Ford’s $325,000 Mustang launches in October

• Ford revealed a brand new Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon trim with a light-weight carbon fiber physique.
• The Liquid Carbon trim skips paint in favor of sheet metallic, saving 13 kilos and bettering aerodynamics.
• The Mustang GTD begins at $325,000, with the Liquid Carbon trim anticipated to reach in October.

Ford Motor Co. has revealed a brand new trim it’s going to provide on its costliest and quickest Mustang — the Mustang GTD.

The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker revealed the Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon trim on Aug. 14 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Ford selected this location for the reveal as a result of this new trim is race-inspired.

Ford spokesman Brandon Turkus mentioned the Mustang GTD has a beginning worth of $325,000. The firm isn’t sharing pricing for particular trims or choices, however the Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon trim is predicted to come back to market in October.

This Liquid Carbon trim will use light-weight carbon fiber, a know-how that performs a important function within the GTD’s physique and efficiency, the corporate mentioned in a launch. Ford famous that carbon fiber is most popular for race automobiles’ our bodies.

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The Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon “skips a trip to the paint booth” Ford mentioned by changing paint with sheet metallic within the doorways. The bonded carbon-fiber saves 13 kilos of weight in comparison with a Mustang GTD Carbon Series with the Performance package deal. This weight discount delivers higher aerodynamics.

“Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon is the ultimate expression of the Mustang GTD’s high-tech, high-performance construction and is a reminder of the race-derived, cutting-edge capability that sits beneath the surface of every Mustang GTD,” Mustang GTD Chief Program Engineer Greg Goodall mentioned in an announcement.

Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon can have an uncovered carbon physique and purposeful aerodynamics, Goodall mentioned. It incorporates a black Brembo brake caliper, matching an anodized physique with gloss-black GTD script. Anodizing is a course of that converts a metallic floor into “a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant, anodic oxide finish,” based on www.anodizing.org.

Ford mentioned the efficiency package deal can be customary on the Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon trim.

Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos author who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press. Contact Jamie at jlareau@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @jlareauan. To join our autos newsletter. Become a subscriber.