Originally Posted by moneypit

I tend to think Ford cheaps out on their designs, changing sheet metal while using essentially the same engines and chassis for decades, but this mustang is changing my perceptions of Ford and American cars in general. A friend of mine writes for motorsportscenter.com (great independent car review site, btw) and took me for a ride in a press fleet GT. I was initially most impressed by the ~1000W stock stereo, but other cool little things were the fact that it runs on 87 octane, the GT comes with a 6 speed tranny (same model as in corvette, viper), and Ford used the Volvo engineers to apparently make this mustang just about as safe as the base Volvos.

Cool car, but the Cadillac CTS-V my friend was also reviewing was a superior sports car... now that's a perception I'm still having difficulty changing.