Posts Tagged: V8 Engine
Ford’s Mustang Dark Horse carries a naturally aspirated 5.0L V8 into a segment everyone else has turbocharged or walked away from. A well-known YouTube reviewer lined it up against Dodge’s radically different new Charger and picked a winner. Here’s the case for the V8, spec for spec, against 550 horsepower of twin-turbo inline-six.
Go Auto’s chapter-by-chapter walkaround of the 2026 Ford Mustang GT spends nearly twelve minutes covering everything from the trunk to the exhaust note, highlighting a digital ‘My Mustang Menu’ that lets owners customize their driving display. The review keeps the V8 engine as the car’s emotional centerpiece even as Ford adds more tech-driven personalization features. Commenters flagged smaller changes too, including a wireless charger removed for the 2025 model year and the continued absence of power-folding side mirrors. It’s a detailed look at how Ford balances muscle car identity with modern cabin expectations.
Dodge pulled the Hemi out of the Charger. Chevy shelved the Camaro. That leaves the 2026 Ford Mustang GT as the last mainstream American muscle car still offering a naturally aspirated V8 and a genuine 6-speed manual, and this review drives a base-spec example in a stunning Adriatic Blue Metallic that’s already convinced at least one viewer to order the same color. With 480 horsepower and zero turbo lag, it’s a reminder of what the formula used to feel like. Watch to see whether the last one standing still holds up.
Vanguard Motor Sales has listed a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T SE with a 440, a Dana 60 rear end, and the factory Track Pack option — plus a decoding letter from Mopar historian Galen Glover to back it all up. One commenter remembers buying an almost identical car for $2,500 back in 1973, when muscle cars like this one were, in his words, “everywhere cheap.”