10 Differences Between US and European Mustangs

If you take a look at the car scene across the world, you might notice the different regions have different cars available to them. We aren’t just talking about different brands but also different nuances within the same brand that might stick out to you. Commonly, certain regions will have cars that other regions won’t have and sometimes, they’ll both have the same car but it might be badged as a different nameplate. However, even when two different regions both sell the same car, the version that the consumer ends up getting might ultimately not end up being the exact same.

In this one, we take a look, in particular, at the Ford Mustang, a car that has really taken over the United States and Europe alike. However, differences in things from how drivers sit on the opposite side of the vehicle all the way to traffic rules and regulations change the variants of the Mustang that you will get in one country verse another. Some of these details are small like the fact that Recaro Seats aren’t available in right-hand-drive cars because it would cost too much to convert them but some of the changes are a little bit bigger than that. In Europe, for example, they can’t have the vents on the hood of the car because somehow it interferes with a pedestrian safety laws. Also, the GT350 is a variation that is only available in the United States of America. These are just a few things that you may notice.

If you follow along down in the Car Throttle video below, you’ll learn a little bit more about what the differences between foreign and domestic Mustangs is and how this affects the people who end up driving them. Some of these topics really end up being a head scratcher but others, well, you can understand exactly what Ford was thinking when they decided to switch up the platform just a little bit.