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2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt - Comfort
Front Comfort
Sporty front seats are required in this kind of car, and these fit the bill very well. Comfortable and supportive, they also have good side bolstering for when you decide to McQueen it up on the streets of San Francisco, although some of us felt the shoulder support was too tight. With power fore-aft, up-down and lumbar and a manual seatback angle adjustment, it was easy to find a sweet spot. While the steering wheel adjusts only for height and not reach, it wasn’t really an issue. The shifter’s big aluminum knob is placed ahead of the cupholders, meaning you have to reach around your morning coffee to make shifts.
Rear Comfort
The best part of the Mustang Bullitt’s rear seats is getting out of them. Despite the deep butt pockets, the lack of head, leg, foot and shoulder room makes them little more than leather-covered package shelves. Use them like that and the deep dugouts work well for holding a gallon jug of milk. But human beings? No.
Interior Noise
This is no luxury car, so there’s plenty of noise to keep your ears occupied. Foremost among the sounds is, of course, the engine. This is a good thing, so good that at least one of us found himself revving the engine at stoplights just to listen to the tuned Ford Racing exhaust. At speed it reduces to a background burble, largely obscured by tire and wind noise, and just a hint of transmission whine. The big tires and heavy rear axle thump loudly over large expansion joints or other large bumps. It’s a good sporty-coupe soundtrack, but it could also get annoying during a long commute.
Visibility
Considering this is a sporty coupe and not a family hauler, visibility is pretty good. The back glass is large and the rearmost pillars are thin. The small triangular side windows improve visibility, and even though the B pillars are thick, they’re largely obscured by the head restraints and don’t pose a problem. Oddly, the view out over the hood is one of the most constrained. The Mustang’s large hood bulge looks cool from the outside, but from the driver’s seat it gives the illusion of the nose pointing skyward.
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