The Seven Best Mustangs Ever, And Three Of The Worst

January 19, 2018

1980 Ford Mustang

The Fox Body Mustangs are a bit of a love it or hate it when it comes to aesthetics, but God almighty. The 1980 and 1981 model years came with an appaling engine in the shape of the 4.2 liter V8, which replaced the earlier 5 liter. This produced, wait for it, 118 horsepower, and just 193 lbs/ft of torque. As you can probably imagine, the performance was more tortoise than Mustang, with zero to sixty taking 11.7 seconds.

It wasn’t just the engine that was a disappointment on this car, either. The intake and exhaust valves, as well as the hydraulic cam were also all disappointing. There’s no sense of speed. No sexiness, no echoes of drag racing, or the feeling of being in control of a supremely well put-together machine. It’s slow and dull, and thank God the GT came back in 1982 to give us back the real Mustang.

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