Ford Mustang - the basics
Base price: $25,845
Test car price: $32.975
Engine: 3.7-liter V6
Mileage: 19 city, 31 highway
Major options: 6-speed automatic transmission, Mustang Club of America appearance package, navigation
Ford makes some impressive claims about the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 and they're backed up by some impressive numbers. Actually, they're mostly backed up by two particularly impressive numbers: 305 horsepower and 31 mpg on the highway.
That's close to the horsepower rating on the optional V8 in last year's Mustang and this is, for now, the only car this powerful to get over 30 mpg on the highway. So, Ford boasts, you no longer need a thirsty V8 engine to get massive power.
But horsepower isn't the only way -- or even the best way -- to measure performance. There's more to this story.
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