Ford to reveal next generation Mustang on 5 Dec 2013
Discussion
The £32995 looks great value for the 5.0L V8 - especially when thats "On the road" price which includes the £1090 road fund licence!
From the price list:
"On the road' price includes one years road fund licence, DVLA first registration fee £55 and an estimated £25 for number plates."
http://www.ford.co.uk/cs/BlobServer?blobtable=Mung...
From the price list:
"On the road' price includes one years road fund licence, DVLA first registration fee £55 and an estimated £25 for number plates."
http://www.ford.co.uk/cs/BlobServer?blobtable=Mung...
Well, I have now spoken to a dealer and this is the story.
First 500 were sold out at some sports promotion and are in manufacture. Is this supposed to impress us? Just sell us the vehicles guys. I really don't care what David Beckham or Rory McIlroy had for breakfast. I assume that the idea is that by putting a limited number out there but no more for the thick end of a year, cars start appearing in the classified's north of £50k. Clever, but, imho, a waste of my time, and not actually achieving the primary objective of shifting metal.
Price of £32,995 does not include first year road tax of approx £1,000. This might be the dealer 'at it' of course because that is not what the price list says. Anyway, I guess they are accustomed to dealing with numpties, and they wouldn't be human if they didn't try to exploit the situation. If you don't sign the order, after all, you aren't going to get a car.
Deposits of £1,000 being taken to get on a numbered list.
First cars will be delivered in November 2015, if you order now you are unlikely to see your car before January 2016. (Not the best time to pick up a car like that, but hey ho). Anyway I thought something like this would happen. I think that we can expect a healthy aftermarket to develop over list price. I will not however be going down that route.
Most orders so far are for V8 manuals. Surprise surprise! To us at least. I guess someone at Ford thought what Europeans want is something that looks like an American car but gets 79 mpg, has a tiny but perfectly formed carbon footprint and wouldn't pull your foreskin back. Of course we do.
The car comes standard with a rear camera but not rear sensors. Che? Is this so you can accurately conduct Bullitt style rear rams without being interrupted by bleeping sounds?
£1795 for Lux pack including heated/cooled seats, audio upgrade and Nav. None of which matter a lot to me.
This is the important thing - the Recaro seat option (which, by the way, was on the UK Configurator when they were doing the early promotion) will be available in the USA, Germany and Switzerland but not in the UK. It is not available in the UK! Can you believe that? Can you credit a company fitting a car with a slippy diff, launch control, an induction noise tube, black alloys, ALL AS STANDARD, then saying, no guys, you can't have proper sports seats? Amazing.
I still think this is the most dramatic thing Ford have done in Europe in many years. By all accounts the car is sorted, goes, handles, sounds and looks the real deal. It is going to create an enthusiastic customer base for the Mustang. It is going to create a new sports car sector, which, I hate to say, is going to seriously question what Maserati, Jaguar and others who are selling 5 Litre V8 Coupes north of £70k, and supercobras for a minimum of £60k, think they are doing. It is going to put serious fun motoring into the hands of those who up to now had to buy slightly pink coupes like the BMW Z4, Audi TT Merc SLK and even the Boxster - which are driven by a lot of women. I hope that they can handle it.
Who but a real bloke is going to drive one of these? God bless you Moray Callum!
Anyway, tell you what I am going to do. I am going to wait for the rush to die down, consider whether I am going to have bright Red or Highland Green, and hope that when the model year 2016 or 17 is announced, they have decided to offer Recaro seats, because in no way am I having a car like that without proper sports seats. There is another cute reason for this. Them
s have built a load of cars, released 500 and are stacking the rest up somewhere in the rust belt for the best part of a year. I do not want my car sitting around like that so I will put down my deposit in September 15 or September 16 with a view to getting the car six months later, build up a good down payment and pay the balance off over 3 years. Simples! There may even be faster versions by then, though I am not sure that is necessary given what the V8 GT has as standard. If anyone at Ford has a better idea, I'm game, pmail me. In the meantime I am pursuing other important matters. 
First 500 were sold out at some sports promotion and are in manufacture. Is this supposed to impress us? Just sell us the vehicles guys. I really don't care what David Beckham or Rory McIlroy had for breakfast. I assume that the idea is that by putting a limited number out there but no more for the thick end of a year, cars start appearing in the classified's north of £50k. Clever, but, imho, a waste of my time, and not actually achieving the primary objective of shifting metal.
Price of £32,995 does not include first year road tax of approx £1,000. This might be the dealer 'at it' of course because that is not what the price list says. Anyway, I guess they are accustomed to dealing with numpties, and they wouldn't be human if they didn't try to exploit the situation. If you don't sign the order, after all, you aren't going to get a car.
Deposits of £1,000 being taken to get on a numbered list.
First cars will be delivered in November 2015, if you order now you are unlikely to see your car before January 2016. (Not the best time to pick up a car like that, but hey ho). Anyway I thought something like this would happen. I think that we can expect a healthy aftermarket to develop over list price. I will not however be going down that route.
Most orders so far are for V8 manuals. Surprise surprise! To us at least. I guess someone at Ford thought what Europeans want is something that looks like an American car but gets 79 mpg, has a tiny but perfectly formed carbon footprint and wouldn't pull your foreskin back. Of course we do.
The car comes standard with a rear camera but not rear sensors. Che? Is this so you can accurately conduct Bullitt style rear rams without being interrupted by bleeping sounds?
£1795 for Lux pack including heated/cooled seats, audio upgrade and Nav. None of which matter a lot to me.
This is the important thing - the Recaro seat option (which, by the way, was on the UK Configurator when they were doing the early promotion) will be available in the USA, Germany and Switzerland but not in the UK. It is not available in the UK! Can you believe that? Can you credit a company fitting a car with a slippy diff, launch control, an induction noise tube, black alloys, ALL AS STANDARD, then saying, no guys, you can't have proper sports seats? Amazing.
I still think this is the most dramatic thing Ford have done in Europe in many years. By all accounts the car is sorted, goes, handles, sounds and looks the real deal. It is going to create an enthusiastic customer base for the Mustang. It is going to create a new sports car sector, which, I hate to say, is going to seriously question what Maserati, Jaguar and others who are selling 5 Litre V8 Coupes north of £70k, and supercobras for a minimum of £60k, think they are doing. It is going to put serious fun motoring into the hands of those who up to now had to buy slightly pink coupes like the BMW Z4, Audi TT Merc SLK and even the Boxster - which are driven by a lot of women. I hope that they can handle it.
Who but a real bloke is going to drive one of these? God bless you Moray Callum!
Anyway, tell you what I am going to do. I am going to wait for the rush to die down, consider whether I am going to have bright Red or Highland Green, and hope that when the model year 2016 or 17 is announced, they have decided to offer Recaro seats, because in no way am I having a car like that without proper sports seats. There is another cute reason for this. Them
s have built a load of cars, released 500 and are stacking the rest up somewhere in the rust belt for the best part of a year. I do not want my car sitting around like that so I will put down my deposit in September 15 or September 16 with a view to getting the car six months later, build up a good down payment and pay the balance off over 3 years. Simples! There may even be faster versions by then, though I am not sure that is necessary given what the V8 GT has as standard. If anyone at Ford has a better idea, I'm game, pmail me. In the meantime I am pursuing other important matters. Edited by cardigankid on Thursday 22 January 14:32
rix said:
Nice post!
I'm seriously considering one as a Monaro replacement. Tho I'd quite like to keep the Monaro too... damn!
Is it a suitable car 'for the missus?!'
Hell no brother, are you crazy?I'm seriously considering one as a Monaro replacement. Tho I'd quite like to keep the Monaro too... damn!
Is it a suitable car 'for the missus?!'
I occasionally let my wife drive my mustang, I said to her the other week, don't take it over the speed limit, seriously. I come to find out a sheriffs deputy gave her a speeding ticket. So shes grounded right now from driving it.
I get a lot of compliments from the ladies even though mustangs aren't exotic here.
I don't particularly like the s550 but I am very overjoyed it is coming to the UK. I wanted one so bad when I was 18 I got a capri laser as it was the closest thing.
If your monaro is the ls2 vxr i'd keep it and not bother with the mustang. I really like the vxr monaro. The bodykit is $10k alone to order in the U.S. for the pontiac GTO, a buddy, sorry a mate of mine has a ls2 GTO that just fitted a procharger putting down 630bhp.
Sod it, you only live once so I have just placed a deposit. V8 manual in competition Orange, no point in being conservative 
I still kick myself that I went bland grey for my 987 when ordered in 2005 and didn't go with look at me Speed Yellow. Mind you the grey probably made it easier to sell at very little loss back when the waiting lists were long.
I still kick myself that I went bland grey for my 987 when ordered in 2005 and didn't go with look at me Speed Yellow. Mind you the grey probably made it easier to sell at very little loss back when the waiting lists were long.
Here's a question that I trust you guys would know better then the UK Ford sales teams.
The US have Base GT and GT Premium.
The Premium comes with the bigger central screen but not necessarily with navigation. That's an extra option.
In the UK you specify the audio upgrade which shows a pic of the bigger screen and it comes with navigation. I haven't asked for this so do I end up with the look of the Base GT, small screen surrounded by Land Rover Discovery 3 buttons or the large screen just minus navigation and 'Shaker' stereo system?
The US have Base GT and GT Premium.
The Premium comes with the bigger central screen but not necessarily with navigation. That's an extra option.
In the UK you specify the audio upgrade which shows a pic of the bigger screen and it comes with navigation. I haven't asked for this so do I end up with the look of the Base GT, small screen surrounded by Land Rover Discovery 3 buttons or the large screen just minus navigation and 'Shaker' stereo system?
I also placed my order with the Northampton dealer this morning ; according to their system 55 cars have been ordered so far for UK dealers ....
To be fair I knew more about the launch and options than they did ......thx to all the forum(s) links / info etc.
I've gone for the impact blue, ceramic leather, custom pack ....in the V8 manual (of course) .
I was actually waiting to see what the 'reborn' TVR were doing (to complement my Tuscan) but this Mustang looks too good to miss .....Ford racing do a bolt on SC kit for ~£5k for a 625HP upgrade ...
To be fair I knew more about the launch and options than they did ......thx to all the forum(s) links / info etc.
I've gone for the impact blue, ceramic leather, custom pack ....in the V8 manual (of course) .
I was actually waiting to see what the 'reborn' TVR were doing (to complement my Tuscan) but this Mustang looks too good to miss .....Ford racing do a bolt on SC kit for ~£5k for a 625HP upgrade ...
No recaro option though in the UK. Rubbish.
Hopefully the Shelby 350 will include them (if we get that over here):
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a3582/fi...
Hopefully the Shelby 350 will include them (if we get that over here):
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a3582/fi...
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