Mustang GT Convertible

Take the provincial road that runs from Chia towards Teulada: a ribbon of asphalt laid along the clifftops, turquoise sea appearing and vanishing at every bend, Spanish watchtowers marking the way. It is the corner of Sardinia that most resembles a Californian highway, and it is here that the Mustang GT Convertible stops being a reference and becomes the right car in the right place: roof down, elbow on the door, V8 idling along in time with the scenery.

The beauty of this coast road is that it never asks for speed — it asks for rhythm. And rhythm is what the Mustang sets, with the long, relaxed stride of an American grand traveller transplanted to the Mediterranean. The Chia–Teulada stretch features among the routes in our guide to the most beautiful driving roads in Sardinia, and with delivery direct to Chia and the south-coast resorts you are on the road within five minutes.

The 5.0 Coyote is one of the last naturally aspirated V8s still in production, and at idle it has that deep, uneven heartbeat no speaker system can fake: you feel it in your sternum, not just your ears. The active exhaust has several registers, from the full voice of the sport modes to a quiet setting designed for slipping out of the resort at dawn without waking a soul — muscle car, yes; ill-mannered, no.

The ten-speed automatic keeps the engine in the sweet part of the rev range, and rear-wheel drive delivers that classic sensation of being pushed rather than pulled. The long bonnet stretching out ahead, the power building with the revs to the full 446 hp, 0–100 km/h in five seconds flat: genuine sports-car numbers, served with the laid-back ease of a cruiser.

Our example belongs to the latest generation, launched in 2024. Outside, the codes remain untouched, from the long nose to the tri-bar tail lights; inside, a digital dashboard with twin screens arrives — one you can even configure with the instrument graphics of the 1980s Mustangs. It is a detail that raises a smile every time you climb aboard, especially in Race Red, the shade the Mustang has worn since 1964.

Within the fleet it represents the freest, most playful spirit of its class: you will find it alongside far more buttoned-up European coupés in our selection of sports cars for rent in Sardinia. If the plan is a summer on the road with an eight-cylinder soundtrack, send your dates to the WhatsApp concierge and check availability.