We Check Out the ALL-NEW 2024 Ford Mustang! | Ford Mustang First Look | Exterior, Interior & More!

Electric cars are the future, but I'm here with the all-new 2024 Ford Mustang, and it's not electric. It's actually very gassy. Battery power is the Mustang's future. I know it, you know it, Ford knows it. But it appears that Ford isn't ready to say goodbye to internal combustion in its most iconic car quite yet. So the seventh generation Mustang actually has very similar engines and a very similar chassis to the sixth generation Mustang. So is it really fair to call this an all-new Mustang or an old Mustang with a body kit? Ford invited us to Michigan so we could find out for ourselves. But before we get into that, if you want to find out more about the Mustang, click the link below. And if you're enjoying our videos, be sure to like and subscribe. Also, if you want an instant cash offer on your car, head over to edmunds.com slash sell my car. Now at first glance, it might not look like there's all that much new with the new Mustang, but Ford assures us that most of what we see here is actually brand new, starting with the grille, which is a touch more vertical, maybe a bit more muscular than the last car. The hood takes the two vents on the outside and joins them into one large vent in the middle. And as we move back, we see the A-pillar and the roof. These are actually the only things that carry over from the sixth gen Mustang, everything else technically brand new. As we come to the back here, there are large fenders, which in this might sound sacrilegious, do remind me a bit of the Chevy Camaro. And the back decklid here is topped off by this large spoiler, which comes as part of the performance pack, which this GT also has. As we drop down, this is again a GT model, so it's got the four exhaust tips. That's how you can tell that it has the five liter V8 apart from the sound. And there's one very cool Easter egg on the back of the rear glass here. You'll see all seven generations of Mustang in silhouette marching along the bottom. The initial rumors for this generation of Mustang hinted that it might have things like all wheel drive or a hybrid powertrain or even be a battery electric vehicle. And it turns out that none of those things are true. And instead, this Mustang is kind of powered the same as the old Mustang. That means front engine, rear wheel drive and the same 2.3 liter EcoBoost for the base models and a five liter V8 for the GT models. Now Ford says that the five liter V8 has been tweaked and that will make it the most powerful GT they've ever sold. So it will make more than the 450 horsepower and 410 pounds of torque found in the last generation. But those numbers, we don't have them quite yet. Two transmission options, a 10 speed automatic that is the only choice with the EcoBoost engine or a six speed manual that you'll only be able to get with the GT version. And that comes with standard rev matching. Ford is introducing two new performance features with the new Mustang. However, one is a remote rev feature, which means that from the key fob, you'll be able to rev the engine to show it off to your friends. And that's available on the EcoBoost with the active exhaust and the GT models. And there's also an electronic drift brake controlled right here. Now, this might look like a manual parking brake, but it's actually electronic and it'll just help you to get the rear wheels out and around if you want to show off big drifts. But please don't do it on the street. And please, please, please do not hit anything. Now, those are the only two powertrains that Ford is willing to speak about at the moment. But we're hoping to see the same supercharged V8 that's in our Shelby GT 500 make one more appearance because that would really be a fitting coda for this, probably the last gas powered Mustang. While it might not seem like much has changed on the outside and under the hood of the new Mustang, there are big changes on the interior. And that is really good news for us because that was our biggest gripe about our long term Mustang that we own. So the new Mustang has gotten a tech infusion. There's a 12.4 inch gauge cluster display now that feeds directly into a 13.2 inch multimedia display that has been moved up on the dashboard. The old display was kind of low in an awkward place. This one much easier to see and angled toward the driver. So you don't have to spend as much time taking your eyes off the road. Big plus there. Rumors had it that the Mustang would also come with a new operating system. Not quite ready yet. What you get instead is a version of Sync 4 that will feel very similar to anyone who's been in the new F-150 or Mach-E. Also new on the interior, a lot fewer buttons than before. There's still a volume knob, thankfully, but all the climate controls seem to have disappeared from this panel here and moved up into a screen. Not a change that we really like because it's harder to use those a bit while you're driving. But down here, still helpful to find lots of buttons that help control the Mustang's performance functions. So this button with the pony on it takes you to my Mustang pages, which allows you to control things like the exhaust noise and the track modes and things like that. Also the auto stop start and of course right here to turn the traction control off to help you use that electronic drift brake even easier. Now this 12.4 inch instrument cluster display, highly customizable and comes with a lot of really cool graphics. So as you flip through the Mustang's different drive modes from normal to sport to track, it'll actually show a CGI version of the Mustang in different environments. So like when you get to drag strip here, you'll actually see a light tree and smoke coming off the tires. So hopefully launch control takes care of that. Little things like this make cars like this more fun. So kudos to Ford for keeping things like that in the new Mustang. The new 13.4 inch display is a big improvement and the new operating system looks a lot more clear and makes better use of the space. It also comes with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay if you prefer to plug your phone in. There is one problem with the screen, however, and I'm set up in my driving position right now, but if you look, my hands actually end up a few inches short of the screen. So that means that to change anything, I would have to lean forward. And over time, that's going to get tiring and annoying. The interior still very much feels like a Mustang. It's very forward focused and the back seats are still so tiny that they're only really good for storing luggage. So still only really a two seater. It's easy to see the iterative changes that Ford made with the seventh generation Mustang and think that the company is just being stubborn. But I think that Ford might actually be onto something because in a few years, the Mustang may look up and find itself the only gas powered American muscle car still available. We don't know what the future holds for the Camaro, and we know that the Dodge Challenger, its other main rival, will be gone after the 2023 model year, meaning that the Mustang will stand alone for American muscle for a few years, at least until the electric Dodge eventually arrives. And that will give the new Mustang plenty of cachet and probably plenty of sales, too, if we're honest. There are a few key details on the Mustang that we're still waiting for, including final horsepower and pricing figures. But those should be available closer to the car's on sale date of spring 2023. If you're enjoying our videos, be sure to like and subscribe. Also, if you want an instant cash offer on your car, head over to Edmunds.com slash sell my car.