MOTOR Magazine Australia

HITTING THE ROAD

08. 2020 02 CARS REVIEWED WE TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

FORD MUSTANG 2.3L HIGH PERFORMANCE

2261cc turbo inline-4, RWD, 236kW/448Nm, 1705kg, $50,990

MONTH O2

THIS MONTH 12.6L/100KM

AVERAGE 12.6L/100KM

THIS MONTH 839KM

TOTAL 3718KM

RELATIONSHIP GRAPH

Rear-drive. Turbo fourcylinder engine. Six-speed manual. 119kW/tonne. These attributes don’t describe our Mustang 2.3 High Performance long-termer but the venerable Nissan S15 200SX (nee Silvia), the car that knocked off the Porsche (996) 911 Turbo to win MOTOR’s 2001 Performance Car of the Year title.

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