If you are lucky enough to have a lot money available, now is the time to claim your Mustang GTD. Or rather, now’s the time to ask Ford if you can buy one. The application process for the wildest street legal stud of them all is now underway.
Even with its hefty $300,000 price tag, we suspect Ford will sell the entire production run. Official figures have not been released, but estimates speak of around 1,000 vehicles.
As for the application process, the only official word we have from Ford is that it’s now open to the US and Canada. The Mustang GTD website still has a button to click for information, and we think it will be similar to the Ford GT process. Unofficially, we’re hearing on online forums that Ford wants GTDs in the hands of people who will actually drive them. Whether that’s ultimately the case, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Driving the GTD should be quite an experience. This road-going version of the Mustang GT3 race car features a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 engine producing over 800 horsepower. It goes to the rear of the car where an eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle is installed, bringing the Mustang closer to a 50/50 weight distribution. The car rides on an adjustable semi-active pushrod suspension and has carbon fiber bodywork, a gigantic rear wing, big sticky tires and air vents galore – everything you want in a car legal road racing.
The Mustang GTD will be a limited production vehicle, but it will not be exclusive to North America. Ford says the application process will open for Europe, the Middle East and Mexico in June. That suggests specific production targets for those regions, but for now, Ford isn’t talking numbers.
The new GTD arrives on the occasion of the Mustang’s 60th anniversary. The first generation car debuted on April 17, 1964 at the New York World’s Fair. It created the pony car segment, selling more than a million units in its first three model years.
