2025 Mustang Pricing

[MCompact]

My dad had one of the first Mustangs sold in Kentucky- a black over red notchback with a 260 V8 (it was going to be my car when I turned 16 but my mother totalled it in 1969). He followed up with a 1967 Mustang notchback and a 1970 Grande (meh, I wanted a Mach 1).
I came close to buying a 2013 Boss 302, but it had been modded too much for my tastes. A couple of years later I almost bought a 2015 GT Performance package -twice- but one sold before I made up my mind and one I passed on because the dealer acted much too shady. Finally, I looked at a CPO 2021 Fighter Jet Gray Mach 1, but the dealer wouldn't budge on the price until two weeks after I bought the C43. Nowadays I buy a few tickets when a charity raffles off a Mustang so I might yet find one in my garage.

 

[meep]

I think the new stang with the 4T and a manual would be a hoot. Plenty of power and better weight distribution. I would not turn one away if it showed up in my driveway.

 

[Exhaustgases]

Most I have paid for a new car is I think $11,000. in 2000. And will never have new again. If I was to spend that crazy high $ it would be buying a machine of some sort to use to make a living with, not to depreciate into $0 to nothing.

 

[MCompact]

I was extremely disappointed about the 2013 Boss 302 that I mentioned above. It was on Cars,com at a Ford dealer- School Bus Yellow. I could tell from the photos that it had an cold air intake, but my research showed that it was popular in the Boss 302 community. I remember that I was covering a case in the county where the dealer was located so I drove over as soon as I was finished. I was pretty excited and my wife was good with me buying it. The disappointment hit home when I saw that the stock exhaust had been replaced. I wanted the OEM exhaust because it had side exhausts that could be fitted with electric cutouts. To add insult to injury, the two piece driveshaft had been replaced so the car would be a better drag racer- or so the salesman told me.
He was honestly surprised that I had absolutely no interest in taking it for a test drive...

 

[wtd]

Sweet 350!

Agreed, find the right one and modern classics are the way to go. Scored a mint Boss 302 with <5,000 miles myself last year (Price was pretty high, but it was a once in a lifetime find)
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I have a friend who has a red 2013 Boss 302 Mustang that he bought new. His only has around 9,000 miles on it. It's a sweet car.

 

[Jay3702]

Wow. I paid 27k for my 06 gt premium brand new

 

[dwcopple]

True. But also a one year mortgage in 1988 was 10.75 %.

One year!?!?!!? THAT'S A WHOPPER OF A PAYMENT!

 

[Hohn]

This book was part of how we taught our kids about inflation and monetary policy (homeschool):
https://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Hap...cs-Investments/dp/0942617622?tag=ustxtaddt-20

 

[Hohn]

Just find yourself a nice used Mustang.

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It's hard enough to find one that hasn't been wrecked.

Beautiful car.

 

[Hohn]

Best bang for the buck used performance car IMO is the 2004 Corvette Z06.
Period correct mods on an already incredibly well engineered car turns it into something that can fend off stuff rolling out today without breaking a sweat. Straight line, road course, DD whatever. The thing is an unappreciated monster.

Right, but can you handle living life in jean shorts and new balance shoes?

I kid. Sweet car for sure.

 

[4wd]

The things that make a Mustang a Mustang are rear wheel drive, a thumping V8, 2+2 seating and a long nose. Take any of those away and you don't have a Mustang. (And I'd add, at least the availability of a manual transmission.)

My thumbs are both down for FWD, AWD and an EV power-train.

And for a decade now - 4WIS

 

[zzyzzx]

It looks like there are plenty of new 2025 Mustangs for sale and a 4 cyl Ecoboost can be had for around $30K.

It's the closest thing Ford makes to a commuter car. If you are OK with rear wheel drive and want a vehicle that looks nice, why not? Plus they can be had at a discount.

 

[82StudebakerDaytona]

I bought a new 1981 Mustang, 2.3l, 5-speed to beat high price fuel at the time. I had 19% interest on that car. I lived in Denver, CO. I traded in my 1977 Black Trans Am. Frankly, I think my 1964 Studebaker Daytona, 4-speed, buckets (that reclined) was a better car. I did not want to drive the Daytona in the winter snows. I lived in an Apartment complex-no garages. I now own a 2017 Mustang ecoboost I got in 2019 for a "song". It has been a good car. Keeping an eye on the head gasket.

 

[fdcg27]

It's the closest thing Ford makes to a commuter car. If you are OK with rear wheel drive and want a vehicle that looks nice, why not? Plus they can be had at a discount.

Well, the price is right and fuel economy is not too hateful.
I have to chuckle at the notion of RWD being anything other than a positive.
I grew up driving RWD cars where it really snows and didn't find them bad at all.

 

[Dave Hess]

Sweet 350!

Agreed, find the right one and modern classics are the way to go. Scored a mint Boss 302 with <5,000 miles myself last year (Price was pretty high, but it was a once in a lifetime find)
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I don’t mind paying extra for a creampuff vehicle.

 

[ctechbob]

It looks like there are plenty of new 2025 Mustangs for sale and a 4 cyl Ecoboost can be had for around $30K.
I didn't even know that such a thing existed.

And it is really nothing to sneeze at:

Sure it won't sound great, but it will still get you around in a hurry....and probably have enough power to mow over bystanders at Cars & Coffee.

 

[Patman]

And it is really nothing to sneeze at:

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Sure it won't sound great, but it will still get you around in a hurry....and probably have enough power to mow over bystanders at Cars & Coffee.

I rented an Ecoboost Mustang convertible when I went to Florida for 4 days in early 2020 and I was impressed with the power of that 4 cylinder turbo. And I’m pretty sure it has a different exhaust note piped into the interior because it sounded similar to a 5.0

 

[rijndael]

The ecoboost Mustangs don't have the sound tube from the intake to the cabin/firewall, only the V8s do.

They do use the speakers though ...

 

[KCJeep]

I daily drive one and the power is surprising. I rarely get fully into it.

While it is considered by some a lowly Ecoboost it will spank older GTs, squeal the tires in the first 2 gears, post low 5s for 0-60 and hit 140 plus in a wide open run (so I’m told). For me at least it is a superior daily.

Compared to other options the price of admission was very competitive too.

 

[ctechbob]

I daily drive one and the power is surprising. I rarely get fully into it.

While it is considered by some a lowly Ecoboost it will spank older GTs, squeal the tires in the first 2 gears, post low 5s for 0-60 and hit 140 plus in a wide open run (so I’m told). For me at least it is a superior daily.

Compared to other options the price of admission was very competitive too.

I'm of the growing opinion that the 2.3L Eco is the current best of all the EB's. It really is a fantastically flexible and reliable little mill.