Just wondering about what others cars could be had for the ST's £13,500 price tag

UK rivals = Mini Cooper, Seat Ibiza 1.8T/1.9TDi FR, C2 VTS, Fabia vRS etc etc - all nice, but fly over the atlantic and....

( £13,500 = $24,929.47 )
Lucky Buggers!

= 300bhp Ford Mustang GT 4.6l - $24,995



(or wimpy 210bhp 4.0 V6 for £10,500 [$19,410])
Lucky Buggers!

The Mustang's are very cheap, but I didn't think they were that cheap? Are you sure you got your exchange rate right, and are you looking at prices for the 2005 model you pictured or the nasty old 2004 shape?

Yeh mate prices are right, got them from fords main website below

http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/mustang/

and the exchange rate was from http://www.xe.com/ucc/ which updates the shareprice

Live mid-market rates as of 2004.11.10 22:26:55 GMT.
13,500.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 24,930.25 USD United States Dollars
1 GBP = 1.84669 USD 1 USD = 0.541511 GBP

Prices are very right Dave. I can get an Imported Mustang delivered to my door for £23k. That is a lot of car for the money. Swines!!
FPMSL @ only 210bhp from a 4litre V6 though!!

If only we lived in America

The V6 is the cologne V6 from europe........

Ford US is developing a new powerful 3.5 aluminium V6 for mainstream models, rumors say close to 280hp so i guess the V8 would have to have a bump to stay on map.

If the Mustang was gonna go on sale there i guess it would be over 30 but thats a wild guess, certification costs and low volume are enemies.