New Mustang's top speed: 5 mph

If you wish to give your youngster a model new Ford Mustang for Christmas, and your youngster occurs to be between the ages of 2 and 6, there is a new mannequin out that needs to be simply excellent.

Fisher-Worth, a division of Mattel (MAT), has rolled out an all-new improved model of the Ford Mustang Energy Wheels. This one has just a few options not discovered on earlier variations of the kid-drivable electrical automobiles.

For example, the brand new Mustang has 5 speeds. Earlier than, mother and father might solely choose a "quick" velocity -- 5 mph, which truly does appear quick in considered one of these -- or a slower velocity of simply 2.5 mph. With the brand new Energy Wheels Mustang, mother and father now have the liberty to pick 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 mph as the highest velocity. The rear-wheel-drive automobile -- identical to an actual Mustang -- additionally has a few different new options copied from full-sized road-going vehicles. It has traction management in order that the again wheels will not spin futilely on unfastened filth or moist surfaces. To stop rollover accidents, it has a tilt sensor that can cease the automobile from driving onto a too-tilted floor.

Including to the lifelike really feel is a "gasoline pedal" that is programmed to function like an actual gasoline pedal. As a substitute of being a easy on-off swap, the pedal will increase energy progressively because it's pushed down, in the end unleashing the electrical motor's full 1/16 horsepower, if mother and father have allowed that. Recorded Mustang V8 engine sounds range together with the velocity going from a nice burble when stopped to a tumultuous roar because the Energy Wheels Mustang hits full stride. If the younger driver does not discover the engine noises interesting, they are often turned off. That isn't attainable -- at the least not completely -- in an actual Mustang. This redesigned Mustang, which prices $360, additionally occurs to mark a decade for the Ford (F) Mustang Energy Wheels automobile. Whereas the Fisher-Worth Energy Wheels line can hint its historical past again many years. the primary mini-Mustang was rolled out in 2006.