When one of the most indelible names etched in American muscle car history accomplishes something phenomenal in the global performance theater, the competition can only stand by and applaud. Find out how unbridled Detroit ingenuity once again raised the bar with the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD.
Ultimate Performance Unleashed: The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD
A Supercharged Business End
Ford’s famous V8 steed has always been associated with muscly performers in the sports car arena, but this 2025 GTD version went next level in more ways than one! A high-performance lineage that includes the Ford GT and GT3 provided a race-tested backbone for the 2025 GTD, and Ford’s success with the GT3 in the North American IMSA SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona class led to the new Mustang’s GTD distinction.
An upgraded 5.0-liter V8 Coyote with 500 horsepower in the GT3 helped inspire the Mustang GTD’s new supercharged 5.2-liter V8 powerhouse, which flexes 815 horsepower and a scorching 664 pound-feet of torque!
Geared for Success
Although the six-speed TREMEC manual transmission has performed admirably in the GT3, the vision for the 2025 Mustang GTD included recognition as a player in supercar conversations. Again leaning on proven F1 technology, Ford chose an elaborate dual-clutch rear-transaxle setup connected by a carbon fiber shaft and controlled by handy paddle shifters. The rear proximity of the gearbox champions optimal weight distribution.
Ford Ambition, Multimatic Brilliance
Ford and the venerable Multimatic combined to engineer a custom, one-of-a-kind suspension that, as we’ll soon see, is truly capable of historical precedence.
Multimatic’s intuitive DSSV system adapts in milliseconds to apply and decrease downforce through extended straights and twisting turns. The resulting drag-reduction system firmly places the Mustang GTD in world-class adaptive suspension and aerodynamic territory. The fruit of the labor can be viewed through a dedicated window in front of the rear wing.
Mustang GTD: First EVER!
If you’re unfamiliar with the daunting Nürburgring racecourse in Germany, it’s a barometer of performance wherewithal and a storied place where standards are set. Ford CEO Jim Farley rattled cages with a sub-seven-minute trip around Nürburgring prediction for the GTD, and not many outside of the Ford contingent expected such to unfold. But in true dramatic Ford fashion, the automotive world once again witnessed Detroit capability competing at the apex level of automotive performance.
The Mustang GTD reeled off a record-setting 6:57:6 lap over the 12.9-mile course, making the GTD the first American car to finish under seven minutes, and the first production car to achieve this renowned measure of performance excellence.
In tradition with other GT models, production of this highly collectible driving machine will be limited to approximately 1,900 units. For more information, contact us today at Fernelius Ford, located in Cheboygan, MI.
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