Ford used to make some serious muscle
cars in Australia. Nowadays the Blue
Oval’s left to import its muscle cars from America. Like the new Bullitt
Mustang, which it’ll offer Down Under, but it comes at a price.
A price of AUD 73,688, to be precise. Which
is a whole lot of cash, no matter whose dollars you’re counting. That price is
in Australian dollars, though, and works out to just over US$ 54,350 at current
exchange rates in equivalent American greenbacks. And that, mates, represents a US$ 7,755 premium over what Ford charges for the special-edition pony car back in
the USA – or nearly 11,000 Australian dollars more than a Mustang GT fastback.
For all that scratch, buyers get a
thoroughly upgraded Mustang. It packs a 5.0-liter V8 sending 462 hp and 556 Nm of torque to the rear wheels through a
six-speed manual. That’s a bit less than the 480 hp and 420 lb-ft that the
Bullitt Mustang offers in America. In fact, it’s closer to the US-market
Mustang GT, but it’s more than the export GT, and enough to make it “the most
potent Mustang ever offered in Australia.”
It also comes with the MagneRide
suspension, variable exhaust, a host of driver-assistance systems, and more,
including that Dark Highland Green paintjob, gloss-black 19-inch wheels, red
Brembo brake calipers and a smattering of special badges.
Ford Australia will import 700 examples,
each individually numbered for the local market where the Mustang will start
competing next year in the Supercars championship. According to the
manufacturer, the Mustang has been the top-selling sports car in Australia the
past two years running, and the best-selling in the world for the past three.
