Ford Mustang review

The GT starts at £55,725 equipped with the six-speed manual, or £57,725 with the 10-speed automatic, both in coupe form. Add £3.5k for the convertible.

The manual Dark Horse weighs in at £67,995 and the auto is £69,995. Worth noting that there’s no convertible option here.

On lease, you’re looking at £785 (GT) and £1,055 (Dark Horse) per month with a £10k down payment and 9,000-mile yearly limit over three years, through Ford finance.

Ford hasn’t scrimped too much on the spec list, with all versions getting a heated steering wheel, heated/ventilated/cooled front seats, a Bang & Olufsen 12-speaker surround sound audio system (including a subwoofer in the boot), automatic climate control, a rear view camera, rear parking sensors… the list goes on.

So what’s the difference between the two?

You can spot a Dark Horse from its front grille with dark pony badge, dark LED headlights (now there's an oxymoron), black tailpipes, and fixed rear wing. It also gets aluminium alloys with wider tyres. And you won't fail to spot the Dark Horse badging.

Inside both variants get the same dual screen setup, but the Dark Horse gets a slightly different theme including Deep Indigo sports seats with Dinamica suede-like inserts, vinyl bolsters and blue stitching. The steering wheel too gets blue stitching, and of course there’s the compulsory Dark Horse emblem dotted about the place.

As we've discuessed already, under the skin the Dark Horse gets a light power increase, plus additional goodies including a Tremec six-speed gearbox, limited-slip differential and Magneride suspension.

Standard colour on both variants is white. Red is £500, anything else ranges from £800-£1,150. Recaro seats are £2,000, but you don’t need them. Stick the money on the Magneride dampers with pothole mitigation system instead, which cost £1,750 on the GT. The state of our roads demands it.

Which one would you buy?

The Dark Horse doesn't bring enough extras to warrant the £12k premium. No, we’d go for the regular GT, with the six-speed gearbox, in a fancier colour (Grabber Blue is particularly eye-catching) and the Magneride dampers. All in there, you’re looking at £58,625 OTR for the coupe, and £62,125 for the convertible. Only go for the latter if you're a weather optimist.