Capsule Review: 2015 Ford Mustang V6

Capsule Review: 2015 Ford Mustang V6 -

This is easy. We can not ignore the introduction. You know that this is true?

Just in case, let me be clear. This is a V6 engine, the sixth generation Ford Mustang. Newly released for model year 2015, all Mustangs fled their truck as ways in favor of an independent rear suspension. It's just one of a number of factors that cause the new Mustang to feel more like a sports car than a traditional American muscle car, even in this basic form.

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• Tested As- USD Price: $ 27,505

• Power: 300 @ 6500 rpm

• torque: 280 lb-ft at 4000 rpm

• fuel economy observed: 19 mpg

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much of the discussion surrounding the arrival of a new Mustang related to the availability of EcoBoost four-cylinder mid-level 2.3L turbo with 310 horsepower and 320 lb-ft of torque which, when attached to a fuel premium 6-speed automatic and drinking, travels 21 miles per gallon in town; 32 on the highway. This is not the car.

This car 3.7L V6 makes 10 fewer horses and generates less 40 lb-ft of torque. The regular fuel, it travels 19 miles per gallon in city and 28 on the highway. In the US, the upgrade of this engine EcoBoost costs $ 1500. The automatic transmission is a $ 1195 option

In addition to the automatic shifter 6-speed, this car lent to us for a week by Ford Canada, was equipped with a large torque in options :. 18-inch wheels, a seat of power driver with power lumbar adjustment, a block heater, a security package, and backup sensors. A USD $ 27.505 as tested is $ 5,620 less than the least expensive V8 engine Mustang GT.

In other words, a big jump money is needed to get the coveted badge 5.0, enough to increase the initial expenditure alone in thinking that the two ends of the spectrum Mustang - at least until 'that special editions and Shelby models arrive -. are hardly facing the same buyer

Therefore, resign yourself, as I did, to the fact that the car that showed up to replace a $ 50,000 and $ MPV 65,000 Audi in my driveway was not a Mustang $ 40,000, but a $ 30,000 Mustang.

Have I been better as a result? I'm not nearly as far, but the basic Mustang has a certain charm, affability of the real world, who rarely left me wanting more. Apart from, you know, a 5.0 badge, support 135 additional horsepower and a manual 6-speed transmission.

But only occasionally. When it is 300 horses become insufficient? It was ten years ago, one of my first review for the wheels of my local paper concerned a section 4.6L V8 Mustang with, you guessed it, 300 horsepower. Both the V6 and V8 old ten years to accelerate to 60 mph in just over 5 seconds. The new V6 Mustang is less than 50 pounds heavier than the top of the fifth generation car, puts its power down more effectively, and does a pretty decent sound of its own.

The rest of the latest Mustang? Also better. And there's a part of me that wonders if a large part of what makes the new Mustang to drive so remarkable is reinforced in the V6 car. It weighs nearly 0 pounds lighter than the V8, with much of that weight loss occurs at the front end. Would towards this delicious sweet when saddled with extra heft in the front? I doubt.

Keep in mind, the Mustang provides three different steering modes. The lightest comfort setting is not in accordance with the winding road capability of the car and the weightiest Sport setting seemed slightly abnormal me

Normal mode, on the other hand, is anything but normal :. Most other modern cars just don 't offer up this level of connectivity, and though often precise and fast, they rarely allow your hands to understand at what point and speed of their racks really are.

Thus, the V6 is probably sufficient and direction sets Mustang apart, but the car lives up to its sporty billing? Undeniably. The Mustang V6 can even be helped by his lack of add-ons performance - the performance of available packages for the EcoBoost and GT are not even on the options sheet here. The potential degradation of ride quality caused by track oriented devices arises. Oh, it's firm, but it is not busy or crashy or liable to its unsprung weight. In addition, the soft 235 / 50R18 Michelin X-Ice are an aspect ratio too pillowy cause prejudice to the conduct of the Mustang V6.

Linked to a rigid structure, this is a suspension that faces all that road throws its way while listening to accept incoherent and even clumsy driver inputs. The base Mustang is not a track boxer, but resulted in a semi-aggressive style on a main road, it is attractive and capable enough to promote further progress towards its limits.

Dynamically, it is a positive European car feeling; not unlike the Fusion, Ford Focus and Fiesta in this regard. But there are nuances of American muscle car that link this to its predecessors and its most direct rival Chevrolet. I give him credit on both accounts.

The Mustang 2015 is not perfect. Although the rear seat is decent for a car of this type (we threw in a Diono Radian RXT-facing child seat in the front with little difficulty) and the driver's seat sits pleasantly low and is increased, passengers front seat could not be comfortable because of increased (their weapons are not extended to flying, but pressed in the wrong places) and the small floor. This basic SYNC system Mustang, although relatively simple, do not use a touch screen and is not a paragon of modernity. The display of the reversing camera is tiny. The overall interior design that earned him so much initial applause is less overwhelming in the slightest pretext.

Worst of all, the downshift paddle was literally in pieces at the seams. I was the first automobile writer this Mustang visited during his press tour and I barely used pallets. After all, they are only used to control an automatic 6-speed transmission that does not move with the speed of a sports car deserves. Nevertheless, it is, splitting into two. The upshift paddle remained in one piece, but has not made of high quality plastic. I can not imagine it will last.

However, by measuring several miles, I prefer spending time in the Mustang in a Chevrolet Camaro built better, if in fact Camaros are more solidly built. The Mustang does not have visibility problems; visibility is the Achilles heel of the Camaro. The Mustang feels like he totes around 500 fewer books; it is closer to a differential of 0 pounds. Camaro with handle and pure strength, as if handling is work as a job 9 to 5 the Mustang handles with the kind of excitement that we usually encounter in passenger cars with two-thirds of power, as if the manipulation is Friday night.

with added refinement and improved dynamics, it is hard to imagine many ways in which the appeal of the Mustang could be expanded. I suppose they could add all-wheel drive availability - gasp - but after spending much of my time with 2015 Mustang V6 on snowy roads, I sincerely hope that the basic Mustang owner takes every opportunity to tail at the request of -out action. Flee traction. Embrace oversteer.

Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net , who is obsessed with the free and frequent publication of US and Canadian sales figures auto.