The 800 hp Ford Mustang GTD Is A $300,000 Race Car For The Road

By Gary Gastelu |

Aug 17, 2023

Ford really let the Mustang out of the barn this time.

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is a street legal take on the Mustang GT3 racing car that will be on the grid at the Daytona and Le Mans 24-hour races next year.

The two-seater shares more with the competition car than the mainline production Mustang it is based on, but the Multimatic crew who were behind the Mustang GT3 bring it to an even higher level in many ways.

The Mustang GTD is built with a carbon fiber body and an entirely re-engineered chassis that features a radical suspension system with rear inboard dampers mounted inside the trunk space.

The coupe powered by a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 with an estimated 800 hp that it sends to the rear wheels through a carbon fiber torque tube and rear eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle, the first on a roadgoing Mustang.

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That’s significantly more power than regulations allow for the Mustang GT3, which will be entered in both the WEC (World Endurance Championship) and North America’s IMSA, where the class is called GTD.

The short-long arm front suspension and multilink rear feature Multimatic’s signature spool valve dampers and can adjust the spring rate and the ride height by 40 mm (1.58 inches) between street and track modes. Its 20-inch magnesium wheels are shod in rubber that measures 325 mm wide in front and 345 in the rear, while braking is handled by carbon ceramic Brembos.

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The body styling stays close to the Mustang GT3’s, with vented front fenders and intakes in the rear fenders, but adds an active rear wing and front flaps that can modify its downforce. The Mustang GTD is also equipped with a variable traction control with a steering-wheel mounted controller.

Ford CEO Jim Farley, who is an avid racing driver, said this kind of Mustang “has been in my head for five decades” and that it is a direct competitor for similar GT3-derived models from Porsche, Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin.

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Deliveries will begin in late 2024 at a starting price around $300,000, but several upgrades — including a titanium exhaust and additional carbon fiber body panels — along with myriad personalization options will be offered, such as paint that can be customized to any color the customer wants.

As with the GT, those customers will be hand picked by Ford through an allocation process that favors brand loyalists, but full details will be released in the coming months.

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Ford said the Mustang GTD is a limited edition model, but hasn’t yet announced how many it will build.