Ford Mustang GTD Curb Weight Revealed: 4343lbs

Link to thread on Mustang7G.

Update: link to official doc on EPA’s website, page 14

Here's a quick list of curb weights for reference:

• S650 Mustang GT: 3827lbs (6MT) / 3832lbs (10AT)

• S650 Dark Horse: 3949lbs (6MT) / 3992lbs (10AT)

• S550 GT500: 4225lbs (7AT)

• C8 Z06: 3647lbs (8AT)

• C8 ZR1: 3900lbs (8AT, est.)**

• IMSA Ford Mustang GT3: ~2900lbs (using IMSA BoP GT3 bulletins for Daytona and VIR; dry, no fuel/driver)

**Only official ZR1 figures are dry weight of 3670lbs

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Things I'd like to mention:

• For the people who referenced the looks of the GTD, relating it to Ford's own GT3 car, thinking this was going to be a GT-class-car-turned-road-vehicle, no. Leading the project, Larry Holt, of Multimatic, has gone on record to stress that this starts off with the production S650 chassis. Making the GTD look like the GT3 was an excellent move on Ford's part, because 1) it just looks good, and 2) it causes people to think it's a literal road-going racecar.

• The S650 starts off porky. When you add huge tires, brakes, cooling, beefed-up pushrod suspension, active aero, transaxle gearbox, and a Predator-based [assuming] supercharged V8, all on top of a "pedestrian" steel chassis, it was destined to be over 4000lbs, despite the heavy use of carbon fiber body panels and magnesium wheels.

Not that anyone asked, but I still think it's great that this car exists, even with its unobtanium pricetag. I know that people rationalize against its lack of value when citing other obvious examples (eg latest C8 variants, GT3 RS, etc), and that's likely a combination of this being a stupidly-priced Mustang and Ford brashfully throwing down a gauntlet challenging other manufacturers, but I'd rather this thing exist than not at all.

As a layman, I hope that Ford has something in the pipeline for a GTD-lite, with the styling and spirit of the GTD in something more sensibly-priced.