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AUTO REVIEW

spoke wheels, makes the car look badass. I would get this car in to the engine, but twisty b-roads and open highways with long
green, but getting it in black like my test car wouldn’t be a mistake. sweeping turns are a true pleasure. No matter what you drive or
Inside the bullitt, things look very Mustang GT, except for the where you drive it, driving a bullitt Mustang will almost certainly
steering wheel, which has the word, “bullitt”, spelled out in big provide a more intense and visceral experience than what you are
block letters on the hub, and the shift knob, which is a white cue used to. That’s true for me, and my everyday driver is a manual
ball. Otherwise the interior is standard Mustang fare, which is to 2018 bMW M3.

Cold shower time: the base price of a bullitt Mustang is $47,590
say good. While the plastics and other materials you see and touch
are uninspiring, the central screen that controls most features is
easy to see and navigate, and there are plenty of buttons and and fuel economy is a sobering 15 MPG City, 24 Highway. On the
plus side, 0 - 60 MPH sprints take just 4.2 seconds.
knobs to push and twist if you’d prefer (e.g. volume and tuning Unlike German sports cars, the bullitt Mustang offers just three
are easily controlled by twisting a knob, the way they should be). options, magnetorheological shocks ($1,695), leather Recaro seats
I’m meh on the bright red “Start” button, but overall the bullitt’s ($1,595), and an Electronics package ($2,100) featuring a b&O
interior looks and feels like a sporty car’s cabin should, with stereo, blind spot protection, and navigation.
enough special bits to help justify the higher price. We are nearing the 51st anniversary of the Steve McQueen movie
For those buyers who prefer to forgo the beefy six-speed man- “bullitt”, and, while that seems like an awful long time ago, I’m OK
ual transmission and cue ball shift knob, Ford offers, ummm... celebrating it as long as the celebration includes a drive in the 2019
other cars. Hallelujah, all 2019-2020 Ford Mustang bullitts will be bullitt Mustang. This is a special car, and I would urge anyone who
manual only! buys one to keep it. like the Hemi ‘Cuda, this car will inevitably
die, and owners who sell it will probably wish they hadn't.
To make things more special, Ford added 20HP to the
normally aspirated Mustang GT V8 (460 to 480HP), and, it As always, call Phil Hornbeak at 210-301-4367 for more infor-
seems, more sound too. As I’ve written previously, the stan- mation and to get your best bCMS deal.
dard 5.0 liter V8 Mustang sounds great when you rev it, but
the Bullitt sounds even better. Stephen Schutz, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist
who lived in San Antonio in the 1990s when he was sta-
Not surprisingly, this Mustang is a delight to drive. Running er- tioned here in the U.S. Air Force. He has been writing auto
rands in town is all about practicing your 1-2 shifts and listening reviews for San Antonio Medicine since 1995.

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