Coming Quickly: 2025 Ford Mustang GTD | The Every day Drive

Strongest street-legal Mustang ever is on the brink of hit the streets.

Final week, Ford launched the 2025 GTD, a limited-edition, ultra-high-performance model of its iconic Mustang sports activities automobile. The automaker says this radically styled coupe is essentially the most potent street-legal pony ever, and it’ll carry a price ticket to match.

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2025 Ford Mustang GTD

In keeping with the producer, the Mustang GTD began growth in 2021 by small staff of devoted engineers who got here collectively in a steel storage storage, “…for a brand new, after-hours mission that on paper felt like an unimaginable dream: design a Mustang to tackle the perfect of European sports activities automobiles.” The ultimate product is a automobile constructed for the monitor that will also be used as a each day driver by well-heeled homeowners.

The GTD appears like no manufacturing Mustang ever. The design is like one thing out of a cyberpunk fantasy world with many sharp edges, vented hood, distinguished entrance lip, and an enormous rear spoiler mounted to the again C-pillar as a substitute of its extra conventional location on the trunk lid. Each crease has a objective, although, and that’s to attenuate wind resistance so it will possibly go quicker whereas maximizing downforce so the automobile can keep planted on the monitor.

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Beneath the hood, you received’t discover any electrical/hybrid help. It’s a straight-up inside combustion engine: a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 that places 800 horsepower to the again wheels by a carbon fiber driveshaft to a rear-mounted 8-speed transaxle. The transversely mounted gearbox helps give the GTD near-50/50 entrance/rear weight distribution. Large Brembo-branded carbon-ceramic brake rotors and high-performance pads assist carry the car to a halt. No efficiency figures have been supplied, however we’ve got to suppose the automobile will speed up from 0-60 mph in 3 seconds or much less.

No inside pictures have been supplied, however Ford says the GTD’s cabin supplies shall be a mix of suede, leather-based, and carbon fiber. Recaro-brand bucket seats will maintain occupants in place. The rear bench was eliminated to save lots of weight. Whereas there shall be a number of colour mixtures obtainable, Ford says consumers also can customise the outside paint end to something they want.

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is predicted to hold an eye-watering beginning MSRP of $300,000. The whole manufacturing run was not introduced, however it can possible be restricted to between 1,000 and a pair of,000 items with deliveries beginning in late 2024/early 2025.

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The GTD has a cool growth story behind it, and it additionally appears like it will likely be an absolute tour de drive on the monitor. On the identical time, the Mustang has lengthy had a repute of being a “efficiency automobile for the individuals,” which is why the $300,000 asking value has us scratching our heads. Ford loyalists who’re already personal the corporate’s GT supercar will in all probability journey over themselves to place down a deposit on the GTD, however those that personal the likes of the Ferrari 296 GTB or Lamborghini Huracan possible received’t give it greater than a cursory look.

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