This is one of the last decent sports cars you can buy today and this is the best spec. The 2025 Ford Mustang GT is in its absolute best form as a six-speed manual - but it has jumped up massively in price. Is it worth the extra coin? Paul Maric finds out / and tests the drift brake feature out.
Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE
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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:39
Interior: 04:10
Infotainment: 05:38
Safety Tech: 07:53
Practicality: 08:35
On the Road: 11:02
Pure Sound: 18:01
Performance: 20:55
Verdict: 26:01
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Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE
Skip Ahead:
Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:39
Interior: 04:10
Infotainment: 05:38
Safety Tech: 07:53
Practicality: 08:35
On the Road: 11:02
Pure Sound: 18:01
Performance: 20:55
Verdict: 26:01
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00:00This is super, super easy to do in this car as well.
00:04You're basically just adding throttle and steering.
00:07And then once you get it settled into its position,
00:10unless you're really greedy with the throttle,
00:12you can basically just do laps all day long.
00:16Yeah, I've got no headroom.
00:19There's just no space here at all.
00:20It's a bit like a 911.
00:21There's not a great deal of sort of room to work with, unfortunately.
00:25G'day, I'm Paul.
00:26I have been very excited to drive this.
00:28It is the brand new Ford Mustang.
00:30Well, it's sort of brand new
00:32because it's been out for ages now in the States,
00:34but it's finally here in Australia.
00:37The dark horse is sold out.
00:38All that you have left available to buy is this, the GT V8,
00:42and also the EcoBoost, the four-cylinder,
00:45which, you know, if you're going to buy a Mustang,
00:46you should probably just buy the V8.
00:48So it has gone up in price in a big way.
00:50So the entry-level V8, the cheapest V8 you can get,
00:53is just under $79,000.
00:55And that's before you add some of the options
00:58that you're going to find fitted to this car as well.
01:00If that is too expensive for you,
01:01you can go down the path of the four-cylinder, the EcoBoost,
01:05and that is priced at under $70,000.
01:07So there are a few options out there.
01:09Today we're going to do a detailed review of this car.
01:11So if you do want to skip ahead to other parts of this review,
01:13you can use the time codes that are on screen,
01:15or if you're on YouTube,
01:16you can scroll down and use the chapters below.
01:18I'm going to test the drift breakout today as well,
01:20which is going to be good fun.
01:21Now, let's talk about exterior styling.
01:23Now, oh, by the way, you know that we've had this saga here
01:27with flies at the proving ground,
01:28and today I'm wearing Nature's Botanical,
01:32which was recommended to me on this radio show that I do.
01:34And so far it seems to be working,
01:36so I'll keep you posted on that.
01:38Optional colours, they're going to set you back
01:40at just under $1,000,
01:41which I think is a pretty reasonable price
01:43for a car like this.
01:44Normally they hit you for six
01:45when it comes to optional colours.
01:47What about the rest of the design though?
01:48And look, the Mustang has always been
01:50a pretty cool looking car,
01:51same as the Camaro as well.
01:53But now that the Camaro's dead,
01:54this really is the only rear-wheel drive
01:56American coupe you can buy in Australia.
01:59And I think it looks fantastic.
02:02They've got those really cool LED lights
02:03down the front there,
02:04a really aggressive front-end design here
02:07with some cooling there.
02:08Is that real?
02:09Yep, sure is, good news.
02:11Naturally aspirated 5-litre V8
02:12under the bonnet there as well,
02:14so it is a proper meaty engine.
02:16I've always loved the way Mustang sound as well,
02:18straight out of the box.
02:19So I'll be keen to see whether this
02:20sounds pretty good as well.
02:23Black badge down the front there
02:24because this has one of those optional
02:26styling kits fitted to it.
02:28Piano black surrounds there on that grille.
02:30A little bit of edging down the bottom there
02:33with that plastic section,
02:34probably for aero.
02:36And then around the side here.
02:38Oh yeah, so GT comes fitted with Pirelli P0 tyres.
02:42This one also has the optional Brembo brake package
02:45and also the Recaro seats inside the cabin too.
02:49So Pirelli P0 tyre for the GT.
02:52You have six piston calipers up the front there,
02:54so a nice big meaty stopper.
02:56Four piston at the rear.
02:57And this is shod with 19-inch alloy wheels.
03:01I like the design there too,
03:02so you've got that sort of matte black finish.
03:03You can actually get these as part of a separate appearance package
03:06with gold coloured wheels,
03:07which I reckon look pretty cool as well.
03:095.0 badge on the side there.
03:11You've got a black roof
03:12and a really sort of cool looking side silhouette there,
03:16which is synonymous with the Mustang.
03:18Come around to the back with me.
03:20So around the back here, classic Mustang design.
03:22LED taillights, GT badge here on the boot,
03:26and then a lower diffuser there with the quad exhaust pipes
03:28and shark fin aerial up the top.
03:30So let me know what you reckon about the pricing.
03:32Mustang was always the affordable sports car.
03:35Has gone up in price.
03:36This is factory right-hand drive.
03:38The reason it was delayed here for Australia
03:39is they had a lot of issues down the production line
03:42with the factory right-hand drive cars.
03:44So they've obviously ironed all of those out,
03:46but they're still delaying deliveries of Dark Horse to customers
03:50because of additional issues they've found,
03:52which is pretty disappointing.
03:53And I've had a lot of people reach out to me now
03:55complaining about their deliveries being delayed
03:57time and time again.
03:58So if you are one of those people,
03:59let me know in the comments section below.
04:00I'm keen to see how it's going for you.
04:02Let us know when it gets resolved as well.
04:04And tell me why they've delayed your order.
04:06I'm keen to understand that as well down in the comments section.
04:09Let me know what you're thinking about the design too.
04:10Okay, so we're inside the Mustang.
04:12This is what the key looks like.
04:13You've got unlock, lock, boot,
04:16and then just trust me, the pony is under there.
04:21So this is a proximity sensing key.
04:23So you can leave that in your pocket.
04:24You've got a push button start down here.
04:26Look, this interior is a big step forward
04:28from previous generation Mustang.
04:30So that's a tick-tick because this is now expensive.
04:34Mustang used to be so affordable compared to this
04:37and it has really jumped up in price.
04:38And look, to me, this feels nice.
04:40It's not a sort of Maybach in here,
04:42but the materials feel good.
04:43You've got that sort of faux carbon fibre,
04:45some big displays here that I'll run you through
04:47in just a second.
04:47Now, this is interesting too.
04:49This has gone to an electric park brake,
04:51but this is not manual.
04:52It may look like a manual park brake
04:54and it operates like a manual park brake,
04:56but it is actually electric.
04:58And the whole purpose of this is to allow you to,
05:01you know, have a normal looking park brake,
05:03have it work easily,
05:05not worry about it on hills and stuff for your manual,
05:07but it also acts as a drift brake.
05:08And we'll test that feature a little bit later on
05:10to see how well that works.
05:12Outside of that though, touch points.
05:14Nice there on the centre and not too bad on the door.
05:18How nice are they?
05:20We've got our durometer.
05:21We've tested the main surfaces in this cabin.
05:23If you do want to see how this car compares
05:25to others that we've tested before,
05:26have a look at the link in the description below.
05:27Now, build quality.
05:28What's it like?
05:30It's sort of fairly solid down the middle there.
05:32It all feels okay.
05:33That's what our door slam sounds like.
05:38Now, let's talk about infotainment.
05:40You've got these two enormous screens here.
05:42So one ahead of the driver is 12.4 inch.
05:44The infotainment screen, 13.2 inch.
05:47So a big old whopper of a screen.
05:48You've got inbuilt satellite navigation.
05:51You've got AM, FM, DAB digital radio.
05:54That all goes through a 12-speaker B&O branded sound system.
05:57Sound system is pretty decent.
05:59B&O branding is sort of common throughout the Ford world.
06:02But I found with my Raptor, for example,
06:04if not, it has a B&O Play sticker on it.
06:07It's actually not that good of a sound system,
06:09whereas this one isn't too bad.
06:11In addition to that, you have your smartphone mirroring
06:13in the form of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
06:15Both of those are wireless.
06:17I'll show you what that looks like.
06:20So there's CarPlay just there.
06:23Almost a full screen integration.
06:25You press that button there,
06:26and then it takes over the full screen if required.
06:29So it doesn't degrade the performance all that much either,
06:31which is good.
06:32And it still gives you the option of having a split screen there
06:34with some of your other key features.
06:36In addition to that,
06:37you've got all of the apps that are in the vehicle.
06:39So if I go over here to Features and My Mustang and then Track Apps,
06:45have a look at this.
06:45You've got Acceleration Timer, Braking Performance, Lap Timer,
06:49Launch Control Settings, a Shift Indicator, the Drift Brake, Line Lock.
06:53Like, that is what Mustang is about.
06:56It is about having all of these amazing, cool features to play with
06:59and not having to spend, you know,
07:01half a million dollars on a Lambo or something.
07:03So I think that is really cool that they've gone to so much effort
07:06to just give you that sense of doing something behind the wheel.
07:10And this is what Android Auto looks like.
07:12The only thing is, I don't think you can actually go...
07:16Your playlist?
07:20I don't think you can actually go full screen with Android Auto,
07:24unfortunately, like you can with CarPlay.
07:27You can see there's no option there to actually supersize that screen,
07:31unfortunately.
07:32So a little bit disappointing, but yeah, not the end of the world.
07:35Now, screen ahead of the driver.
07:37Smaller display, but you've got a level of configuration available there.
07:41Again, you just set it to whatever you want that screen to look like
07:44and it'll allow you to flick between those different modes.
07:46You'll also see down the bottom here your exhaust settings
07:49and vehicle modes as well,
07:50so you can keep track of which mode the car is actually in at the time.
07:53Now, safety tech, you've got autonomous emergency braking
07:56with pedestrian and cyclist detection
07:58and auto-dimming rear vision mirror.
08:00You've got a blind spot monitor built into the wing mirror over there.
08:03You've also got radar cruise control with a lane-keeping assistant
08:05that we will test a little bit later on.
08:07Now, when it comes to parking,
08:08you've got rear parking sensors and a reverse view camera.
08:12I'll show you what that looks like.
08:13Disappointing there isn't...
08:14Like, the camera quality is good,
08:15but disappointing there isn't front parking sensors available
08:18because that's the thing with these cars.
08:19They have such a low front end
08:20and the distance can be quite deceiving.
08:23You need to get used to it
08:24and you eventually will if you own one,
08:25but you will probably get a lot of gutters.
08:29But, yeah, just be careful if you're buying one of these
08:31and you're trying to park.
08:33And this is what the horn sounds like.
08:35Now, moving on to practicality
08:38and we'll start off with your connectivity.
08:39So, down here, you've got a USB-C port,
08:41USB-A port and a 12-volt outlet.
08:44Now, the cool thing is it has a wireless phone charger,
08:46but if you take this away,
08:48it's actually a little air vent there to keep your phone cool.
08:50So, it's got a little fan that's constantly running.
08:53Fantastic feature
08:54because your phone gets bloody hot when it's under there.
08:56So, having something that actually cools it down
08:58while it's operating is great.
09:00Cup holders here
09:01and then if you go into this little slot,
09:03you've got another 12-volt outlet in there,
09:05which is pretty good to see.
09:07In terms of your other storage,
09:09you've got glove box down here,
09:11pretty reasonably sized
09:12and a sunnies holder up the top there as well.
09:15And on comfort,
09:16you have dual zone automatic climate control.
09:19You've got a headed steering wheel,
09:21manual steering adjustment for both tilt and reach.
09:25Now, in terms of your seat adjustment,
09:27it's a bit weird.
09:27So, driving a front passenger or electric,
09:29but only for moving forwards and backwards
09:31and lifting the front and back of the seat
09:33along with lumbar
09:35to actually move the back of the seat
09:37you need to manually adjust it.
09:39So, it's a bit of a weird arrangement there.
09:42And then on our reach test,
09:43all of this stuff is just okay to reach.
09:45You've got to lean in
09:46to catch the outer edges of that screen.
09:48Now, comically,
09:49you're going to see a large adult
09:50try and get into the second row.
09:52Unfortunately, there isn't,
09:53like normally with these,
09:54if you put the seat all the way forward,
09:56it then slides on its own,
09:57but you're going to have to manually
09:58slide it out of the way,
10:00which takes forever.
10:01And I'm not going to go too far
10:02because I can see what's going to happen.
10:04I already don't have enough room there
10:06to fit behind my regular driving position.
10:10Okay, so...
10:12All right.
10:13That's me in.
10:15If I try and bring that back now...
10:17Oop.
10:18That'll break the seat.
10:22Yeah, I've got no headroom.
10:25There's just no space here at all.
10:26It's a bit like a 911.
10:27There's not a great deal of sort of room
10:29to work with, unfortunately.
10:30So, yes.
10:33Don't be an adult in the back of a Mustang.
10:36Now, let's look.
10:36Cargo space.
10:37You'd expect it to be pretty poor in a coupe.
10:40And look, to be honest,
10:41it's not terrible.
10:42It's not amazing.
10:43So, just over 400 litres available.
10:45No spare tyre in here.
10:47You just get a tyre repair kit.
10:48You get a subbie off to the side.
10:50Show you what it looks like with our bag in there.
10:52There you go.
10:53You can actually fit a decent-sized suit.
10:55Okay, so you'd probably fit another one next to it
10:56if you moved it over as well.
10:57So, yeah, not a bad storage space.
10:59You're not exactly having to compromise too much there.
11:05Okay, we have just hit the road in the Mustang.
11:09I love the fact that this is a six-speed manual.
11:12I haven't driven this very far,
11:13but I know that I would not like this in a 10-speed auto.
11:17I just think it would be way too many gears to play with.
11:19So, six-speed manual gets my tick of approval.
11:22Now, let's chat about what is under the bonnet.
11:24You, of course, have the option of a four-cylinder EcoBoost,
11:26but this is the classic sort of Mustang engine.
11:29It's a VA 5-litre naturally aspirated.
11:32Makes a fairly healthy 347 kilowatts of power
11:35and 550 newton-metres of torque.
11:38For a naturally aspirated engine,
11:39that is some pretty impressive stuff.
11:42Clutch action is great.
11:43It's nice and sort of firm,
11:44and I love the fact with all of the new electronics
11:47that are fitted to this,
11:48you can really go to town in terms of the feel
11:50of most parts of this car.
11:52Steering feel, the brake pedal is quite aggressive as well
11:56because that's electronically driven.
11:58You've got the drift brake, which we'll test out later on,
12:00but it is just a very easy car to drive.
12:02It's not intimidating at all,
12:04and with the rev-matching feature as well,
12:05you don't need to be an expert race driver
12:07to get the most out of it.
12:08Like, when you're going back through the gears,
12:10it will rev-match as it goes
12:13with no sort of jerking or anything.
12:14So, it makes you feel like a pro
12:16without needing to do anything.
12:18Now, the exhaust, it is the best part of this car.
12:21It sounds unreal,
12:22and I'm glad they haven't fiddled around with that too much.
12:25This is just the standard exhaust mode.
12:26Have a listen.
12:29Sounds so good.
12:31What we'll do later on,
12:32I'm going to go for a lap around the track,
12:34but I'll be quiet so you can actually hear it
12:36in track mode, which is where it appears to be the loudest.
12:38So, hold on to your knickers for that one.
12:41Now, what does it feel like?
12:42Look, it is a fairly lazy engine,
12:44and I know that you may not think a V8 would ever be lazy,
12:48but in this application here,
12:49where it's naturally aspirated,
12:51it does take a little bit of time to perk up,
12:53but you've got a red line close to 8,000 RPM,
12:56so there's plenty of perking to be done.
12:58So, it's not exactly like you have to wring its neck all the time.
13:01It is nice and smooth down low,
13:03but to get that sort of really responsive feel,
13:05you want to be quite high up in that rev band.
13:08Now, let's talk about fuel economy.
13:09Ford doesn't mess about with that.
13:11The average official claim is like 13.6.
13:14We're currently sitting on 16.1.
13:17Keep in mind,
13:18we have had to change the order of filming today,
13:20so I've already done all my fast slabs.
13:21We've done all the filming for the fast slabs as well.
13:23I think that's a pretty decent fuel economy figure
13:25for a V8-engined vehicle,
13:27so I'm not sort of disappointed with that at all.
13:30The other good stuff as well,
13:30comes standard with a limited slip differential,
13:33so it means there's no sort of funny business
13:35with spinning inside wheels.
13:37It is just straight down to getting traction down,
13:39and that is how Mustangs crash into crowds with LSDs.
13:44They hook up,
13:46and they kick the end out before you expect it,
13:48so that is precisely what will happen,
13:50and if you have all your aids switched on,
13:53which most people will,
13:54it's perfectly safe and fine,
13:55but if you do switch everything off,
13:56it can get a little airy
13:58if you're not sure what to expect.
14:01Now, let's talk about living with this day-to-day.
14:04So, this has the optional MagneRide suspension,
14:06which is basically an adaptive damping setup.
14:09The good thing about the Mustang
14:10is that even in comfort mode on these wheels,
14:12it still actually feels really nice and comfortable.
14:15It's not sort of over-the-top
14:16or too firm or too aggressive.
14:18It still actually feels quite nice and comfy,
14:20so that is a big win.
14:22It means if you're using this as a daily driver,
14:24it is going to feel just great in and around the city.
14:27There's no dramas there.
14:28We'll get on our rough roads soon
14:29and see what that's like,
14:30but from all sort of intents and purposes,
14:32it actually isn't too bad.
14:34So, ride's pretty good.
14:35What is it like across the sine waves?
14:37Let's have a little look.
14:39We do this at 130km an hour,
14:41which is maximum speed limit in Australia.
14:44We'll just see how it performs
14:45across the consecutive signs.
14:48Alrighty, here we go.
14:50There's 130.
14:56It's not too bad.
14:57It's a little bit floaty and funny,
14:59but yeah, it's not the end of the world.
15:01Alrighty, so ride our Buffy Road now.
15:03Jack this up to 90km an hour here.
15:05This is a shocker of a road
15:07full of cobblestones and potholes and stuff.
15:12Okay, there's 90.
15:13Here's our condensed sine wave.
15:17Yeah, look, there is still comfort there,
15:19but it is throwing me around a fair bit.
15:21It isn't loving all of these holes and stuff,
15:24but it's really not that bad.
15:25Like, it could be much worse.
15:27It could be much firmer.
15:28I'd love to see what this is like
15:29without the MagneRide suspension,
15:31but this actually feels quite nice and comfortable.
15:34So, I'll run you through the different drive modes.
15:35You activate them here on the steering wheel
15:37and then the screen ahead of you changes.
15:39So, you've got custom modes, slippery,
15:41perfect for, like, snow and stuff like that,
15:44normal, sport, racetrack, and drag strip.
15:48I just love how you have all of this stuff,
15:51which is really cool.
15:52And then on the screen here,
15:53if you press the little Mustang button down here,
15:55that's where you can change between the exhaust modes.
15:57So, you can go from no exhaust at all.
16:00So, that's in that mode now.
16:03It still makes noise, but it's sort of not too loud.
16:05You have normal,
16:08which is that one there, which is nice.
16:11You've got sport,
16:12which is louder again.
16:15And then you have track,
16:18which is the loudest.
16:19So, oh, that is a deep old bellow.
16:23I love that this is the sort of car
16:25that just does not need any aftermarket noises
16:27inside the cabin
16:28to make you feel like you're having a good time.
16:31Now, I'm going to flick it down to racetrack
16:34and see how that goes.
16:36Let's see what it's like around
16:37the ride and handling track here.
16:39Oh, it sounds so good.
16:45It's got a decent amount of traction as well.
16:49You can really confidently get stuck into it.
16:51These PZeros have decent sort of road holding.
16:57Oh, these gears have so, such long legs.
17:02Third gear here, for example,
17:03right around that 6,000, 7,000 RPM mark
17:06is fantastic.
17:08The brake pedal feels good as well.
17:15Man, this thing is absolutely hauling
17:17for a naturally aspirated V8.
17:20It's moving along nicely.
17:21It hides its weight well also.
17:23You've got an 1,800 kilo curb mass,
17:25but it doesn't feel that heavy
17:28from where I'm sitting.
17:30Here's our back straight.
17:32Grab a bit of fourth down here as well.
17:35Oh, yes.
17:36That is so, so good.
17:39Oh, love every bit of that.
17:42Look, it just sits.
17:43It sits really nice and flat.
17:45The steering feels so nice and precise as well.
17:48Like, this does not feel like,
17:50you know, no offence to the Americans,
17:51does not feel like a sort of
17:54boaty American muscle car.
17:56This actually feels somewhat sophisticated.
17:58So, yeah, I'm a big fan of this.
18:02We'll do a lap now as well with me not talking
18:04just so you can have a listen
18:05to exactly what this sounds like.
18:07It's okay.
18:12It's a helicopter now.
18:12It's not really nice.
18:25It's okay.
18:26It's great.
18:26It's exactly right?
18:26It's okay.
18:27It's okay.
18:28It's okay.
18:29It's so good.
18:29All right.
18:30We'll talk to you next time away from theê±°.
18:32So
19:02So
19:32Now let's talk about road noise. You do get a bit of drone inside the cabin
19:54and that is the nature of sporty tyres like a P0. Not the end of the world but this is how it went
20:00up against our calibrated sound metre. If you do want to see how this car compares to others that
20:04we've tested before there's a link in the description below. Now let's talk about visibility.
20:08I mentioned before with the the lack of front parking sensors you could just got to be careful
20:12um you know I admit to having done this before in long-nosed cars like Jag XK like that was a
20:18perfect example. Such a long nose on it that when you think you're close you're already on top of
20:23the kerb so my my advice is if you think you're close go back a little bit more. So stop before
20:30you think you're close and another cheat I have as well is to use the reflection of a car next to
20:34you or glass to give you an idea of how close you are to a kerb because it will save you from having
20:40to get out of your car and pick up pieces of your bumper bar which you've left mounted on top of a
20:45kerb. The bonnet is quite long but you don't really see past the sort of centre of that bonnet. The
20:50wing mirrors are nice and big. Visibility out the rear is actually surprisingly good as well so all of
20:54those elements aren't too bad. Okay time to do just a little bit of performance testing. Now this
21:00is a manual and here come the excuses um and yes I've only just started driving this car so uh this
21:07is probably going to be absolutely butchered but we'll just try using the the launch control that's
21:11actually built into the car. So you go track apps you've got all of these functions here so launch
21:16setting I've enabled it at 4200 rpm so that's on and uh I reckon I'll switch off ESC as well just so
21:26we don't have any issues with with bogging down and yeah we'll go all the way through to 120. I think
21:31the official time is like 5.3 seconds so I'm gonna have to be pretty rough with this but let's let's see
21:35out we go. Bogged down a little bit there but
21:52all right so we got to 120. Um yeah bogged down a little bit off the line there but
22:00let's see how that went anyway 0 to 100 5.46 seconds so I think if I was perhaps a little
22:08more aggressive on the launch there in terms of picking a higher setting because it actually
22:11hooked up nicely when it bogs down it's because you're getting traction so I could either slip it
22:16a little bit and it would sort of go a little bit better but um that's awesome for a manual it just
22:20does the job very nicely so um that is not too bad at all so let's go back now we'll do oh sorry
22:26and our 80 to 120 I totally forgot about that 2.9 seconds for a naturally aspirated V8 that's
22:32actually pretty good um all right let's go back we'll do a stop from 100 k's an hour to see what
22:36the brake and tyre package is like okie dokie here we go get up to 100 k's an hour
22:41nice and strong so that was 100 to 0 3.06 seconds wow 35.9 meters that is a very very impressive
23:01stopping distance oh so impressive that the gopray loved it as well yeah how fast does it go in reverse
23:09let's have a little look
23:1092 kilometers an hour
23:28now being a mustang and there's a crowd short and eager over there um i thought let's switch
23:37everything off and just see whether this is still uh good fun to drive as a rear-wheel drive V8
23:42so we've wet down the skid pan because this this has more than enough power to do this in the dry
23:46but i thought let's wet it down so we don't kill the tyres given it's quite hot today so
23:50what we'll do i'll do a few circles first and then we'll try and gauge the the drift brake and see how
23:56well that works so being a manual you can initiate there's a couple of ways you can just sort of
24:00refit in and hit the throttle or you can do a clutch kick so keep the throttle sort of
24:04like halfway down kick the clutch build up a few revs kick it out sideways
24:08and then basically just steer in the direction you want to go
24:13and this is this is super super easy to do in this car as well you're basically just
24:20adding throttle and steering and then once you get it settled into its position
24:24unless you're really greedy with the throttle
24:27you can basically just do laps all day long so
24:31being a little greedy now
24:34it is such an absolute beast of a car so
24:43yeah i absolutely love it and of course being a mustang you can also
24:47do your obligatory donuts as well so again
24:50little clutch kick
24:52and it'll do circles
24:58pretty much all day long
25:01oh man i'm being a child now all right let's have a play with this uh drift brake now and see
25:14how that entire system works okay so basically the warning is that you should only use this on a track
25:19all that sort of stuff and that it will lock the rear wheels when you pull the handbrake up
25:23which is kind of how it works on a drift car so i don't really know how this works
25:27so i'm going to basically just reef up the handbrake off the throttle
25:31onto the handbrake
25:33oh and that's kind of uh initiating your entry for you
25:45that's kind of cool
25:47that is a cool feature i do like that i don't think i have any
25:54tires left i'm going to stop being a hooligan now
25:59but this this car is absolutely unreal okay new ford mustang this thing is unreal i i love what
26:06they've done with this and the manual is the way to go i haven't driven the 10 speed but
26:09i know what it'd be like because i got the 10 speed in my raptor and it's the only thing i don't
26:14really like about it because it's just constantly going up gears it's like just let me have a six
26:18speed and just have a bit of noise and stuff this is right where it needs to be the manual is dead
26:22easy to drive so even if you're not a confident manual driver it's going to be straightforward
26:25has all of the fun features as well like the line lock feature the drift brake like it is
26:30it is just set up for a really fun time away at the track or something like that
26:34it is expensive so that is the only thing to consider but in this day and age when
26:37everyone's moving towards electric cars and stuff this is like the last
26:40actual car you can own with like an actual transmission so
26:43yeah let me know what you reckon in the comments section below
26:46on nature's botanical it seems to have worked like they sort of land on you but then they disappear
26:51uh the thing that we thought didn't work which was the the tube thing with the green stuff in it that
26:55we had in our prado video it seems to actually work quite well if you leave it outside for a while
26:59so um there you go learn something new every day let me know what you reckon if you did enjoy the
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27:07but i'm going to jump in and go for a bit more of a drive see ya
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