I had the car for 7 days and put about 800 miles on it. Thought I'd share some of my thoughts since driving it.
Pros:
Looks: The car looks sharp. I had mixed feelings when the 2015 debuted. The styling won me over. There might be a lot of them on the road, but it looks good in my opinion.
Feels and drives like a small vehicle: Compared to the Camaro and Challenger, the new Mustang feels small. Easy to park, maneuver in traffic. I felt like I was driving something small like a focus or civic and not a mustang. But maybe that's just because I like and am used to larger vehicles.
Fuel Economy: 280 mile drive. It was in Florida so the roads were all flat and open, but even so averaging 80-90mph on the FL turnpike netted me 26.3MPG on the tank. To me that's pretty impressive.
Performance: I loved the 2.3L ecoboost in the Mustang. It moves out like it's nobody's business. Turbo lag was nothing I noticed to be distracting. 60-90mph is this cars sweet spot and was very useful for passing and getting around town. As a daily, this might be more fun than the 5.0. Past those speeds I wasn't able to test it but it was much more than unexpected.
Cons:
Handling: I didn't care for the handling on the mustang. To me it felt too electronically assisted and more like a FWD Honda than I expected. Many characteristics of a RWD platform felt absent here. I tried all the steering and handling modes and didn't really care for any of them. Maybe ford has different setups based on the engine combo. I'm not sure.
Feels and drives like a small vehicle: goes back to handling. This can be looked at as a pro or con depending on what you want. Short trip daily driving, this could be something I live with. Long cruises, it wasn't what I expected.
Interior and driving comfort: the interior looks nice, but when you really inspect stuff you can see how much of the interior is cheap. A decent amount of rattles for only having 1700 miles on it. As far as comfort is concerned it was a pretty uncomfortable drive all week. Back seats, sure I understand them being terrible. But the front too... narrow and just uncomfortable. Bad legroom and I am a small dude (5'11"/155lbs).
If we could get this much time on a potential buy, I am sure many people would end up with a different vehicle. Either way the ecoboost is pretty darn impressive and I was impressed overall.
And the biggest positive was that the kids loved it!
Pros:
Looks: The car looks sharp. I had mixed feelings when the 2015 debuted. The styling won me over. There might be a lot of them on the road, but it looks good in my opinion.
Feels and drives like a small vehicle: Compared to the Camaro and Challenger, the new Mustang feels small. Easy to park, maneuver in traffic. I felt like I was driving something small like a focus or civic and not a mustang. But maybe that's just because I like and am used to larger vehicles.
Fuel Economy: 280 mile drive. It was in Florida so the roads were all flat and open, but even so averaging 80-90mph on the FL turnpike netted me 26.3MPG on the tank. To me that's pretty impressive.
Performance: I loved the 2.3L ecoboost in the Mustang. It moves out like it's nobody's business. Turbo lag was nothing I noticed to be distracting. 60-90mph is this cars sweet spot and was very useful for passing and getting around town. As a daily, this might be more fun than the 5.0. Past those speeds I wasn't able to test it but it was much more than unexpected.
Cons:
Handling: I didn't care for the handling on the mustang. To me it felt too electronically assisted and more like a FWD Honda than I expected. Many characteristics of a RWD platform felt absent here. I tried all the steering and handling modes and didn't really care for any of them. Maybe ford has different setups based on the engine combo. I'm not sure.
Feels and drives like a small vehicle: goes back to handling. This can be looked at as a pro or con depending on what you want. Short trip daily driving, this could be something I live with. Long cruises, it wasn't what I expected.
Interior and driving comfort: the interior looks nice, but when you really inspect stuff you can see how much of the interior is cheap. A decent amount of rattles for only having 1700 miles on it. As far as comfort is concerned it was a pretty uncomfortable drive all week. Back seats, sure I understand them being terrible. But the front too... narrow and just uncomfortable. Bad legroom and I am a small dude (5'11"/155lbs).
If we could get this much time on a potential buy, I am sure many people would end up with a different vehicle. Either way the ecoboost is pretty darn impressive and I was impressed overall.
And the biggest positive was that the kids loved it!
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