Should be a great car, but I see lots of Mustang GTs in my rear view mirror driving over the mountain twice a day. As great as they are they’re not made for tight twisting mountain roads....
What's your mirror attached to?
The newer Mustangs are said to handle very well, actually. Far better than they did in the past. Ford made big leaps in the Mustang’s handling in 09-10, and more improvements were made for 11.
Here’s a review of the 2010’s handling:
“Body control with the Track pack is astounding. It doesn’t pogo, doesn’t shimmy, doesn’t slump to the outside and clop its way through a corner. The ride may be firm, but nothing throws it off the slot-like path you cut through turns. And somehow that live axle deals with pitching and pocked pavement with much of the sure-footed poise of an independent setup. A Track-pack Mustang used only at the drag strip is a Mustang wasted.”
Comments on 2011 testing:
“As we’ve previously heard, rumor has it that the ‘11 Stang with the new Coyote V8 and Track Pack with Pirelli P Zero Corsa R tires was able to lap GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, Michigan at the same rate as a current BMW M3 – fine company indeed. “
It would be the driver, then, who is not made for tight twisting roads. I had an '89 GT. All the refinery of, well, a hot engine for its day in a light, short-wheelbased car. You don't steer them so much with the steering wheel as you do the gas and brakes.
My 2010 calls BS...