2010 Ford Mustang GT - Road Test - video Dailymotion

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Motor Trend senior editor Edward Loh puts the 2010 Ford Mustang GT through its paces on a road test and discusses the new Mustangs performance and upgrades.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:29 All right, so we're now behind the wheel of the 2010 Ford

00:31 Mustang GT.

00:32 And as you saw in our last video, there's been

00:34 significant revisions on the exterior and interior of this

00:37 car over the last generation.

00:39 On the outside, the car is a lot sleeker.

00:40 Ford designers spent a lot of time cleaning up the air on

00:43 this car, and the overall look is a lot more aggressive.

00:45 On the inside, they spent a lot of time

00:47 upping the refinement.

00:49 The car has a lot more softer touch materials and generally

00:51 better controls for a much higher end, sophisticated feel.

00:56 There are some carrier features, however, mostly

00:58 dealing with the powertrain.

00:59 This car still has the same 4.6 liter V8 engine and five

01:03 speed manual and five speed automatic carried over from

01:05 the last generation.

01:06 Although, this car is based on the bullet version, which

01:09 means it has 315 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque.

01:13 [TIRES SCREECHING]

01:17 There are some new features, though, including an induction

01:19 pipe that runs from the air box into the cabin, piping in

01:21 a lot of the sound that was missing in the previous

01:23 generation Ford Mustang.

01:25 What Ford engineers did is made this car a lot more quiet.

01:28 They reduced a lot of the vibration and harshness.

01:30 And as a result, they thought that they lost

01:32 some of the character.

01:32 So what they did is they hooked up a pipe that brings

01:35 engine noise and a little bit of vibration

01:37 back into the cabin.

01:38 At wide open throttle, it really does sound great.

01:40 [ENGINE REVVING]

01:43 As far as driving is concerned, this car is head

01:45 and shoulders above the previous

01:47 generation Ford Mustang.

01:49 That's mainly to do with the suspension of course.

01:51 The car is a lot tighter.

01:52 It corners a lot sharper because the spring rates are

01:55 increased, as is the dampening.

01:57 What this means is that the car now corners very flat.

01:59 And under braking, it doesn't dive quite as much.

02:02 Even on hard launches, you don't rock back as much as

02:05 you used to in the previous generation Mustang GT.

02:07 It's a really nice ride.

02:09 So we know it feels fast.

02:11 But we wanted to find out exactly how fast.

02:13 So we took our Mustang GT to an abandoned stretch of

02:15 highway and let her rip.

02:17 [TIRES SCREECHING]

02:18 [ENGINE REVVING]

02:21 The results?

02:22 5.2 seconds to 60 and a quarter mile time of 13.7

02:26 seconds at 103.7 miles per hour.

02:29 Pretty impressive.

02:31 [TIRES SCREECHING]

02:33 So overall, the 2010 Ford Mustang GT represents an

02:36 enormous improvement over the previous generation car.

02:38 [TIRES SCREECHING]

02:41 Again, it's sleeker on the outside.

02:43 It looks much more aggressive and tighter, yet still

02:45 retaining that retro cool.

02:46 On the inside, it's far more sophisticated, far more

02:49 refined.

02:49 It feels great.

02:51 And the drive is also very surprising.

02:53 It's very tight, very well-balanced, and really has

02:55 that muscle car feel.

02:56 [TIRES SCREECHING]

02:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:04 But is it enough to take on the Dodge Challenger and

03:07 Chevrolet Camaro?

03:09 We'll just have to see when we get all three together for a

03:11 muscle car shootout.

03:12 [TIRES SCREECHING]

03:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:20 (upbeat music)

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