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Right now, the world’s best-selling sports car, which just turned 60 earlier this month, is a $31 to $300k affair! The low figure is not surprising for the Ford Mustang pony car, of course, but the other one is, right?
At home in America, the 315-hp EcoBoost Fastback starts from as low as $30,920 and then surges to $39k when selecting the Convertible version. If you want to upgrade from pony to muscle car it’s the GT Fastback from $42k with “soul-stirring performance” and up to 486 hp thanks to the legendary 5.0-liter Coyote V8. A small notch above it resides the Dark Horse version with 500 hp and prices to match - $58,185 and $62,180 for the Premium variant, both only available as Fastback models.
However, historically, the Fastback and Convertible models weren’t the only ones offered – the original Ford Mustang was also available with a two-door hardtop body style, aka the Ford Mustang Notchback. Well, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has decided that Ford could bring back the format and thus ‘lower’ the price of the most expensive OEM Mustang to date – the Mustang GTD, which is available with the supercharged 5.2-liter V8 and a target of more than 800 horsepower for no less than $300k.
Jim, a virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm; now he dreams of a Mustang Notchback with all the GTD elements and a target price of $275k. Of course, he was joking when he said his imagined notchback GTD would undercut the fastback GTD’s $300k asking price. However, selling the Mustang with a notchback body style could be a wise idea, especially now that it turned 60 and the few gifts for the anniversary included a 1,965-unit special edition bundled with the Anniversary package.
If they brought back the notchback style, they could easily introduce additional model variants, even more powerful than the Dark Horse, which could easily bridge the 500 to 800-hp and $62 to $300k gap. Interestingly, Ford has remained mum about potential Shelby options for the 2025 model year. So, perhaps they are waiting for the official market release of the GTD and then will put the red carpet’s spotlight on the upcoming GT350 and GT500 generations based on the S650 Mustang.
So, what do you think? Should Ford bring back the notchback body style to the market and honor the first-generation legacy? If they do, would it be okay to switch the logic and make it exclusive to the higher-powered and more expensive Shelby variants to further set them apart from the EcoBoost, GT, and Dark Horse models?
However, historically, the Fastback and Convertible models weren’t the only ones offered – the original Ford Mustang was also available with a two-door hardtop body style, aka the Ford Mustang Notchback. Well, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has decided that Ford could bring back the format and thus ‘lower’ the price of the most expensive OEM Mustang to date – the Mustang GTD, which is available with the supercharged 5.2-liter V8 and a target of more than 800 horsepower for no less than $300k.
Jim, a virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm; now he dreams of a Mustang Notchback with all the GTD elements and a target price of $275k. Of course, he was joking when he said his imagined notchback GTD would undercut the fastback GTD’s $300k asking price. However, selling the Mustang with a notchback body style could be a wise idea, especially now that it turned 60 and the few gifts for the anniversary included a 1,965-unit special edition bundled with the Anniversary package.
If they brought back the notchback style, they could easily introduce additional model variants, even more powerful than the Dark Horse, which could easily bridge the 500 to 800-hp and $62 to $300k gap. Interestingly, Ford has remained mum about potential Shelby options for the 2025 model year. So, perhaps they are waiting for the official market release of the GTD and then will put the red carpet’s spotlight on the upcoming GT350 and GT500 generations based on the S650 Mustang.
So, what do you think? Should Ford bring back the notchback body style to the market and honor the first-generation legacy? If they do, would it be okay to switch the logic and make it exclusive to the higher-powered and more expensive Shelby variants to further set them apart from the EcoBoost, GT, and Dark Horse models?
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