So who has ordered the new S550 Mustang?
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Take our new Ford Mustang with a 5.0-litre V8 engine – which we’ve just announced will get you from 0-62 mph in what might be the most exciting 4.8 seconds of your day.
And our new Mustang isn’t just fast in a straight line. Clever new suspension, a stiff body and lightweight parts such as aluminium panels for the V8 and the more fuel-efficient 2.3-litre EcoBoost model mean it’s quick around corners to.
In fact, it can deliver 0.97 g-force through the bends – pinning you to the side of the seat with almost the same force as gravity would pull you towards the ground if you jumped from an aeroplane.
Take our new Ford Mustang with a 5.0-litre V8 engine – which we’ve just announced will get you from 0-62 mph in what might be the most exciting 4.8 seconds of your day.
And our new Mustang isn’t just fast in a straight line. Clever new suspension, a stiff body and lightweight parts such as aluminium panels for the V8 and the more fuel-efficient 2.3-litre EcoBoost model mean it’s quick around corners to.
In fact, it can deliver 0.97 g-force through the bends – pinning you to the side of the seat with almost the same force as gravity would pull you towards the ground if you jumped from an aeroplane.
Good find. I watched all 6 of those introducing the Euro Mustang videos. Do we think that this is actually what we'll get?
If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges, the front tri bars come on with the headlights, the rear lights are indeed white, we get the faux petrol cap on the rear and the lower grille doesn't match the main grille.
If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges, the front tri bars come on with the headlights, the rear lights are indeed white, we get the faux petrol cap on the rear and the lower grille doesn't match the main grille.
croyde said:
Has anyone found an insurance company that knows what the UK S550 is yet?
Insuring a car that has no previous stats in this country is going to be interesting.
Best quote as a Londoner with the car parked in an open car park, when I almost bought a 2011 Mustang last year, was £1300 TPFT. Lots wouldn't quote and I did ring every suggested company, loads of them.
That was as a second car, clean licence and 20 years odd of NCB. I'm in my 50s.
Gonna be a real pisser if the car is virtually impossible to insure. Would be good to know in advance as I want it so much that I might move out of London just to get insurance
I used one of the comparison sites and it had the mustang listed. I think I had a quote of around £280, less than my volvo! My cayman was only £230, benefits of being nearly 40 and two sets of 15 year no claims policies.Insuring a car that has no previous stats in this country is going to be interesting.
Best quote as a Londoner with the car parked in an open car park, when I almost bought a 2011 Mustang last year, was £1300 TPFT. Lots wouldn't quote and I did ring every suggested company, loads of them.
That was as a second car, clean licence and 20 years odd of NCB. I'm in my 50s.
Gonna be a real pisser if the car is virtually impossible to insure. Would be good to know in advance as I want it so much that I might move out of London just to get insurance
croyde said:
Good find. I watched all 6 of those introducing the Euro Mustang videos. Do we think that this is actually what we'll get?
If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges, the front tri bars come on with the headlights, the rear lights are indeed white, we get the faux petrol cap on the rear and the lower grille doesn't match the main grille.
Black wheels also are unchangeable on the config ??If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges, the front tri bars come on with the headlights, the rear lights are indeed white, we get the faux petrol cap on the rear and the lower grille doesn't match the main grille.
croyde said:
Good find. I watched all 6 of those introducing the Euro Mustang videos. Do we think that this is actually what we'll get?
If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges
If it is, the video confirms that the GT does not come with the central dash gauges
croyde said:
the front tri bars come on with the headlights
croyde said:
the rear lights are indeed white
croyde said:
we get the faux petrol cap on the rear
croyde said:
the lower grille doesn't match the main grille
I'll be changing the grilles for this in black, anyway, but apparently now I'm going to need a new rear panel too.
In other news (because I know you all care so much about my order!), I popped into my dealer to day to find my sales guy had left the company (always good to hear eh?). As it turns out though, they did indeed have my email address spelt incorrectly on their system, but my new sales guy was unable to contact the guy he said could confirm if this was definitely the issue as to why I hadn't heard anything yet.
He's also under the impression he won't know anything more about the process until the end of May though, so I'm not exactly brimming with confidence yet....
ETA: that car is LHD so probably not all that indicative of the RHD ones. I hope.
Edited by Centurion07 on Monday 27th April 17:06
Looks like you guys are getting recaro seats after all according to the ford europe vid on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iisXug-wzk
hey and at least you can get silver wheels, the s550 gt's I see with black rims look blah, hides the detailing of the rims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iisXug-wzk
hey and at least you can get silver wheels, the s550 gt's I see with black rims look blah, hides the detailing of the rims.
At last! .... something approaching 'official information'! Not quite sure how close the spec of the EU cars in the video will be to RHD, but overall they look absolutely fantastic .... and at the risk of being called a heathen, I've always thought the white rear lights look pretty cool 
As has been said more than once over the last few months, it'll be disappointing if we don't get the strut brace, the additional gauges, Recaros etc. It seems like Ford want to play down any 'sporty' elements and market it as a 'tourer' rather than a performance/muscle car. Maybe the answer is in the first line of the Mustang blurb on the Ford website - "Performance and refinement personified ....". Don't know about anyone else but, aside from the 'refinement' of some decent suspension, I'm buying a Mustang for just the opposite of refinement - I want the raw, muscle-car experience; noise, looks and performance. If I wanted a 'refined' experience I'd buy a dull German car. I just wonder if the Ford marketing is a little bit off in this respect? Anyway, luckily we have masses of aftermarket goodies to take a little bit of the 'refinement' away!
.... roll on Feb 16, or March or whenever it eventually turns up!
As has been said more than once over the last few months, it'll be disappointing if we don't get the strut brace, the additional gauges, Recaros etc. It seems like Ford want to play down any 'sporty' elements and market it as a 'tourer' rather than a performance/muscle car. Maybe the answer is in the first line of the Mustang blurb on the Ford website - "Performance and refinement personified ....". Don't know about anyone else but, aside from the 'refinement' of some decent suspension, I'm buying a Mustang for just the opposite of refinement - I want the raw, muscle-car experience; noise, looks and performance. If I wanted a 'refined' experience I'd buy a dull German car. I just wonder if the Ford marketing is a little bit off in this respect? Anyway, luckily we have masses of aftermarket goodies to take a little bit of the 'refinement' away!
.... roll on Feb 16, or March or whenever it eventually turns up! 5ohmustang said:
Looks like you guys are getting recaro seats after all according to the ford europe vid on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iisXug-wzk
hey and at least you can get silver wheels, the s550 gt's I see with black rims look blah, hides the detailing of the rims.
Hmmm.. however, the presenter is referring to European Mustangs, not UK Mustangs (RHD). So we still don't really know?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iisXug-wzk
hey and at least you can get silver wheels, the s550 gt's I see with black rims look blah, hides the detailing of the rims.
5ohmustang said:
That ACC looks impressive (until it goes wrong) but can you get it on a manual car? What happens when it gets to a hill and needs a lower gear?What I want to know is, given that the UK cars will come with performance pack as standard, will we get the carbon-look dashboard (that comes with the performance pack in the US) or the silver one? Not a fan of the silver at all, so I hope we get the upgraded dash!
Edited by Stig on Wednesday 29th April 10:40
Funny to think that we are days away from the order books officially opening yet nobody knows what we are getting. The Ford UK site looks very amateurish.
Thought it might be updated by now.
I still want the car but I feel a bit miffed that I read all the blurb including stuff about the iconic front tri marks being replicated by lights as well as talk of the also iconic rear red tri-bar lights. So it was for the car and these styling cues that I placed my deposit down.
Thought it might be updated by now.
I still want the car but I feel a bit miffed that I read all the blurb including stuff about the iconic front tri marks being replicated by lights as well as talk of the also iconic rear red tri-bar lights. So it was for the car and these styling cues that I placed my deposit down.
croyde said:
Funny to think that we are days away from the order books officially opening yet nobody knows what we are getting. The Ford UK site looks very amateurish.
Thought it might be updated by now.
I still want the car but I feel a bit miffed that I read all the blurb including stuff about the iconic front tri marks being replicated by lights as well as talk of the also iconic rear red tri-bar lights. So it was for the car and these styling cues that I placed my deposit down.
I still haven't seen one in the flesh but I'm not a fan of the looks, too softened likely due to EU regs. But it doesn't really matter to me, I've always loved the Mustang, come very close a few times to buying LHD but couldn't live with it. So having a genuine RHD UK car that is so iconic to me was never a question. I'm buying the idea. I hope to be pleasently suprised by the ride, handling, performance, looks - and it does seem a huge improvement over the last model (which I have driven), but all that is a bonus.Thought it might be updated by now.
I still want the car but I feel a bit miffed that I read all the blurb including stuff about the iconic front tri marks being replicated by lights as well as talk of the also iconic rear red tri-bar lights. So it was for the car and these styling cues that I placed my deposit down.
I'm buying a Mustang. I'm buying a kicking, screaming, roaring beast that sticks two fingers up to pretty Porsches, carbon footprints and 1 ltr toy cars. It makes no sense for the UK with our tax and petrol costs, but maybe that is the whole point. Caveman motoring at its best!
ozzuk said:
I'm buying a Mustang. I'm buying a kicking, screaming, roaring beast that sticks two fingers up to pretty Porsches, carbon footprints and 1 ltr toy cars. It makes no sense for the UK with our tax and petrol costs, but maybe that is the whole point. Caveman motoring at its best!
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