The 2018 Ford Mustang Will Rev Its V8 Heart Out All The Way To 7500rpm

Revisions to the 5.0-litre Mustang GT model include a higher redline, as revealed by a spy photo
The 2018 Ford Mustang Will Rev Its V8 Heart Out All The Way To 7500rpm

Way back in January, we showed you pictures of the updated Ford Mustang, which includes a sad face as standard. But don’t worry, you won’t be feeling blue when you hit the rev limiter at a delicious 7500rpm.

That’s right, a spy photo on Mustang6G.com has revealed that the 2018 ‘Stang will have a 500rpm increase over the current car, meaning it’s now only 750rpm short of the flat-plane crank, 5.2-litre V8 found in the Shelby GT350. The work done to the 5.0-litre ‘Coyote’ V8 might do something about 20bhp deficit against the current Chevrolet Camaro SS.

The 2018 Ford Mustang Will Rev Its V8 Heart Out All The Way To 7500rpm

The Camaro will remain lighter of course, but the Mustang will come with new shock absorbers (with an adaptive system being optional), a new cross-axis joint at the back plus new stabiliser bars to help it in the handling department.

The 2018 Mustang will go on sale in America in a couple of months, with releases in other markets happening soon after.

Comments

Anonymous

Mustang 2020: 9k rpm Red line.
Mustang 2120: holy sh!t

06/21/2017 - 14:16 |
36 | 8
Peridot 1

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

2030 Mustang: We’re basically using a formula 1 V8, since the redline is 18k RPM!

06/23/2017 - 23:43 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

Muscle car fanboys “nooo only Japanese cars rev high, must keep our eagles and guns and low Revving v8s!”

06/21/2017 - 14:19 |
106 | 8
Yazid Ghanem

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I mean it only took them a few decades… I’m not a Ford hater but the Honda S2000 went to 9000RPM… in 1999. Audi’s RS4 4.2 V8 revs to 8500RPM in a freaking estate.

06/21/2017 - 14:54 |
30 | 18
Mr. Fox

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Cough GT350R Cough

06/21/2017 - 18:23 |
12 | 0
Dat Incredible Chadkake

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

You would be surprised about how many classic muscle car guys like high revving engines.

06/21/2017 - 18:29 |
10 | 0
InjunS2K

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Americans love high revving stuff! All motor V8 builds have to have higher RPM to reach their horsepower goals

06/21/2017 - 19:14 |
2 | 0
Stormer_GT

Too bad it’s ugly tho…

06/21/2017 - 14:29 |
16 | 12

The looks have already grown on me to be honest

06/21/2017 - 14:45 |
42 | 0

I think its better looking. Also looks aren’t the most important thing

06/21/2017 - 15:02 |
10 | 0
Josh A.

It can now spin the wheels faster, therefore making crowd plowing more easy

06/21/2017 - 14:34 |
8 | 38
How do I delete my account?

In reply to by Josh A.

06/21/2017 - 19:30 |
6 | 0
JDM_Dawg

Hell yes.

06/21/2017 - 15:08 |
4 | 0
TheMiataBoi (formally TheTunerGuy)

It looks pissed

06/21/2017 - 15:26 |
4 | 0
BoostAddict 1

I don’t get why everyone hates it. It’s actually quite nice and aesthetically pleasing, not to mention it looks to be quite a bit more aerodynamic. It makes the last gen look quite outdated.

06/21/2017 - 17:07 |
6 | 0
T_StreakMLP

Looks like the attention seeker car is starting to get somewhere.

Because of talk of them ploughing crowds, that’s why I call Mustangs attention seekers.

06/21/2017 - 17:58 |
0 | 8
06/21/2017 - 20:19 |
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InjunS2K

As an AE86 guy, I highly approve of this development

06/21/2017 - 18:54 |
8 | 2
Niemiah G.

So the 2018 Mustang will look terrible and sound terrible, fantastic.

06/23/2017 - 23:25 |
2 | 4

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