The Ford Mustang Thread

The ‘FX’ cosmetic package for the Ford Mustang GT is pure ‘80s vibes

Inspired by the Fox Body, it gets Oxford White accents and tartan upholstery

Ford is rolling back the decades with this styling pack for the Mustang GT, which incorporates various elements reminiscent of the Fox Body generation from the Eighties. It’s as retro as a slightly worn pair of Nike Blazers, we reckon. Which is very.

Christened the ‘FX’ package, the grille nostrils, badging and reimagined split-spoke 19in alloys are all painted in ‘Oxford White’. Ford will also recast the taillights in white if you want, and offer this original Fox Body shade of ‘Adriatic Blue Metallic’ across the Mustang lineup.

The only substantial change inside will be tartan inserts for the perforated leather seats. It means the usual bits - 13.2in touchscreen, 12.4in driver’s display, 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen speaker system, etc - will all still hang around.
No technical changes to report either, so the 5.0-litre ‘Coyote’ V8 should still send 440bhp/398lb ft to the rear axle. That’s 0-62mph in 5.3s for the six-speed manual, and a few tenths knocked off in the 10-speed auto. Other noteworthy items include a limited-slip diff and an active valve exhaust as standard.

 
Unleashing the thrill: experience the V8 Ford Mustang Dark Horse's performance and design

Left in automatic, the gearbox provides smooth changes although there’s no hard thumping your body into the seat through the first three gears as perhaps you would expect.

Still, it’s no slouch with our colleagues at Car Magazine recording a 0-100km/h time of 4.49 seconds.

Using the paddles, the Dark Horse provides a more engaging drive when heading towards the red line, allowing you to shift up and down with the exhaust providing extra blips and bangs.

Dial it down and the American muscle car becomes a fully-fledged GT car.

It will comfortably take you to your destination with heated or ventilated seats cruising in 10th gear with no exhaust rumble to distract you from listening to music on the B&O Sound System.

With naturally aspirated V8 engines becoming ever more scarce, the Ford Mustang and especially the Dark Horse stand out as beacons of hope.

At R1 523 500 its dynamic handling, thundering grin-inducing exhaust notes, iconic history, and the smile it puts on people's faces, is reason enough to want one.

 
Be afraid: someone’s given the Ford Mustang Dark Horse a whopping 788bhp

Clive Sutton decides what Ford’s pony car needs is 76 per cent more power

Somebody out there has decided that the Ford Mustang Dark Horse – an already very powerful V8 performance car – is woefully underpowered. Weedy. Scrawny. Less pony car, more puny car.

That somebody has therefore given it a large injection of ‘watch this!’ to create what thine eyes have glazed over. It’s officially called the CS800DH, and it is the work of London-based car specialist Clive Sutton.

You know the name. That’s the chap responsible for any number of wildly overpowered Mustangs, and this one’s no different. Chiefly because Mr Sutton has fitted a giant 3.0-litre Whipple supercharger to the Dark Horse’s 5.0-litre V8 and turned everything up to 11.

Power leaps tall buildings in a single bound, up from 447bhp to 788bhp – a 76 per cent increase for goodness sake! – while torque jumps up 61 per cent to 642lb ft. Naturally there’s a custom Borla cat-back exhaust to unleash Full Supercharged V8 Noise, along with a short-shifter for the manual gearbox, and lower, stiffer MagneRide suspension.

 
Watch: F1 World Champion Max Verstappen Takes the Ford Mustang GTD on Track

F1 World Champion Max Verstappen goes on track with the most hardcore Ford Mustang to date, the GTD. Watch the video below…

Four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen has traded his Red Bull F1 car for Ford’s most hardcore Mustang to date, the GTD, for a bit of on-track fun in the south of France – staying calm and collected over each lap while answering an array of questions fielded to him by Chris Harris.

The 27-year-old F1 driver also provided some insight into racing and, of course, driving. Verstappen also gave his first impressions on the Mustang GTD. However, the GTD isn’t the only Blue Oval featured in this film. Before driving the pinnacle Mustang, the duo gets behind the wheel of one of Ford’s most iconic models, the RS200.

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Watch: F1 World Champion Max Verstappen Takes the Ford Mustang GTD on Track

F1 World Champion Max Verstappen goes on track with the most hardcore Ford Mustang to date, the GTD. Watch the video below...
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