Best Driver’s Car Contender: 2018 Ford Mustang Performance Pack 2

The GT Performance Pack 2 has some of the Shelby GT350’s suspension hardware

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00:00 (car engine revving)

00:29 - It wouldn't feel like Best Driver's Car

00:31 without a pony car shaking things up.

00:33 This year, we have the Mustang Performance Pack Level 2.

00:36 Not the most elegant name,

00:38 but it signifies some seriously tasty upgrades

00:40 over the disappointing Performance Pack Level 1.

00:43 Only available on a Mustang GT Fastback

00:48 with a six-speed manual box,

00:49 Level 2 comprises massive 305 section,

00:52 19-inch Michelin Cup 2 tires,

00:55 retuned MagneRide dampers and steering,

00:57 upgraded six-piston Brembo brakes,

01:00 and a new front splitter and rear wing

01:02 create downforce too.

01:03 It's half an inch lower,

01:05 features stiffer springs and new anti-roll bars,

01:07 and when you add all that to a brilliant five-liter V8

01:10 with 460 horsepower,

01:12 you have a seriously formidable package.

01:15 The wonderful V8 soundtrack might be familiar,

01:18 but this Mustang is clearly a more focused machine.

01:21 The ride is hard and uncompromising,

01:24 and the big tires hunt around

01:25 in anything less than super smooth roads,

01:28 but grip is phenomenal,

01:30 the manual box puts you in total control,

01:33 and the Brembos are nothing short of phenomenal.

01:35 Best driver's car needs its giant killer.

01:39 Maybe this year, that car will be

01:40 the Ford Mustang Performance Pack Level 2.

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