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The Ridiculous Engineering That Turned A Regular Ford Mustang Into An 815 Horsepower Track Monster Called The ‘GTD’

The Ridiculous Engineering That Turned A Regular Ford Mustang Into An 815 Horsepower Track Monster Called The ‘GTD’

The two complaints I hear most about the $330,000 Ford Mustang GTD are: 1. “That’s barely even a Mustang” and 2. “Why would you spend that much money on a Mustang?” It seems the world has strong opinions on Ford’s 815 horsepower Nürburgring slayer but can’t decide if it’s too little Mustang or too much. I had a chance to drive the …

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The Latest Mustang GTD Ditches Paint for Pure Carbon

The Latest Mustang GTD Ditches Paint for Pure Carbon

The Ford Mustang GTD is the most radical version of the model we have ever seen, and the Blue Oval has somehow taken it even further. The automaker has unveiled the GTD Liquid Carbon that passes on a coat of paint for a completely exposed carbon-fiber body. The car is about 13 pounds lighter than the GTD Carbon Series with …

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How Much Carbon Fiber Is Too Much Carbon Fiber? I Don’t Know, But Here’s The New Ford Mustang GTD ‘Liquid Carbon’

How Much Carbon Fiber Is Too Much Carbon Fiber? I Don’t Know, But Here’s The New Ford Mustang GTD ‘Liquid Carbon’

In the context of the Ford Mustang GTD, a carbon fiber aesthetics package is clinically uninteresting. I mean, this is a street-legal racecar made by Multimatic; it has an inboard rear suspension that you can see through plexiglass; it has a ridiculous 815-horsepower, supercharged 5.2-liter V8; it can lap the Nürburgring in well under 7 minutes; its wing is enormous … …

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Jay Leno shows up uninvited to car meet in his brand new Ford Mustang GTD that Ford’s CEO gave him – Supercar Blondie

Jay Leno shows up uninvited to car meet in his brand new Ford Mustang GTD that Ford’s CEO gave him – Supercar Blondie

Talk about main character energy. Jay Leno just rolled into a Toyota Supra meet in his brand-new Ford Mustang GTD, turning every head in the joint. He wasn’t invited, but he didn’t need to be. When Ford’s CEO hand-delivers you an 815-horsepower street-legal race car, you can crash any meet you want. He lingered just long enough for everyone to …

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