Is Ford about to disclose a Chevrolet Corvette rival?

Ford is gearing as much as tackle the mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette, in line with a brand new report from the USA.

GM Authority stories a brand new Mustang supercar, full with the engine within the center as is the case within the newest Chevrolet Corvette, shall be revealed on Thursday at Monterey Automobile Week in California.

The publication stories a “choose group of individuals” have been proven the automotive already.

As was the case with the Ford GT supercar, the mid-engine Mustang will reportedly be constructed by Canadian motorsport specialists Multimatic.

What is going to energy the reported Mustang supercar hasn’t been confirmed.

Ford has flirted with the thought of a mid-engine Mustang as soon as earlier than, with the four-cylinder Mustang 1 idea.

Extra not too long ago, the thought of a brand new Ford flagship has been confirmed… after which shut down quite a few occasions in American media.

Logos for the Thunderbird title had been filed in Could 2022, sparking rumours Ford was engaged on a grand tourer to take a seat atop the vary the place the mid-engine GT as soon as sat.

Ford Authority stories the Blue Oval model has been spied benchmarking a C8 Corvette Stingray, initially speculating it was benchmarking it towards the Shelby GT500.

The primary Thunderbird was conceived as a response to the primary Corvette, arriving two years later and in addition that includes a convertible physique with two seats. It ended up outselling the Chevy.

However extra not too long ago, chairman Invoice Ford Jr has mentioned the Mustang is all of the sports activities automotive Ford wants.

“Why are you not constructing a sports activities automotive just like Corvette?” Ford Jr. mentioned, as reported by Ford Authority.

“Are you kidding? We have now the Mustang, which I feel is by far the very best sports activities automotive in America and admittedly, the world now. It’s reasonably priced. It’s quicker than all get out. And it’s about nearly as good as you possibly can presumably get,” he mentioned.

“And we’re going racing with Mustang. For the fanatics, we’ve an EcoBoost Mustang, we now have an electrical Mustang within the Mach-E, and we’ve our all-new five-litre Mustang Darkish Horse, which we simply launched.

“And we’ve extra coming. So, I wouldn’t commerce our sports activities automotive for anyone else’s, let’s put it that means.”