2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Coupe Premium - A 4-cylinder Mustang? Yeah and it's still quick.
If there ever was a car that need to go on a diet the '24 Mustang EcoBoost is it. It weighs in at over 3,800 lbs. Compare that to an original '65 Mustang Fastback V8 of around 3,000 lbs. I'm not suggesting the EcoBoost shed 800 lbs. but half of that would be a real boon. But I have to deal with the Mustang as lent to me. In many ways the test Mustang is just a 5.0 GT with fewer horses, 171 fewer. The EcoBoost makes 315 h.p., and that is nothing to sneeze at. It is darn close to equaling the V8's zero to sixty times (4.5 seconds versus the V8's 4.2). So maybe that is the problem, the EcoBoost might best the V8 if it didn't have all that weight to lug around. I'm not going to go into all the minutiae of the of the EcoBoost Mustang. Here's the main points - It has a 315 h.p, 350 lb-ft, turbocharged, DOHC 2.3-liter 4-cylinder. The only transmission available is a 10-speed automatic (oh stop your whining, most Mustang buyers don't know how to drive a ma
