With Ford’s configurator for the 2015 Mustang live and kicking, we just couldn’t help ourselves. Like you, we’re eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Blue Oval’s newest pony car, which gets an optional turbocharged four-cylinder for the first time in almost 30 years. It also has an independent rear suspension and it looks fantastic. Even though we’ve only ridden in the car at this point, this is the 2015 Mustang we’d buy.
MODEL:
Ford Mustang GT Fastback manual (base price: $32,925)
We’re C/D, so we’re getting the stick. The base V-6 is likely to be a good performance value, but its equipment level and available options are quite limited. And as enticing as it might be to lead the EcoBoost vanguard, we’ll give in to tradition and say that a Mustang—and especially one that looks this righteous—deserves a V-8.
And so we end up at the GT. Although Ford offers this trim in Premium specification (which adds MyFord Touch, an upgraded stereo, and a few other odds and ends), we’d save the $4000 upcharge and apply it toward optional goodies.
OPTIONS:
Guard Green paint ($0)
GT Performance Package ($2495)
Recaro Cloth Sport Seats ($1595)
Of the $4K saved by skipping the Premium, we’d immediately dump $2495 into the Performance package, which adds a sweet set of black-painted 19-inch wheels (18s are standard), an upsized radiator, a strut-tower brace, six-piston Brembo front calipers, larger front brake rotors, a beefier rear anti-roll bar, a K-brace, and a sport suspension with firmer front springs. It also nets reprogrammed—so more lenient—stability control and a shorter 3.73 Torsen rear end. We also dig that the package deletes the GT’s standard rear spoiler, which imparts a clean, under-the-radar aesthetic.
In keeping with our performance theme, we’d also spring for the $1595 Recaro front sport seats, which are upholstered here in grippy cloth. While we can certainly park ourselves and the car already has a backup camera, the Mustang has limited rear visibility, and the additional parking sensors offer additional piece of mind at low cost ($295) for those times when a valet or family member is behind the wheel.
Last comes exterior color, and our inner Steve McQueen has us pining for Guard Green. With the Performance pack wheels, the paint gives the Mustang a classic, Bullitt-redux look.
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With an all-in price of $37,310, our 2015 Ford Mustang isn’t exactly cheap, but it actually rings in $1875 lower than did our similarly equipped long-term 2013 Ford Mustang GT test car.
Now it’s your turn—give the configurator a go and post your ideal new Mustang in the Backfires comments below!
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