Different circumstances but I found myself in a similar situation earlier this winter and ended up with an F-Type. You won’t get an SVR for your budget but earlier S and R 5 litre V8s without silly miles are available, soft top obviously optional.
I’ve done a thousand miles in mine now and still love it. Every drive is an event, which I think is entirely the point in a car like this. Personally I reckon they look great inside and out and luggage capacity aside there’s nothing stopping this being my one and only car if it had to be. It has been far more adept at backroad blasts than I thought it would be, as well, so it’s perfectly capable of switching between moods.
I wanted to love the mustang as I think they’re iconic and look lovely but I was sorely disappointed when I test drove one for a weekend. I didn’t like the interior, I didn’t like the ride, I didn’t like the engine and exhaust note from the inside. But most importantly I didn’t connect with it. The spirited drive felt a bit numb, like there was too much between me and the car. And then the normal trips from A to B felt far too compromised - the seats made me ache after a couple of hours and the interior is made to a budget. In time I think I’d grow to resent it.
In a not too distant future cars with engines like this won’t exist, or they’ll just be £lol expensive and not worth the effort for us normal people. The supercharged Jaguar V8 is a peach, and I’m not doubting the credentials of the one in the Mustang either, and for me that rules out things like Caymans, A110s and Z4Ms, even though they’re all worthy of their places in this discussion.
I’d really recommend test driving a few as they’ll all make you feel something different, in a different way, and it’ll mean different things to different people. Just don’t discount an F Type for the usual “lol old man” or “lol reliability“ reasons, I think it’s an absolutely fantastic car.
I’ve done a thousand miles in mine now and still love it. Every drive is an event, which I think is entirely the point in a car like this. Personally I reckon they look great inside and out and luggage capacity aside there’s nothing stopping this being my one and only car if it had to be. It has been far more adept at backroad blasts than I thought it would be, as well, so it’s perfectly capable of switching between moods.
I wanted to love the mustang as I think they’re iconic and look lovely but I was sorely disappointed when I test drove one for a weekend. I didn’t like the interior, I didn’t like the ride, I didn’t like the engine and exhaust note from the inside. But most importantly I didn’t connect with it. The spirited drive felt a bit numb, like there was too much between me and the car. And then the normal trips from A to B felt far too compromised - the seats made me ache after a couple of hours and the interior is made to a budget. In time I think I’d grow to resent it.
In a not too distant future cars with engines like this won’t exist, or they’ll just be £lol expensive and not worth the effort for us normal people. The supercharged Jaguar V8 is a peach, and I’m not doubting the credentials of the one in the Mustang either, and for me that rules out things like Caymans, A110s and Z4Ms, even though they’re all worthy of their places in this discussion.
I’d really recommend test driving a few as they’ll all make you feel something different, in a different way, and it’ll mean different things to different people. Just don’t discount an F Type for the usual “lol old man” or “lol reliability“ reasons, I think it’s an absolutely fantastic car.
This guy is second owner and has had it since August 2022, selling as his wife has lost her job, its on finance and they need to tighten their purse strings.