Rumor: Mid-Engine Mustang to be Revealed Soon

[E365]

This is kinda out of nowhere. Ford Authority reports a mid-engine Mustang with be revealed THIS WEEK.

Allegedly built by Multimatic and NOT based on the current Mustang’s S650 chassis.

https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-to-debut-mid-engine-mustang-this-thursday-exclusive/

 

[DuckRyder]

Looks like a GT to me...

 

[earlyre]

Looks like a GT to me...

because those pictures ARE of a GT..
multimatic builds the GT for ford...

we'll see tomorrow.

 

[Passport1]

Got a friend at Fomoco R&D. He snuck me a pix of the engine. Said it is an innovative hybrid. Engine can be easily converted to multi generator turbines for more performance. Runs on sunflower seeds.

We'll see tomorrow.

hamsters 101

 

[97prizm]

Isn't the Mustang supposed to become its own brand? If so this makes sense as the Corvette went mid engine.

 

[edyvw]

More pause on track because another Mustang is off-roading.

 

[KCJeep]

Nice, but can you get it in green?

 

[DuckRyder]

because those pictures ARE of a GT..

Well i guess that would explain it - Still my money is on this being the latest iteration of GT by another name.

 

[fdcg27]

Who knows?
For how many decades were we teased with mid engine Corvettes before one finally came to fruition?
My personal opinion is that Ford has far more important things to spend money on at the moment.

 

[earlyre]

https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-mustang-gtd-leaks-ahead-of-debut/

from back in march...
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2024-ford-mustang-gt3-road-car-teaser-twitter/

 

[DuckRyder]

So it appears it isn't actually mid engine... it is also not exactly attractive, but that's an opinion i suppose.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Dear Ford, repeat after me: The Mustang is not a Corvette. The Mustang is not a Corvette. The Mustang is not...

 

[earlyre]

Dear Ford, repeat after me: The Mustang is not a Corvette. The Mustang is not a Corvette. The Mustang is not...

you sound just like my brother...he's owned many (still refuses to call the Mach-E a Mustang)
'93* LX (4cyl 5sp)
98 GT (5sp)
06 GT (auto)
16 Ecoboost (auto)
at one point he had the last 3 on that list at once. ( there were a couple Challenger R/T's in there too)
now he's just down to the '98... sometimes he thinks he kept the wrong one... he should have kept the '06 instead.

*I think it was a 93... last year of the Fox body, before the sn95's came out...

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

you sound just like my brother...he's owned many (still refuses to call the Mach-E a Mustang)
'93* LX (4cyl 5sp)
98 GT (5sp)
06 GT (auto)
16 Ecoboost (auto)
at one point he had the last 3 on that list at once. ( there were a couple Challenger R/T's in there too)
now he's just down to the '98... sometimes he thinks he kept the wrong one... he should have kept the '06 instead.

*I think it was a 93... last year of the Fox body, before the sn95's came out...

I've had several as well, probably don't even remember them all. Chronological by car year for me:
84 LX notch turned into drag car
86 GT hatch
87 GT hatch, t-tops
91 GT hatch
(2) 93 GT
94 GT
96 Cobra, its claim to fame was I ran a 13.51@104 bone stock at Englishtown back in '98, the same day I met Evan Smith of MM&FF fame.

 

[PF52]

So it appears it isn't actually mid engine... it is also not exactly attractive, but that's an opinion i suppose.

If it weren't for the pony in the front grille, people would think it was a Camaro.

 

[97prizm]

Who knows?
For how many decades were we teased with mid engine Corvettes before one finally came to fruition?
My personal opinion is that Ford has far more important things to spend money on at the moment.

The crazy thing is that GM was testing a mid engine Corvette right in front of the public for four years in IMSA. They had a mid engine Corvette racecar in the LMDP class with three teams running them. Once I saw that I was certain that a mid engine Corvette was coming.

 

[demarpaint]

I read somewhere the price starts at $300K. Lots of luck with that Ford.

 

[DuckRyder]

https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/2025-ford-mustang-gtd-debuts-as-800-horsepower-supercar/

 

[UncleDave]

I guess now people will wreck them even faster?