Ford Mustang 2.3 Ecoboost: Muscle contraction

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YOU might know one when you see one, but the "muscle car" has a formal definition: a large car, usually American, fitted with a powerful V8 engine; reasonably affordable, attention-grabbing, and very fast in a straight line, but not adept at much else.

Normally, the Ford Mustang would conform to the textbook definition of a muscle car. Not this one though. You see, a big rumbly V8 can exist in America because "gas" is cheap. But in the rest of the world, "petrol" is expensive.

After decades being locked in the domestic paddock, in 2015 the Ford Mustang finally joined the 40 per cent of American citizens who own a passport (according to t…