Ford Motor is joining rival General Motors in the U.S. supercar ranks with the launch of the Mustang GTD 2025, a limited-edition, high-performance hot rod. The Mustang GTD 2025 price is from $300,000.
Mustang GTD 2025
There’s never been a Mustang quite like this: The Mustang GTD 2025 horsepower. If you thought the next chapter of this latest generation of ‘stang was a Shelby variant or two, you’d be wrong, because Ford just pulled the wraps off what is easily the most impressive vehicle to ever wear the pony logo, and there isn’t a Shelby badge to be found.
In a quirky shift for a company that has committed billions of dollars to building millions of zero-emission electric vehicles, Ford’s newest offering is powered by a fossil-fueled, supercharged 5.2-liter V8 engine delivering more than 800 horsepower.
Mustang GTD 2025 limited edition features
Nearly every body part is (or can be optionally made) carbon fiber.
And wow, get a load of that aero package. Ford says every line and opening you see has a purpose, from the vented front fenders to the C-pillar mounted rear wing. And oh yeah, that wing is hydraulically controlled to best suit the car’s aero profile in real time. In addition to all of the visual extremities, Ford will be offering a carbon fiber underbody aero package that uses hydraulically controlled front flaps for even better lap times. The only indicator of how fast the Mustang GTD will be around a racetrack is Ford bragging that it will be capable of a sub-7-minute Nürburgring time. Hello, Porsche and company.
The GTD is packing an improved version of the 5.2-liter supercharged V8 found in the previous generation Shelby GT500 that Ford says will deliver “more than 800 horsepower” and rev to 7,500 rpm.
Mustang GTD 2025 horsepower
The “race car for the road” theme continues with the mustang GTD 2025’s unique suspension system. There is no trunk in this Mustang. Instead, under the decklid cover you’ll find the mustang GTD 2025’s semi-active suspension, a hydraulic control system and the transaxle’s cooling system.
The Mustang GTD is loosely based on the 2024 Mustang coupe that is priced from around $31,000.
But the Mustang GTD really has more in common with the new Mustang GT3 racecar that is expected to compete next year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world’s premier endurance races.
CEO on Mustang GTD 2025
Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley, in a promotional video, says the Mustang GTD is aimed at high-priced, high-performance European sports cars from Porsche, Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz.
“This is our company, we’re throwing down the gauntlet and saying, ‘Come and get it,’” Jim Farley, Ford CEO, says. “We’re comfortable putting everybody else on notice. I’ll take track time in a Mustang GTD against any other auto boss in their best road car.”
Heady words, but we’ve come to expect the competitive spirit of Farley, who is one of the rare CEOs who also races competitively.
Ford owned Aston Martin, the fabled British marque closely linked to fictional spy James Bond, from 1987-2007.
“This car has been in my head for years,” Farley said of Ford’s latest effort.
Mustang GTD 2025 production
The Mustang GTD, developed with Ontario-based specialty builder Multimatic, is slated to begin production in late 2024 or early 2025. It will be in extremely short supply, according to Ford. A spokesperson would say only that GTD production will be “more than 50 cars.”
Other than its stratospheric price tag, the ultra-Mustang bears little resemblance to GM’s (GM.N) $340,000 supersedan, the Cadillac Celestiq, a big, battery-powered four-door fastback that goes into production late this year at the automaker’s technical center in Warren, Michigan.
Mustang GTD 2025 price
As you might expect, the Mustang GTD won’t be cheap. It’s expected to have a starting MSRP of “approximately $300,000.” That will make it the most expensive road-going Mustang ever, and it’s not even close. The first examples are expected to ship in late 2024 and early 2025. If you want one, Ford says it will be opening up an application process. This is similar to what was offered when buying the Ford GT. Production quantities are still anybody’s guess, because all Ford will say is that the GTD will be “limited production.”
