LIVING WITH
LIVING WITH
FORD MUSTANG MACH 1
The latest special edition is the most track-biased Mustang to come from Ford, but what’s it like to live with in the UK? Words MIKE RYSIECKI / Photos LEIGH JONES, MEL CANN & SIMON BUCKLAND
he external appearance of the current Mustang Mach 1 sets the tone for the rest of the car. We recently ran a new-model Mach 1 for a week to find out how well its ‘just enough, but not too much’ approach fits with a British winter. Now, assuming we include the anniversary, pace, race, commemorative, local/territorial, dealer, tuner and third-party variants, there have been 686 special editions of the Ford Mustang up until this latest limited-run model. This newest iteration of the Mach 1
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derivative is the fifth body shape to carry this famous Mustang sub-brand. Just as on the original 1969 version, the 2022 Mach 1 can be specified with or without the external identification stripes pack, but it’s beyond the immediate appearance that the Mach 1 reveals its true intentions.
RETURN OF THE MACH The sixth-generation switch from live-axle to independent rear suspension was always going to take the Mustang’s road and circuit credentials to a level higher than ever before.
Both ends of the new car carry model-specific styling, the front is unique to the Mach 1, while the rear is shared with the North Americaonly GT350. Buyers sacrifice the adaptive cruise control and rear parking sensors for such uniqueness, but the reversing camera remains. A discreet grey boot spoiler, modelspecific alloys and an available cost-option wheel design add to the sense of occasion. This is a best-of compilation, which offers buyers the chance to experience just how Ford’s chassis engineers think a Mustang should drive. There is a £9000 and 10bhp
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