New muscle-car method: turbo, AWD, and a luxe badge

摘要

At this year's Car of the Year program, the all-new 2015 Mustang GT was easily the most talked about and anticipated performance car of the field. After all, it ushered in a new generation of Ford's ponycar and touted legit muscle-car stats, thanks to a hulking 5.0-liter V-8, six-speed manual, and-finally-independent rear suspenders. Indeed, the 3,814-pound thoroughbred from Flat Rock, Michigan, boasted 435 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque and, despite the intense Mojave heat, posted 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, the quarter mile in 12.8 at 112.2 mph, 60-0 in 107 feet, average lateral acceleration of 0.96 g, and the figure eight in 24.7 seconds. Solid (unlike that rear axle). Yet two other hi-po machines, one from this year's program and one from last year's, left me thinking: There's a new wave of muscle car, and it ain't big eights, stick shifts, and rear drive wrapped in red, white, and blue.