Where the ‘box was lazy, it is now attentive and snappy, and there’s really remarkable grip from both ends. There is still pitch, roll and yaw, but it is well-contained. It’s not the last word in precision, but there are some very talented people doing chassis work, and it shows. But be a bit more careful and this car is supercar fast. Then possibly go very quiet as you concentrate.īe an idiot with the traction control off, and yes, you’ll just fry the rear tyres and not really move anywhere. If you’re even the tiniest bit a petrolhedonist, then you’ll laugh. What was a noisy but largely comfy bus suddenly rears up slightly and starts to yank the horizon backwards through your eyeballs at 7,500rpm. The throttle pedal itself is quite long, but push it all the way to the floor and the GT500 whistles a little from the ‘charger - a noise soon overwhelmed by the fraught, raw opera of the exhaust - and then sods off with some aggression. And that’s a transformative moment - because the last 3/10ths of the GT500’s throttle needs space. So that’s where we took it, after several hundred miles of road work. Well, to be fair, the GT500 has the kind of performance that’s best appreciated on a track. What happens when you really let it go, though? It’s different to European offerings, yes, but that doesn’t make it worse. It won’t ever be quite as joyous as it could be down a small-ish road, and Track mode on the suspension causes it to actually bounce, but there’s a sweet spot on a larger road and in some of the settings that makes this import frankly, incredible. This isn’t just an engine with a Mustang attached, because where the motor asks lots of pointed questions, this is a chassis that has answers. The old recipe of brawny US muscle that feels a bit cumbersome in the UK, then?ĭown a B-road, you never forget the width, but it’ll cope with bumps, ties itself down with surprising ability. It won’t be produced for right-hand drive markets, either, so that’s worth taking into consideration, because no matter how comfortable you are with LHD, it can be a little bit annoying.Īh. You’ll get 18mpg if you’re very, very careful on a run on track we averaged 3.6. Remember: US fuel is still relatively cheap, and superchargers of this size are not particularly frugal.
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Don’t forget though that importing one to the UK will never be a case of bringing one over for the same money plus a bit of travel costs it’ll cost a wedge more in VAT and import taxes.
But even that can’t dent the bang-for-buck on offer. There’s an optional $18,500 ‘Carbon Pack’ for it that makes it even more singular, doing away with back seats and adding a bigger rear spoiler and weight-saving carbon wheels, plus replacing the stock Michelin Pilot Sport 4S with super-sticky Cup2 tyres. That’s ridiculous value given the capability and drama-slash-fun on offer. Mainly because in the US, a ‘standard’ GT500 will cost just $72,900 (or just over fifty two thousand pounds at current exchange rates). The GT500 is basically national jealousy in car form.
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