The move to electric cars is certainly an exciting development in the world of motoring and I, for one, can’t wait to jump on board. I can just imagine how good it will feel to have all that performance and quietness in a mode of transport that is also helping to save the planet. The fact that most of the electricity needed to charge these modern wonders of the automotive industry comes from burning coal is completely irrelevant as far as I’m concerned. And just because an ev is much more expensive than its equivalent petrol powered sibling matters not a bit when you are doing your bit for the environment. I’m quite sure that the powers that be will find an appropriate place outside of the environment to dump all those annoying batteries from all the eco friendly electric cars in the years to come too. Range? Australia isn’t that big is it? There is absolutely no doubt about it - electricity is definitely the answer. What was the question again? Until such time as I can drag myself into the modern world of electric vehicles I am unfortunately stuck in the past driving a naturally aspirated v8 petrol powered Mustang. As much as I understand that cars like the Bullitt Mustang are completely out of step with the direction that the automotive industry is taking us in, there are some upsides to driving a dinosaur. My own experience with the Bullitt now runs to 20,000 always entertaining and never dull kilometres. This is a car that makes something as mundane as going to the shops for a carton of milk an experience with the theatre of the exhaust sound and the tactile pleasure of using the manual only gearbox, complete with its cue ball shifter, combining to ensure that you will always be participating in something more than just transport. I respect and understand that car manufacturers are striving to isolate drivers from the sound and involvement in the process of using their products but it is refreshing to pilot a vehicle that is still quite analog and old school in so many ways. Which is not to say that the Mustang is particularly lacking in technology or refinement. It comes with a comprehensive suite of safety aids including lane keep assist, aeb, adaptive cruise and really excellent brakes. The primary safety of the Bullitt is also greatly enhanced by its strong performance that minimises the time you will be spending on the wrong side of road whilst overtaking. The interior is a very comfortable place to be during longer journeys. Apple CarPlay and Android auto are standard, the seats are heated and cooled, the entertainment system above average and its surprisingly quiet. The Bullitt has been completely reliable with absolutely no issues in the time I have owned it. The build quality is about average and certainly not at the same level as a German, Japanese or Korean product. This is a relatively high performance car built to sell at a relatively affordable price and the compromise is that some of the finishes are not of a particularly high standard. It isn’t bad and the first time you start the car, hear the sound and feel the performance it won’t matter anyway. EV owners will also be disappointed to know that a Mustang can be relatively economical when cruising. I have seen economy numbers in the sixes and sevens at a steady cruise at highway speeds. You can, of course, use a great deal more than that if you utilise more of the performance or drive in traffic but fuel usage is much less than you would imagine and is not a significant factor in the cost of ownership. Filling the Mustang will only take minutes not hours too. If a brief drive to the shops is an experience, you can imagine how amazing a good old fashioned Aussie road trip can be in the Bullitt. I write this halfway through a 4000 kilometre round trip from the east coast of Oz to Adelaide and the Tour Down Under. Yes you can be comfortably ensconced in a aluminium cylinder nibbling nuts thirty plus thousand feet in the air for a few hours to achieve the same destination and distance in a plane but where is the fun in that? You will be missing out on some incredible roads, quirky outback towns, really terrible coffee, dust storms and some truly mind numbing distances. The Bullitt is a truly excellent choice for a trip such as this. It has very “long legs” with gearing that minimises fuel use, a comfortable cabin with air conditioning that keeps 40 plus degree outside temperatures under control and an ability to cover big distances without fuss. You can even fit two bikes in its boot with the rear seat backs dropped. I can recommend taking a two door V8 Ford to Silverton and the Mundi Mundi lookout. The red spectacle of the quintessential Aussie outback is there to immerse yourself in and you can replicate the sound of the Pursuit Special if you are fortunate enough be there in a car with eight cylinders and an exhaust. Mad Max fans will understand. So there you have it. After 20,000 kilometres in a Bullitt you can expect reliability, fun, relatively good economy, smug looks from drivers of ev’s, more practicality than you would expect, comfort and a car that makes you utilise many more of your senses than the average appliance that you find in car showrooms these days. It won’t suit everyone but I have loved every minute.

My daily driver is the ugliest car in the world. I know this for a fact because I have read all of the feedback on the reviews on various forums for this hideous machine. By driving a Mini Countryman on public roads I am deeply offending all of the tasteful and intelligent people who inhabit the comments section of every motoring website on the interweb and for that I am very sorry. My own personal taste is that bad that I actually think the big Mini looks kind of cute and I have even thought of it as quite beautiful when looking through its windscreen on a wet and winding mountain road as its 170 kilowatts and all wheel drive makes it look just about perfectly formed. As you can imagine my dress sense is also appalling and I can't be trusted to select my own clothes lest I embarrass myself with a terrible fashion faux pas. Fortunately I have a wife and daughter who act as my style police and they are there to save me from myself when I attempt to leave the house wearing socks with sandals. They are training my granddaughter to help me in the future but the youngest member of my style council isn't quite there yet because she is still completely on board when I pair Okanui's with Mickey Mouse t shirts which obviously is an image that is just wrong for the majority of people. Unless you like Mini Countrymans of course. My granddaughter may be learning the rules of excellent tastefulness and I know I am a lost cause in this department but in spite of this neither of us think that wearing skivvies is a good look. Except to a Wiggles concert obviously. And yet it wasn't all that long ago that a skivvy made you look cool. In fact fifty years ago a skivvy was not only considered on point in the fashion stakes but it could help make you the King Of Cool. To be honest Steve McQueen could make anything good and he didn't need a style because he was one all by himself. And he was known to wear a skivvy whilst driving a Mustang. For those of you who are less chronologically advanced as me I recommend hitting google right now to gain more insight into this cinematic icon in order to get more context on the Bullitt Mustang and McQueens' influence on the original car. McQueen may have been an incredibly successful movie star but it isn't difficult to believe that his first love was anything with wheels or wings as long as it had an engine which probably means that he would be a CarAdvice reader now if he hadn't followed the path of many legends in dying fashionably young. The list of cars and bikes that McQueen drove is long and storied and include Ferrari's, Porches, a very rare Jaguar XK-SS and a number of interesting motorbikes from iconic makers such as Triumpth and Indian. He was also a very successful motorcycle and car racer in his lifetime and in fact funded his early forays into acting by winning motorcycle races on weekends and using the prize money to survive before becoming the highest paid actor on the planet at the time. A Mini or two featured in Mr McQueens' vehicular resume, believe it or not, including a 1967 Cooper that he owned and painted a metallic brown, a colour which lets face it would be as cool as a skivvy today, and another Mini race car that he drove to third place in a race in a one off outing in a British touring car race at Brands Hatch. There is no doubt that the man was a genuine petrol head and this reality alone adds to his cool factor. There was one car that he couldn't buy or own in spite of his fame and income and that was one of the original 1968 Fastback Mustangs used in the movie that gives it's name to the current Bullitt Mustang. Warner Brothers used two identical Highland Green Fastbacks to film Bullitt on the streets of San Francisco but only one survived the rigours of the famous car chase with its completely non computer generated jumps and power slides. The car that was too damaged to sell was scrapped, spending the last half century in a bone yard but was recently found and is currently being restored. The other "Bullitt" Mustang was repaired after the filming wrapped and was sold to an executive of Warner Brothers before being passed to a detective (ironic because Steve McQueen played a detective called Frank Bullitt in the movie hence the name of the film and Mustang) and then to a family who used it as a daily driver for many years before storing it until now. McQueen tried to buy the Bullitt from the family who owned it on a number of occasions prior to his death but was politely turned down because it was their family car. Youtube has a number of excellent videos about this original car which help enhance the story of the Bullitt over the decades since its debut in the movie all those years ago. Bullitt the movie is famous not so much for the quality of the acting or because of an engrossing story line but mainly due to the outstanding car chase that only takes up around ten minutes of the entire film. The chase is between a Highland Green Mustang driven by McQueen and a Black Dodge Charger with eight hub caps and takes place through the streets of San Francisco before the Charger goes off the road into a gas tank and explodes. According to those who know much more than me about these things, this car chase set the standard for action car chases and scenes in movies for many years to come. Given the lack of technology added enhancements in 1968 it is certainly an entertaining ten minutes of cinema. Importantly McQueen himself controlled much of the planning for the car chase, the emphasis on realism with the cinematography and the choice of a Mustang in the first place, as well as setting the cars up prior to filming including the choice of wheels, removing badges and other touches that made the car look cool. The 2018 Bullitt is a surprisingly good car regardless of whether or not you buy into the hype that surrounds it because of its story and the fact that it is available in relatively limited numbers. Yes it is very closely related to a standard GT Mustang but there has been just enough done to improve on the base car to make Bullitt special. Included in the price are a number of options that are available on the GT including magneride suspension as well as unique paint, wheels and badging that add to the already impressive standard inclusions. The mechanical improvements are similarly subtle but effective with an open air box, GT350 intake and bigger throttle bodies which all add up to a small boost in power and a little more theater in its soundtrack. You can have any colour you like as long as you take Dark Highland Green, except in other markets where black is also offered. Given that the provenance of this cars history is tied so deeply to the original GT 390 in Highland Green, any other colour just doesn't make sense even if it isn't your first choice of hue. You also can have any transmission you like as long as it is manual. There is a cue ball shifter atop the gear stick and the total effect of swapping cogs yourself together with the symphony from outstanding active valve exhaust complete with an automatic blip on down shifts is very satisfying even if it is very analogue in these days of self driving cars and almost mandatory automatic gearboxes. Driving the car can be surprisingly gentle if you wish. There is never a doubt that you are driving a muscle car but the engine response is actually quite soft low in the rev range which may sound like a negative. In fact this makes the car very driveable around town in the real world. My wife jumped into the car after many decades of not driving a manual or anything that comes close to having 345kw under the bonnet and the easy clutch, direct gear change and moderate response off idle all ensured the experience was just fun not frenetic. Redline is 7400 rpm so you can unleash more performance simply by using more of the tacho. Handling is similarly benign if you want it to be with the excellent magneride suspension making daily driving comfortable and compliant in normal mode and more spirited driving possible with the flick of a switch getting you to sport or track mode instantly. In fact the biggest surprise about the car is how comfortable it is and the fact that quality is well above what we were expecting. My wife used the words Lexus and BMW in the context of how the car felt, having owned both those brands, and whilst it may not be quite at those levels it is much better than you would imagine. We test drove the previous model and didn't like it at all so the 2018 Mustang and the Bullitt specifically is a good thing done well in our opinion. The limited edition number plate on the dash also adds to the positive experience of owning the car. Negatives? The back seat is a bit silly really. More space for luggage would be a much better idea. I don't think even small children would fit. There has been a lot of noise about safety in the Mustang but for us specifically the car is replacing a Harley Davidson in the garage so three stars looks truly amazing to me after many decades playing roulette with b doubles and distracted untrained drivers on our roads with no real protection. Fuel usage is also very likely to be savage. I haven't checked the actual economy mainly because I really don't want to know. Suffice to say that the fuel gauge moves quicker than most modern cars but not many cars turn petrol into beautiful noise quite as well as a naturally aspirated v8. Undoubtedly CarAdvice and others will give you much more of the nuts and bolts about the Bullitt and its performance and handling but I can say that initial impressions are that the car is much better than I expected and it is definitely a fun car to own and drive partly because it is a good car and also because of the story behind it. If I only I can find a skivvy in my size to wear whilst driving it.