http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVYpZ...elated&search=

 

Great Vid... despiter the drivers obvious opinions. If I had cash to throw away, I'd still buy American... I'd buy Mustang!

 

hate the center white section on the taillights

 

do the British even have their own type of food???? i thought they just drink tea .. LOL..

 

That's cos we Brits have to have an orange turn signal (using an orange bulb behind the white section) and reversing light.

The driver is Jason Plato, UK Touring Car champion. Believe it or not, that's a positive review for the Mustang! But trust me, there are plenty of Brits that love the Mustangs. And I'm just one of 'em

 

Nice vid. Wonder if that guy knows that you can't touch the GT500 for 40K or 25 pounds...

 

In the US, a GT500 will probably run about 32,000 quid (did I say it right? ) due to the dealer markup. However, it sounds like it'd cost about $80,000 USD to own a GT500 in the UK...

I saw a Top Gear review of the Focus ST (UK version) and the guy said it was only 17,000 quid (nonchalantly) like it was nothing ($33k USD). Does everyone make a lot of money in the UK??? I'd have to think really really really hard about shelling $33k for a car, especially a Ford Focus (regardless of whether it is a Mark 2 platform with a turbocharged 5-cylinder Volvo engine).

 

So did anyone else catch the perma-grin as he was ripping through those turns....something to be said for oodles and oodles of power...

I didn't think he was too harsh on the Shelby, actually. He seemed pretty positive about it, if you ask me...

 

Yep, GT500s currently sell for around £50,000 sterling, so that'll be around $80,000. Even a standard GT will set you back at least £25,000

And no, we don't have massive salaries in the UK, well I don't anyway!!!! We just get ripped off when it comes to list prices on new cars.

And don't get me started on the cost of petrol.....currently £5/gallon. That'll be around $8/gallon to you. So that's another reason the muscle car market is so small in the UK.

 

why is it that expensive?

 

Cars or fuel.

Cars - we pay 17.5% VAT (value added tax) on top of the retail price of the car. The rest is dealer markup. Don't forget, Mustangs are not sold officially in the UK by Ford, so any car dealer needs to purchase from a US Ford dealer. Add in shipping costs plus a nice profit and there you have it.

Fuel - Approximately 85% of the price of fuel goes on various taxes. Despite what our government may say, that money does not go to fund roads or public transport. So, it's a rip off basically.

Welcome to Britain

 

Are there any other countries in the EU that officially sell the Mustang? If not, would it be cheaper to have it shipped over from the Middle East?