This track-ready Roush Mustang has Pista levels of power

Monterey Car Week 2019 has already given us lots of new performance cars, and among the most potent is this, a humble Ford Mustang.

It’s no ordinary Mustang, though. The Gulf colours hint at some potency beneath, and it’s delivered by a Roush Stage 3 supercharger kit that ups the stock 5.0-litre V8’s outputs from 460bhp and 420lb ft to a mildly staggering 710bhp and 610lb ft. We’re talking Ferrari 488 Pista levels of power here.

It’ll probably make more noise than the Pista, mind, thanks to a four-mode active exhaust system. And while the Ferrari favours fancy Side Slip control systems to indulge your drifting fantasies, this Mustang simply has a whopping great handbrake lever, made by the amusingly named Sikky Manufacturing.

Its retro colour scheme is applied liberally throughout – right down to the engine cover – and is complemented by new 20in forged wheels, designed to ape the original Gulf Ford GT40’s. Completing the exterior makeover are carbon spoilers and skirts, but livery aside, this is a subtle, tasteful makeover by Mustang standards. We like.

But we can’t have. It’s a one-off, designed by Wade Kawasaki to be a ‘track-capable daily driver’. Because nothing screams ‘daily’ like a 710bhp rear-driven coupe with a cage that could hold a modestly sized elephant...