Scorching on the heels of the Mustang GT3 race automotive that debuted on the sidelines of this month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans comes a brand new Mustang GT4.
The most recent race automotive was revealed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Spa, the spotlight of the SRO-sanctioned Intercontinental GT Problem, and is scheduled to be delivered to buyer groups in time for the 2024 motorsports season. Ford hasn’t introduced any plans to race the automotive itself.
GT4 vehicles are presently eligible to race in a number of collection within the U.S. and Europe, so there can be loads of choices for groups buying the automotive.
The Mustang GT4 is predicated on the redesigned 2024 Ford Mustang that goes on sale later this summer season, particularly the track-focused Mustang Darkish Horse. It was developed by Ford Efficiency in partnership with Multimatic.
2024 Ford Mustang GT4 race automotive
Multimatic will even provide its spectacular DSSV dampers for the automotive, and can deal with the meeting. Ford Efficiency will deal with the meeting of the powertrain, although, on this case a racing model of the 5.0-liter V-8 that delivers 500 hp within the Mustang Darkish Horse.
“We’re proud to work with so many nice companions on these race car applications,” Christian Hertrich, Ford Efficiency’s motorsports powertrain supervisor, stated in an announcement. “It’s additionally particular to have the ability to do the entire engine work for the Mustang GT4 totally in-house.”
Further specs embody a Holinger dog-ring gearbox with paddle shifters, physique panels made out of pure fibers, and an aerodynamics bundle developed to satisfy GT4 laws.
2024 Ford Mustang GT4 race automotive
Ford hasn’t stated how a lot the Mustang GT4 will price.
Mustang-derived race vehicles are already competing in Australia’s Supercars collection and the NASCAR Cup Collection and Xfinity Collection, though the NASCAR variations nonetheless put on bodywork from the outgoing sixth-generation mannequin in the interim.
Ford can also be identified to be engaged on a Mustang Darkish Horse R race automotive that would probably type the premise of a brand new one-make collection.
