Review: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 Premium

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Hello - we just published this review of the 2011 Mustang V6 Premium Coupe. Certainly an impressive powertrain for a base car!

 

Link: Review: 2011 Ford Mustang V6 Premium

 

But the big news, of course, on the 2011 Mustang is how the car drives. It’s a lot of fun, which is something that folks have probably never said about a base Mustang during the car’s 45-year history. Certainly drivers of four-cylinder LXs in the 1980s weren’t saying that their car was fun to drive, unless their definition of fun was an abnormal one. The difference-maker, of course, is the new V6. Though like most Ford engines (the new 5.0 excepted), it’s not much to look at, the new engine displaces 3.7 liters and is of all-aluminum construction. It produces a solid 305 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque. Nissan gets more power from its 3.7, but we’re not talking about Nissan here. We’re talking about a base Mustang that can do a burnout, and can wind itself out to 7,000 RPMs before hitting its redline. The Ti-VCT V6 (which features the same Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing that the rock star 5.0 liter V8 does in the 2011 Mustang GT) has a nice, flat torque curve and feels strong all the way to 7,000, and sounds better than most engines when doing that.

In case you have any doubts about the transformative power a successful transplant can have on a person, just ask Carroll Shelby, the godfather of Mustang performance how he feels about them. In the case of this new engine, it has found the perfect body in which to spend its days, making the 2011 Mustang V6 the best factory V6 Mustang ever, and one heck of a performance car value.