S550 Mustang 5.0 Is Today’s Best Performance Bargain
Low-Mileage 2015 GT with Premium and Performance packages selling for just $32,500
We’re all in agreement that the S550 Mustang GT is a pretty great way to spend your money. Ford packs a whole lot of performance and driving comfort into the current Mustang, especially for the price. We’re looking forward to the 2018 model, but if you’re on a slightly tighter budget, you can get a nice, used, loaded S550 GT for about 25% less than a new one. Five-Point-Oh Mustangs have always been performance bargains, but this just might be the best performance for the money on the used market right now.
A friend recently brought to our attention that Performance pack 2015 GTs are trading hands for around $30K right now. At first, we couldn’t believe that such a recent car was available for comparatively little. But it only took a quick cruise of our local Craigslist to find one that fit that bill.
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The Performance pack adds three grand to the price of your brand new ‘Stang. But it gives you 19″ wheels wrapped in performance-oriented summer tires, Brembo big brakes, more gauges, stiffer springs, stiffer sway bars, a front “K-brace,” a front strut brace, a larger radiator, and most impressively, a Torsen limited slip differential. The Premium pack hooks your Mustang up with 9-speaker audio, leather seats and trim, dual climate control, and blind spot monitoring, among other niceties.
The S550 Mustang, when optioned out with both the Performance and Premium packs, is a whole lot of car for $43,000, or so. But it’s an even better car when it has just 12,500 miles on the odometer, and you only have to lay down $32,500. If you’re looking for a fun car that you can drive every day of the week, you may have found it.
