 What is up you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you're new to this channel, I am Glock Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost courtesy of Bob Ruth Ford in Dillsburg PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because this is the start of the seventh generation Mustang. There is a new interior. There's new powertrain. Of course, there's new looks, obviously. And this thing is actually nearly as quick as the Mustang GT now, believe it or not. So the question really I'm gonna leave to you guys at the end of this video is, do you get the EcoBoost or do you get the GT? Because you'll see why I'm saying that throughout the video. But anyways, in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration, a braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are a couple different trim levels for the 2024 Mustang. First one being the fastback, starting at $30,920. Then you have the premium fastback for $36,445. Convertible for $39,020. And then the premium convertible for $41,945. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant is going to be the same. Powering the EcoBoost is a 2.3 liter turbocharged four-cylinder, putting out 315 horsepower at 5,500 RPM, 350 pound-feet of torque coming in at 3,000 RPM. That power being sent to the rear wheels through a 10-speed automatic, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 4.5 seconds, according to road and track, that is insanely impressive. And just for comparison's sake, the Mustang GT road and track clocked it at 4.2 seconds. So only three-tenths of a second difference between those two. So that's kind of the reason why I say, do you get the EcoBoost or the GT? But anyways, MPG number is then coming in at 22 in the city, 33 on the highway for the Fastback, 21 city, 29 then on the highway for the convertible. Now I've got all of that out of the way. Before we do any kind of fun acceleration tests here in our EcoBoost, I do want to mention to you guys the drive modes. So drive modes are now actually located on the steering wheel. I know before there was little toggle switches when I had my 19 Mustang GT, but now everything is on the steering wheel. So it's going to be those silver buttons labeled mode, obviously those drive modes will include normal, sports, slippery, drag track and custom adjusting things like the shift points and the throttle response. But there is still that steering sensitivity mode as well. Also located on the steering wheel. So you can go ahead and press that and that's going to give you that sport steering feel which is what I immediately put it into because that's what I always left it on on my 19 Mustang GT when I had that car. So definitely a very heavy steering wheel. We'll get into that later in the video. Now I haven't got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and put it in that sport driving mode and let's find a straightaway and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost here up to speed. All right you guys, here is our straightaway in sport driving mode in three, two, one, go. Yeah baby, that was fun man. And it's controllable too. Like I was laying on that acceleration there and it was spinning but it wasn't that bad. Like that was a really good acceleration without a doubt and I loved it. So you can hear the turbo whistle a little bit too. So yeah it makes you wonder like is it worth it getting the GT because how often do you really use the power having been a Mustang GT owner? You don't use it that often and 4.2 to 4.5 seconds really isn't all that much of a difference. So it might be worth it getting the EcoBoost. I'm just saying but anyways to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So upfront you will find 12.5 inch ventilated front discs in the back 12.5 inch solid rear discs. As far as that braking feel goes let's go ahead and hit the brakes. It's firm, it is definitely firm as expected as I expected being a Mustang owner in the past. So it's definitely on the firm side it instantly brings you to a stop but that's just the standard braking setup. So let me go over the performance package a little bit right here. By the way performance package goes for $3,475 that gives you 15 inch front and rear discs and that is a Brembo braking setup with six piston front cowpers but it also gives you a ton of other stuff as well including a torsion limited slip rear axle. It gives you new wheels, black painted strut tower brace electronic hand operated parking brake for drifting. So we got an electric mechanical parking brake but it's just a little button but if you get the performance package you can actually have a manual parking brake handle which allows you to drift. So I love that Ford did that. Front tow hooks leather abs steering wheel paddle shifters raised rear spoiler, unique chassis tuning, unique stability control tuning and an upsized rear sway bar as well. So you get a ton with that performance pack and I know when I got it back in the day it was $4,000 then they ended up jacking it up to seven or 8,000. So the fact that it's under $4,000 that's actually something I would probably recommend because that is a steal for that performance pack and everything you get. So I love that. But anyways then touching on suspension and handling up front you're gonna get an independent strut type front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars. And for the premium trim levels only you also have the option to get an adaptive damping suspension. It's a MagnaRide damping suspension that goes for $1,750. What that does is it monitors each shock absorber individually not only adjusting to the road imperfections giving away smoother ride what you do need in this. Let me just tell you that but it also tightens up that suspension during heavy cornering. Really giving you the best of both worlds a little bit better handling there as well. Since I mentioned it, yes, you do feel a heck of a lot of the road in the Mustang. Whether that be my old Mustang or whether that be the Mustang EcoBoost we're in now you feel a good bit and that's to be expected in a sports car like the Mustang. So I will say that but having driven Mustangs with the MagnaRide damping suspension versus ones that don't have it like this one it is a noticeable difference between the two. The most noticeable difference not so much the handling but the ride quality. So you have a so much smoother ride when you go with that premium trim level with the MagnaRide damping suspension for sure. And it'll definitely make this thing a lot easier to drive on a daily basis as maybe a daily driver if you wanted to. So I'm just gonna say that maybe for a lot of people it doesn't bother you but I gotta be honest when I had mine it kind of bothered me you felt a lot of the road. But anyways touching on steering feel like I said at the beginning of the video that's something that the Mustang kills it. It's amazing. So I still have it in that sport driving mode and it is such a heavy feel it immediately points you in the direction that you want to go. So 100% A plus when it comes to this steering feel without a doubt touching on cabin noise you do hear a good bit of the road noise. And again that's to be expected in a car like the Mustang. So no issues for me personally. I don't have any issues there but touching on visibility I can see perfectly fine out the back. So rear visibility is 100% on point and rain sensing witcher wipers believe it or not actually comes standard now on the 2024 Mustang Ecoboost. So whenever the Mustang detects any kind of mist or rainfall it's gonna automatically turn on those witcher wipers for you. Kind of like automatic headlights it's just one less thing you gotta worry about. It's kind of convenient but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Ford Mustang Ecoboost. All right so here she is you guys the new 2024 Ford Mustang Ecoboost finished in yellow splash metallic. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name but as always let's go ahead and start with where this one is made taking a look at the VIN first character is the number one indicating that the Mustang Ecoboost is still of course built and assembled here in the US. So let's go ahead and start up front because like I was saying this thing has been completely redesigned for 2024 you have LED projector headlights coming standard for all trim levels across the board and let me get up a little closer they have a new design to it of course it's kind of like this try beam effect kind of like Lexus does. That is pretty cool and I'm sure the illumination is amazing because their LEDs and their projector style as opposed to the reflector style so love that design with LED signature lighting of course and LED daytime running lights you get the automatic feature as well meaning when it starts to get dark at night those headlights will turn on automatically for you there also get automatic high beams so if you have your high beams on at night and since the vehicle coming in the opposite direction let's go to automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone let's go to automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you but you know one thing I didn't notice when I was looking over the specs on this thing there's cool little LED lights within the front grille here as well I don't know I literally just noticed that what are they there for if you know put them in the comments section because they definitely were not there on the last generation Mustang so I don't know it's kind of an interesting little effect there and I do like the matte black front lip up front here as well but overall that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the Mustang EcoBoost all right so now making our way to this side of this one black window surrounds do you come standard matte black side skirts of course to tie in together with that matte black front lip take a look at the side mirrors they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors and I did want to mention though the premium trim is going to add to that heated side mirrors with LED integrated turd signals and pony projection lights onto the ground at night as well so that is pretty cool of course and they had that last generation I always liked that but take a look at the wheel setup they will of course differ 17 by 7.5 inch aluminum alloys coming standard 18 by 8 inch aluminum alloys for the premium 19 by 9 inch aluminum alloys for the performance pack and you have plenty of optional wheel configurations available like the ones that we have on this one here today as well but overall does look pretty similar on the side profile than the last generation except for the back end a little bit I think that looks more fast backy if you will but anyways that pretty much rounds out the side profile let's now go ahead and make our way to the back alright and so I think it's a round back where they made the biggest changes for this 7th generation Mustang but as always let's go ahead and start up top here body color shark fin antenna all the way to the top there just below that center high mount stop lamp of course there is a rear spoiler that is available we don't obviously have it on this one but it is available like I said with the performance pack that's going to give it to you but LED taillights do come standard and let me actually check something real quick the way these are set up these actually aren't that bad remember in the last generation they protruded out a little further so if you wanted to cover them up with like a tint from CJ Pony parts or something like that it was a little more difficult to actually get them put on there but with this kind of style it looks like it would be a heck of a lot less difficult to go ahead and apply that tint so I really like that actually speaking of they are LED sequential taillights so when you put your turn signal on it's going to look like the turn signals are sliding from one side to the other so that is pretty cool and so just below it all you will find dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips and they're going to be quad tips if you go with that performance package and there is also an active valve performance exhaust yet again available for $1,225 which opens up the valves and gives you much more of a throatier Mustang sound to it but anyways we don't have that of course with us here today so having said that though I do believe you guys know what we have to do next is always here is that exhaust clip All right so now since you are around to the back of the Mustang here when it comes to opening that rear trunk there is a button on the key fob itself press that twice or there is a rubberized button just above the license plate as well so either way is perfectly fine once it opened up cargo capacity is going to differ between the fastback and the convertible fastback comes in at 13.3 cubic feet convertible is going to come in at 10.3 cubic feet there's always less space in the convertible of course there's actually some I'm going to call them grocery bag hosts because that's what they look like they might be tie down acres or they might be cargo net holders that's probably what it is but if you don't have the cargo net assembled back there you can use them as grocery bag hooks so I like that then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor we actually have an optional spare tire so I like that too and by the way there is a 50-50 split so if you do need some extra space rear seats do fold down so you do have some extra space with that but then make our way up to the rear legroom that's going to come in at an extremely impressive 29 inches so I'm being sarcastic of course for reference I'm even six feet tall this is how much space I had so not a ton but the good thing is the back part of the front seats are not plastic there's a little bit of give there so if you do want to try to throw an adult back there good luck but you might be able to make it work but anyways then make our way up to the front seats manually adjustable claw seating does come standard premium trim though is going to add a six-way power driver's seat with power lumbar four-way power adjustable passenger seat an active X material and then also heated and ventilated front seats then as well there is one more option I wanted to mention with the seats though recar leather bucket seats they go for $1650 I do believe you cannot get them heated or ventilated though correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's how it was in the past but overall though and our regular standard seats here I got to be honest it's perfectly fine I have no issues with the seat comfort whatsoever so I sank into them nicely the power lumbar was definitely very adjustable so yeah seats are perfectly fine for me although I'm surprised it doesn't have any kind of Mustang logo in them this year I don't know that's a little bit different but anyways then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is vinyl with a flat bottom that comes standard leather wrapped though for the premium trim level by the way we do have an optional package it does give us a lot of this stuff today but either way we do have the leather wrapped as well and a heated steering wheel does also come in the premium but the 10 and 2 grips are 100% on the thicker side of things and I like the kind of texturized weave pattern at the very bottom portion of the steering wheel as well that was definitely very nice but anyways then making our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key you got your Mustang logo on the one side when you flip it over lock unlock the button to pop the rear tailgate there it's exactly like the last generation key basically but remote start is gonna be available for the premium doesn't come standard though and it is all keyless entry with a push button start so all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that bright red engine start button located just by the driver's right knee and so here's one of my favorite changes for the seventh generation Mustang 12.4 inch digital gauge clustering yes that comes standard on every single trim level of the EcoBoost I love that so of course when you change to drive modes it's gonna have a nice little graphic up there when you do change them so I thought that was pretty cool and of course you could check out your steering sensitivity modes up there as well it gives you outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit empty we got 23 right now so kind of on the low side but I like kind of this throwback digital gauge look up here so overall I think the digital gauges are absolutely wonderful but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality let me start with the overhead sunglass holder I don't remember seeing that in the previous generation Mustang so we did want to start by mentioning that a frameless auto dimming rear view mirror for the premium trim level you got premium door trim for the premium aluminum foot pedals for the premium of course all the stuff we don't have with this here today single zone climate control comes standard but dual zone climate control comes on the premium trim level ambient lighting also on the premium but again we have an option that does give it to us today so I absolutely love that there's a ton of different colors you can choose between I happen to put it on yellow although you can't really see anything right now because it is bright and sunny day here in Dillsburg but anyways universal ground store opener is gonna be available for the premium you get a wireless phone charger for the premium so really the premium gives you just about everything but for us just in front of the shifter you have a little bit of rubberized storage you have a 12 volt power outlet couple of charging ports there and again I like the kind of carbon weave pattern found just surrounding the shifter and even on the very top of the shifter has a nice kind of texturized pattern to it as well electric mechanical parking brake again that can be swapped out you have dual cup holders and within the center armrest it looks exactly like last generation so it's a okay amount of storage I don't have any issues with that and the cool thing is another little cool thing is you got some gloss black accenting just above the passenger side glove box a little bit of a Mustang logo etched into that as well I like how they brought the seat material onto the doors that is pretty cool too I like the texturized feel to that but again I will say all this kind of black weave pattern found just surrounding the air vents and just behind the digital gauge cluster and all that stuff I really like that so well done Ford for at least doing that so that's definitely doing it for me but anyways now let's go ahead and take a look at the second large screen that we got and this Mustang which is a massive 13.2 inch color touch screen display that's a larger screen than just about all the other cars that I've reviewed lately this thing is gigantic Sync 4 system of course Bluetooth and audio streaming Android Auto, Apple CarPlay factory navigation system is gonna be available for the premium you got your climate control settings up there of course as well along with your radio information and so when it comes to the sound systems there are a few of them six speakers is gonna come standard nine speakers coming on the premium and then a 12 speaker bang and Olsen sound system is gonna be available option for the premium trim level only so having said that what do you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one it's actually really good and that wasn't the bang and Olsen either and that was decent amount of bass like more bass than I expected there pretty good clarity honestly for the size of this vehicle that sound system was perfectly fine so yeah no issues there but anyways last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that massive screen is when you do put this thing in reverse you will find a pretty darn high definition well done Ford rear view camera coming standard across the board which is always is going to lead us into safety but so to start let me start by saying this one is not yet rated by IIHS so that can't give you any information regarding that but front side side curtain airbags do come standard there's a driver's knee airbag up front as well in the back you're gonna have latch AKA lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard would be lane keep assist lane keep alert blind spot assist rear parking sensors adaptive cruise control with stop and go lane centering assist and a pre-collision assist system with automatic emergency braking and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts on the Mustang Ecoboost I love the new tech you got some massive screens up here digital gauges are great performance pack is a great option that's one I would personally go with but another option I would definitely go with is the adaptive damping suspension the MagneRide damping suspension because that is gonna give you a 100% smoother ride quality compared to what you get otherwise and maybe you're used to Mustangs and maybe you're completely fine with that but I don't know it's just a night and day difference with just about all other cars that you drive that's all I'm saying but the other thing is I'm kind of surprised there's new manual transmission available for the Mustang Ecoboost you have to go with the GT for that so maybe that's a reason that a lot of people will be going with the GT and maybe not enough people went with the manual previously in the Ecoboost for them to substantially continuing to do that but there's new manual available for this one so that's kind of interesting but ultimately again there's only a 0.3 second difference between the GT and the Ecoboost 4.2 to 4.5 seconds to 60 so let me know in the comments section below which one are you guys going with but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews 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