2005 Ford Mustang [S197]

2005 Ford Mustang [S197] in Top Gear USA, Non-fiction TV, 2010-2016 Ep. 3.06

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
S 415 GT ◊ 2012-10-03 13:00	2005-2009
AlexS ◊ 2013-02-14 13:31	Car was destroyed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jucFKufOj8 Would love to own such a car.
dsl ◊ 2013-02-14 14:36	Described as a V6 in the clip, has cheaper wheels and no lighting in the bumper, so probably a junkyard salvage or similar. But TG USA appears to have become even more stupid than TG UK. Which in a perverted sort of way is an achievement.
jeepwj2002 ◊ 2013-03-22 00:25	V6 trim level. Notice the rear wheels look darker than the front ones, so it has two different, yet similarly-styled, wheels on it.
cyrusramsey97 ◊ 2019-12-13 12:14	This episode came out in 2012. The Mustang was restyled in 2010, and no rental fleet would still have a 7-year-old car. In the screenshot, I notice the piece of plastic is missing from the lower grille. I'm guessing dsl is right about about this being a salvage car. They wouldn't waste the money on a nice one just to smash it up. It might not even have been street legal, given that we almost never see it drive on actual roads. Still a shame to destroy it, but not as much of a loss as they made it look like. The wheels are base-model 2005 wheels, but they do all match. (The apparent mismatch in the screenshot is just because the shot is lit weird, and the front wheel might be cleaner.)