DEARBORN (WWJ) - Street-legal, track ready, supercharged and 'unapologetically American,' Ford Motor Company unveiled the all new 2025 Mustang GTD on Thursday to the delight of car enthusiasts.
"This truly the most audacious and advanced Mustang ever," Ford Product Development Chief Jim Bombick told WWJ auto beat reporter Jeff Gilbert. "Limited edition, street-legal performance car designed in parallel with the Mustang GT3 race car and ready to take on the world's best European performance cars."
Thundering in at more than 800 horsepower -- up from the GT500’s 760 horsepower—and redline at 7500 rpm, the GTD features an impressive 5.2L V8 engine with 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. The "Suped up 'Stang" also boasts active aerodynamic features that are illegal for the Mustang GT3 to be outfitted with in the series that Ford is set to participate in in 2024.
"The target for the Mustang GTD project was clear," Chief Engineer Greg Goodall said. "Go much, much faster than we've ever gone before with a targeted sub-seven minute Nürburgring — that makes it the fastest road-going Mustang ever from Ford."
That performance and power is achieved through a lightweight carbon fiber driveshaft connected to an 8-speed rear transaxle, for near 50/50 weight distribution, Ford stated.
Gilbert reported that the Blue Oval designed the GTD as the street version of the GT3 that Ford will race at Le Mans. The GTD is outfitted with carbon fiber body panels to reduce weights, lower center of gravity and improve responsiveness. The company also makes magnesium wheels available on the Mustang, which combines weight and durability for "track-ready capabilities."
As reported by Car and Driver, the body of the GTD is wide with aggressive fender sculpting, improved proportions and afour-inch wider track.
"[It makes] the Shelby GT500...look like Danny DeVito to the GTD's Arnold Schwarzenegger," Editor-and-Chief Tony Quiroga said of the car.
The GTD is designed to take on the best track cars in the world, Gilbert report, but it will also take on your pocket book as one will set buyers back about $300,000 -- that is, if you can get your hands on one.
The GTD will begin production at the company's Flat Rock, Michigan plant next year in very limited numbers -- Ford plans to make only 1,000 and 2,000 vehicles.
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