The Mustang GTD is a high-performance and limited-edition supercar by Ford and the Dearborn-based carmaker has just released info and some photographs.

With an expected price tag of around $300 000, the Ford Mustang GTD is not going to be cheap or accessible. Right now we have no confirmation of the newcomer being sold in South Africa, or if right-hand production is on the table.

But, what a machine the Mustang GTD is shaping up to be. Essentially a road-legal version of the Mustang GT3 that’ll be racing in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024 and will sit at the pinnacle of the Mustang family.

The ambitions are lofty and Ford has the goal of taking on all of Europe’s fastest and finest sports cars and that means a Nurburgring laptime attempt. Ford has said it’s targeting a sub-7 minute run around the famed Nordschleife.

Ford is going all out with the Mustang GTD, with a unique supercharged 5.2-litre V8 with dry sump oil and dual air inlets. The manufacturer says it will have a red line of over 7 500 rpm and develop around 800 hp (596 kW). Straight line performance is one thing, but the Mustang GTD has to stop and go around corners.

For the latter, there’s an advanced semi-active suspension and a motorsport-inspired tubular subframe. At each corner are 20-inch forged aluminium wheels with 345 mm rubber at the rear. On the front axle are 325 mm tyres with Brembo carbon ceramic brakes. Some trick aerodynamics round off the extreme package.

Ford is yet to release any photographs of the cabin, but inside there’ll be Recaro sports seats, 3D-printed paddle gearshifters, rotary dial shifter and a cool touch is the serial plate from a F-22 fighter jet. The rear seats have been removed to save weight and there’s extensive use of leather, suede and carbon fibre.

“Mustang GTD shatters every preconceived notion of a supercar,” Ford chief executive Jim Farley said. “This is a new approach for us. We didn’t engineer a road car for the track, we created a race car for the road. Mustang GTD takes racing technology from our Mustang GT3 race car, wraps it in a carbon fibre Mustang body and unleashes it for the street.”    

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