The Ford Mustang GTD has defeated his previous Nürburgring-Ronde-Tijd and confirmed his position as the fastest American car and the fifth fastest production car around the legendary German track.
The Mustang GTD-one road registrar, track-oriented version of the legendary ponyauto run a significant 5.5 seconds of his previous best, with a 6: 52.071 time about the layout of 20.8 km Nordschleife.
In terms of production cars, only the Mercedes-AMG One (6: 29.090), Porsche 911 GT2 RS with Manthey Performance Kit (6: 43.300), Mercedes-AMG Black Series (6: 29.090) and Porsche 911 GT3 RS (6: 49.328).
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In the faster round time, the Ford De Porsche 911 GT3 jumped with Manthey Performance Kit to officially become the fourth fastest production car around the ‘Ring.
The car manufacturer said that the faster round courtesy came from a re -calibrated powertrain, stiffer chassis, displayed ABS and traction control settings, as well as small body changes to refine the AERO package of the GTD.
There was also time left on the table for the second run of Mustang GTD, given the efforts during the visit to the Circuit 2024 were hindered by changing the weather conditions that the Ford Factory Driver Dirk Muller limited.
The Nürburgring Nordschleife, located in the Eifel Mountains, is used worldwide by car manufacturers to develop vehicles, the impressive length more than triple the distance around Mount Panorama, Bathurst, in Australia.
The wide range of the German circuit of different corner types over the wavy layout serves a real test for vehicle dynamics, punishing vehicle brakes, control, suspension and tires.
Unveiled at the beginning of 2024, the GT3-inspired Mustang GTD made his racing debut during the 24-hour Le Mans last year and achieved his first victory over the Rolex 24 on Daytona Endurance Race in January 2025.
The production of the road cars of the Mustang GTD will start in the middle of 2025, because the American showrooms touches around $ US300,000 ($ A465,000).
Ford has confirmed that the GTD will only be made in the left drive and will therefore not be sold in Australia.
The Ford Mustang was the most popular sports car in 2016 to 2022, overtaken by the Subaru BRZ in 2023 and relegated to the third after the BMW 2 series had overthrown the BRZ in 2024.
