2010 Ford Mustang GT Coupe, Ford Muscle Cars

              
  Credit must be given to Ford Motor. It has been almost five years ago since the 2005 retro recreation of a modern Mustang.  Ford has paved the way for the return of and giving life back to the pony car - muscle car, much to Ford's embarrassment from competition such as the Dodge Challenger and Chevy's Camaro.  Ford could have easily stood by and done nothing to improve the 2010 model of Mustang.  But, competition being an American tradition -- Ford has stepped up and launched a thoughtful upgrade in order to improve the areas that the Mustang (muscle car - pony car) needed to be competitive as the best Mustang yet.

Mustang's interior which had a resto look of had hard plastic panels that came together with numerous seams has been reworked.  The instrument has been given a look that stretches from door to door and from the base of the windshield to the center console  with thermoplastic olefin giving the dash and interior a soft feel and rich look.  The twin cowl theme of the current car has been upgraded with more metallic trim and less plated plastic with fully rounded dials and an optional navigation system that has the latest version of the Ford/Microsoft Sync telematic system with a large eight-inch screen.


Ford has given muscle car enthusiasts the exterior look like a hot rodder would do, cleaned up, shaved off and honed to give the Mustang help aerodynamically with a 7-perecent efficiency gain reducing drag and front lift by 23 percent over the previous GT.  The outside of the new model is plainly a face lift rather than an all new design with a closer resemblance to the 67-69 Mustang.  The four light grille (the inner two are actually large fog lights) along with the kicked up rear fender lines come straight from the '69 stang.  This look gives the new model a more muscular look.

The V-8 powered GT comes tandard with 8 x 18 inch wheels and standard rubber is a Mustang-specific 235/50ZR Pirelli P Zero all-season tire.  Ford offers a Track Pack option which includes 255/40ZR-19 Pirelli Zero summer tires, stiffer shocks, 17 percent stiffer rear springs, recalibrated shocks, higher performance brake pads, a 3.73 axle ratio instead of a 3.31, rear trailing links with stiffer bushings, a strut brace and larger anti roll bars, all the changes are said to reduce  body roll by about ten percent.  Thanks to a cold air system based on that of the Bullitt Mustang power is up from 300 to 315 horsepower and torque grows slightly from 300 to 325 ft lbs, the redline is up from 6250 to 6500 rpm matching the Bullitt's as an acceptable muscle car.  The Mustang GT transmissions are unchanged with a choice of a standard five-speed manual or an optional five-speed automatic