Scotty, I'm thinking about getting a used Ford Mustang V6, I'm going to use it as a daily driver, but I'm not planning to mod it or get a higher version, What do you think, Should I still get one?
Which model year? Transmission? Mileage?
I was thinking of the fifth or sixth generation depending on how many miles it has and how good the condition of it is
V6s are fun. Especially the 2010 to 2017s. The 3.7L Cyclone puts out the horsepower that the old 5.0s did barebones. There's no turbo or GDI garbage, either. It's a naturally aspirated, ordinary fuel injection engine. My 2017 is a V6. It's plenty quick enough. They are finicky sometimes, but durable. My car had the purge valve go bad last year. It popped the same code a few weeks ago, but the battery was a little discharged, and it never turned the light on. I've modified mine a little bit. Running premium only on a tune, I'm getting around 320 horsepower or so. It'll easily overtake cars already driving on the highway if you do a mad dash down an on-ramp.
The 2005-2009 V6s were single overhead cam 4.0s that were also the big engine offering in the Ford Ranger at the time. They're not bad, 210 horsepower. The engine was made for a truck, not a pony car. The 3.7L was made specifically for the Mustang.
Pre-2005 V6s were powered by the Ford Essex V6. They're around 190 horsepower. The engine wasn't designed specifically for the Mustang, either. It was common in minivans and such. They're not powerful by any means, but my friend got well over 200k out of his 2004, he was the 2nd owner and bought it in 2009. A snowstorm totalled it last year.
Up to you. No one knows what you want in a car so it is quite literally up to you. If it's opinions of other people you care about most say that the v6 mustang is trash with a trash gearbox and it's slower than a v8 (very much generalizing I know) but that's the broad answer for the broad question.
but the V6 is more reliable than a Ecoboost, I heard those have way more problems