2020 Ford Mustang Jack Roush Edition: First Drive (Autoblog)
All sizzle, no snake. No it's not a GT500, it's something even more powerful and exclusive.
“Jack Roush Edition Mustang” may be a bit of a mouthful, especially considering it doesn’t really tell you much, but rest assured, this supercharged 2020 Ford Mustang GT with a Shelby GT500-topping 775 horsepower is every bit as nutritious and filling as its name suggests.
If you’re a fan of fast Fords, then the Roush name should be familiar to you. Not only have they been building, tuning and racing just about everything the Blue Oval offers for decades, but they even partner to produce some of the components sold by Ford Performance.
While what you’re doing is fundamentally no different from buying a Mustang GT at a local lot and then dropping it off at your favorite speed shop for upgrades, Roush is a large enough operation that most of this process is handled behind the scenes. Roush even has a build-and-price tool right on its website which can send your order directly to your local Roush-affiliated Ford dealer.
Here’s the short version: You get a supercharged, 5.0-liter V8 producing 775 horsepower and 670 pound-feet of torque mated to the factory six-speed manual transmission. The MagneRide adaptive suspension is ported over from Ford’s Level 2 Performance package and recalibrated by Roush, and all four corners get the six-piston Brembo brakes, 20-inch Roush wheels and a set of Continental ExtremeContact Sport tires in 275/35ZR-20. The active aerodynamic carbon fiber rear spoiler is tied into the Mustang’s performance modes and automatically adjusts based on the mode you choose.
