Video ✅ The Mustang S650 has finally been unveiled! With so many rumors about the car being electric, a 7.3 Godzilla engine, all wheel drive, and so much more – the S650 actually wasn’t any of those. So for the 2024 Mustang S650 and Dark Horse reveal – was I underwhelmed? Let’s talk about it. ✅ What Do I Think of the 2024 Mustang S650?
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below hey so what do you think about the
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new mustang oh no man it’s got kind of
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like a big mouth like a camaro and the
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interior is too much like a tesla
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because you know screens mean it has to
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look just like a tesla i think it’s
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going to be just one of those things
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where we have to see it in person but
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overall i think the dark horse is pretty
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cool nah it still looks like an ugly big
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fat camaro let’s talk about the s650
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being the owner of two mustangs myself
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my 2013 mustang gt smurf and my 2018
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mustang gt sub-zero both being super
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charged and lovely project cars i was
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curious to see how the 2018 plus
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generation was going to be improved
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because it’s actually one of my favorite
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cars that i own what is the next level
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of the 2018 like i just didn’t even know
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not to mention my 2018 made 750
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horsepower on 93 octane on a stock
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engine like that’s just crazy so let’s
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go ahead and break down the unveil
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itself what i thought about it the
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presentation and of course the cars and
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the different variations guys before we
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get started what is your favorite
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mustang generations when it comes to
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exterior looks even if you’re not in the
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mustangs which mustang would you
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actually give a chance of owning or do a
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build on let me know in the comment
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section below this was the mustang
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stampede which is a really cool idea of
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mustang owners all over the country
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driving to detroit for the unveil in all
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sorts of different mustang generations
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starting all the way out in the west
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coast making it out to the unveil this
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is actually a super unique idea for a
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car reveal and it’s kind of refreshing
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don’t get me wrong of course it’s gonna
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feel corporate but when i say feel
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corporate this feels a little bit more
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like a community joining to celebrate
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something new especially with a car with
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such a long-lasting legacy and
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tight-knit community they also
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interviewed people from all around the
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world who own mustangs and what it means
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to them to own a mustang the mustang
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community in my opinion is
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so vast and so wild and so different in
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opinions and style and aftermarket
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choices like it is such a massive
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culture like out of all the cars that i
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own even like the s chassis culture and
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the honda culture like the mustang
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culture is unlike anything i can tell
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you that you can make crowd jokes all
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day long but like going to mustang week
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and stuff it is such a good time i’ve
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always had great memories at those kind
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of events i mean literally everybody
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knows somebody who has owned a mustang
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one of my favorite things was they
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brought out flat rock employee maria
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cunningham who i think having her as a
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speaker was so amazing the people who
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build the cars with their hard work and
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labor get true recognition and maria
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cunningham is a fifth generation ford
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employee so if there’s anybody deserving
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to speak about mustangs it’s her they
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then proceeded to have their intro video
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of the car they give you a great look at
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the car right off the bat so they don’t
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pull any punches and i absolutely love
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when they say feel the freedom
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so let’s get into the car itself and
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what my first impression is the mustang
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s650
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what makes it special and what makes it
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different it has a little bit more power
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and an estimated power of 480 plus to
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the crank known as the gen 4 coyote some
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people really wanted that 7-3 godzilla
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motor to be in one of the models but
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maybe later down the road we’ll see
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something different it could have been a
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six cylinder turbo in today’s day and
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age so i’m glad that we have a v8 still
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so both the ecoboost and the v8 are back
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with manual transmissions and the beast
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of a 10-speed auto if you’re interested
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but the manual is still around which is
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so so great having a manual v8 sports
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car in today’s day and age is a rarity
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that we need to really cherish like for
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real i’m really excited about that going
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up against say like the japanese
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competitors right now say the toyota
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supra and the nissan z i’m curious how
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much power per dollar the mustang is
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going to offer because it’s always been
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known as like basically the cheapest
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power per dollar there is at least in my
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experience i can tell you that building
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japanese imports and dumping so much
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more money into them just for my
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mustangs to be faster with so much less
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money can be very frustrating the
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interior for a lot of people is quote
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unquote too modern but i adapted very
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quick to the s550 digital dash but the
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interior did have more analog buttons so
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i won’t know until i drive one ford if
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you’re listening please invite me to the
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press event to drive this car
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i did your ford performance academy and
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the octane academy and the shelby
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academy and the shelby track attack so
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please i know the mustang very well so
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hear me out here thanks guys what’s
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really cool too is i was actually in an
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xbox live party chat while watching the
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unveil with a bunch of my other car
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friends because i love hearing other
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people’s opinion in real time and see
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how their mood changes or what they see
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they do and don’t like my friends then
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said are we in forza right now because
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the interactive modes are so in depth
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and the 3d model is so intricate because
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you can mix and match different modes
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suspension tuning exhaust tuning like
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that is super cool if you wanted comfort
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steering but like a louder exhaust you
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could do that that’s what’s super unique
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about all the settings and the track
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apps one people seem to make fun of but
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i thought was a fun touch is that you
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can set your gauges to an old fox body
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gauge cluster i mean i think it’s neat
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and you don’t have to turn it on right i
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think it’s just a nice touch and if you
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want to have a little bit of a nostalgia
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and just to goof often i don’t think
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it’s really hurting anybody a lot of
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people are making fun of this feature
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but who cares i think it’s kind of neat
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the line lock feature is also back and
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let me tell you it is the most
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user-friendly burnout tutorial i’ve ever
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used in a car
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yeah
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even with other cars that have line lock
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the mustangs in my opinion is the best
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because it has this animation that
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literally shows your wheel speed and
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turning and how much heat you’re getting
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in your tires basically and it’ll tell
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you okay you’re good you don’t need to
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do a burnout anymore for good grip now
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there’s this weird like parking lot flex
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mode where you can rev your engine from
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your key fob
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and
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i am so 50 50 about it because as a
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feature it’s super cool as an idea in
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theory it’s a really cool idea what i’m
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worried about is people taking advantage
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of it too much or not really
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understanding like revving a cold engine
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if that makes sense i hope there’s some
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sort of fail safe that doesn’t let you
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do it if your engine is too cold to do
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it that way you don’t accidentally
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damage your car if you’re not a true car
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person who doesn’t understand that
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engines need to warm up to rev if you
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know what i’m saying i’m not making fun
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of people who don’t know i’m just saying
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for the average customer
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somebody could you know maybe break
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something but i don’t know just saying
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so yeah i’m 50 50 about it but
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i’m sure it’ll be fine whatever now the
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animated lighting before you get in is a
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super nice touch and it makes it like
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you’re about to go in a great experience
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almost like a ride at an amusement park
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and they compared the interior to like a
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jet fighter now if you notice the
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steering wheel itself is very similar to
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the mock ease it’s a flat bottom and the
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maki’s interior regardless if you like
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the maki or not i’m just gonna say it
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the maki is a really nice car like
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overall it’s a great car i always say oh
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if you drop the mustang name it would be
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better but the maki is a good car it
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really comes into its own in the s650
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with the physical dash itself and the
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steering wheel looks great it looks
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comfortable the seats look rad the
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interior i am happy with the interior a
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lot of people think like it’s too much
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for them or too futuristic i i would get
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used to it i’d be fine now the 7th gen
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mustang let’s talk about the exterior
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looks probably the most divisive
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discussion online that i’ve seen so far
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the front end will have to grow on me
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i’m not gonna lie to you but i don’t
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think it’s as bad as that camaro from a
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while back where i was like good lord
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get that get that away from me i don’t
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want to be around that thing like i
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couldn’t believe that left the design
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studio bad in my eyes but the s650 i’m
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sure that big grill is for extra cooling
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because like the nissan z where we all
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made fun of the grill you know because
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it was this massive samsung looking tv
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it was because it needed the extra
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cooling for the turbos and everything
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and i like the quarter pockets on the
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bumper but i really like the headlights
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i actually am a big fan of these
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headlights i like how mean and
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aggressive they are it always weirded me
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out when people said a car looked too
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aggressive like my taste is yeah i want
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a mean looking car like make it as mean
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as possible like that’s why my s550 has
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all like the mean looking bits on the
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front bumper however with this big
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grille it’s gloss black and i think
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maybe that’s why it’s throwing me off a
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little bit if it was more of like a
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satin color i think it would kind of
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show the body lines and the shape of the
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grille just a little bit more to where
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the gloss black almost makes it look
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like a big empty space because it’s so
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reflective but that’s a first impression
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i like to see it in person but typically
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i like the look of like a satin grill
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over a gloss grill but the real winner
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for me is the side profile but
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especially the back i am absolutely in
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love with the back of this mustang i
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love how aggressive the trunk to the
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taillight angle is it is so mean looking
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and aggressive and the spoiler choices
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they have out of the box looks so rad it
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really adds to geometry of this car like
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you have this really mean fierce
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rear end and i really like it like it
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was one of those things where the s550
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back in the day people are like i hate
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this car before it grew on a lot of
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people people hated the s550 you guys
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probably remember this one seems to have
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a lot more winners when it comes to
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public opinion which is a good sign for
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ford the built-in hood scoop i’m sure is
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functional so it looks pretty dope well
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hopefully it’s functional but we’ll find
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out i can’t believe i’m saying this but
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the gray speck with the blue brembos
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which is a really cool option because
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you can actually spec your caliper color
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now which is pretty neat the factory
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wheels
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i really like them this almost ninja
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star look to them they’re so mean like
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this car is just mean the e-brake with
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the help of rtr and vaughn gittin jr
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made it so the e-brake is literally set
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up for drifting out of the box so if you
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wanted to just get an out of the box
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drift car
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and not have to install a hydro e brake
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which is like the number one thing you
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do when you build a drift car is like
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e-brake seat and a steering wheel right
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an angle kit you could literally take
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the s650 put an angle kit on it and you
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have a drift car like that is so amazing
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drifting is the fastest growing motor
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sport in four noticed like that’s
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amazing and you can turn all the nannies
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off unlike a lot of other cars right now
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that are gonna be in the same price
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range because people are like oh what if
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people hurt themselves if they turn the
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traction troll all the way up no let
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them it shows that ford is in touch with
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the culture i mean one of my friends ben
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hopson who’s a fantastic drifter he
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bought a 2022 s550 with just the fun
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haver ankle kit on it and it
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freaking mobs i can’t even get the words
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out how fast that is as a drift car it’s
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so cool that now they’re truly adapting
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it to the scene also during this entire
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presentation my ocd was going crazy
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because it was this big fat empty space
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i didn’t know why it was there i was
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like why is that there they have to have
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something and thankfully that empty
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space was for something very special and
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now we talk about the thing i really
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wanted to talk about it’s not a shelby
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it’s not a mach 1 it’s not an svt it’s
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one of the first new name plates on a
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mustang in decades and that is the dark
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horse the dark horse literally fixes
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everything i don’t like about the new
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front end like it literally fixes the
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grille it fixes the color of the grill
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that i mentioned earlier i love the blue
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color that’s on it that’s very
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pearlescent if you go online and look
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around you’ll see that it’s actually a
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color shift color it’s really beautiful
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i just love the stance of this thing the
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wing on the back and it makes 500 crank
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horsepower naturally aspirated and it
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uses the connecting rods from the shelby
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gt500 so really beefy internals and i
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cannot wait to see what people do with
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that engine because it’s gonna be a
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beast and it has a trimmic six-speed
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manual transmission so all the good
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stuff so think of it as like everything
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they learn from the mach 1 gt350 gt500
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into a naturally aspirated package that
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looks
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so mean i absolutely love it of course
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there’s gonna be faster s650 down the
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road but we don’t know what motor that’s
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gonna be we don’t know what the setup’s
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gonna be but for now the dark horse
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is rad in the logo you know it looks
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like a charizard but shoot i’ll drive a
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charizard
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sure why not but last but not least they
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are making a ton of different race car
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variations of the s650 and ford is going
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back to le mans they’re going back to
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france to race at the 24 hours of le
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mans honestly i think that’s a great
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note to end on because this is just the
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tip of the iceberg of what this
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platform’s gonna show is this a refresh
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s550 yes but i think it refreshes it in
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a really good way i think it refreshes
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it in a way to where it doesn’t just
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feel like more of the same it has a
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brand new interior it has a brand new
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wheel and tire setup and brembo brakes
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and the back of it looks different
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enough i’m happy with it overall i am
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happy with the new car i really thought
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that front end was going to be 100 you
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know no for me but i’m probably 80 on
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the front a hundred percent on the back
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and 100 on the side profile and 100 on
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the dark horse there’s my opinion that’s
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what i think of it and on that note guys
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what do you think about the s650 i’d
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love to hear what you guys have to say
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in the comment section below and on that
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note i upload on tuesdays thursdays and
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sundays usually but this has been a
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crazy week so forgive me and i will see
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you guys next time take it easy have a
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wonderful day goodbye
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