Talking Cars 430: Driving the 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse
We take Ford’s redesigned 500-hp muscle car to the streets and the track
Main theme: This week our panel gives their first impressions of the redesigned 2024 Ford Mustang. This long-serving pony car is entering its seventh generation, with a reshaped body, reworked driver’s instrument panel and infotainment touchscreen, more power across the engine line, and additional active safety and driver assistance features. We rented two 2024 Mustangs from Ford: a turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost coupe and the new Dark Horse model with a 500-hp V8. Rubber was laid down, corners were strafed, and we let that mighty V8 pony run. Then we got somber for a moment, as our panel contemplated whether this will be the final V8-powered muscle car out of Detroit.
Audience Questions
• How does Mazda’s cylinder-deactivation technology work on its four-cylinder engines? And what have you seen so far about the reliability of these engines?
• I have a 180-mile daily commute, and I’m looking for a new car to replace my 2014 Mazda CX-5. I’m thinking about a Toyota Camry or RAV4 Hybrid, but should I also be looking at an electric vehicle?
As with other “Talking Cars With Consumer Reports” episodes, this one is available free through Apple Podcasts. (Subscribe to the audio or video.) You’ll also find the audio on Spotify (log-in required) and video on YouTube.
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, episode 429
- All Questions Podcast, episode 428
- Car Seats and Child Passenger Safety, episode 427
- Driving the 2024 Hyundai Kona, episode 426
- Driving the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, episode 425
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