The S550 with facelift is, hands down, one of the best sounding Mustangs in recent memory. The Shelby GT350 may be even more pleasing from an aural point of view, but the 2018 Ford Mustang GT with the optional active exhaust system sounds like it means business with its uneven, baritone exhaust pulses.
Now on sale at dealers across the United States of America, the world’s favorite pony car starts at $25,585 before destination. The GT Fastback retails at $35,095 in its most spartan configuration. Ticking the Active Valve Performance Exhaust from the options list adds $895 to the tally, but the expense is definitely worth it. “You can be your own sound engineer,” says Ford, and for once, the Dearborn-based automaker isn’t boasting gratuitously.
There are plenty of sound modes available, even something called Good Neighbor Mode. Turn that on, and the dual-injection 5.0-liter Coyote V8 quiets down like a sleepy kitty. Life is too short, however, to do that. As you will find out from the following video, cranking the valve-based exhaust up to eleven is the way to enjoy your GT. Seriously, just press play and hear it rip!
According to the uploader, the Orange Fury-painted car is a demonstrator with a Ford rep behind the wheel. Feature for feature, the manual-equipped Mustang GT costs approximately $47,000 in this configuration, making it just around $12,000 more expensive than the bog-standard Mustang GT Fastback.
In total, owners have four exhaust modes to choose from. Starting with Quiet (a.k.a. Good Neighbor Mode), the list goes on with Normal, Sport, and Track. For the deep growl everyone wants from the 'Stang, go directly to Track and push the pedal down to the metal to hear the engine rev up to 7,500 rpm.
With the Mustang GT so impressive from the standpoint of sound, can you imagine what the soon-to-debut 2019 Shelby GT500 holds in store?
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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