Redesign Ford Mustang 2024 has been designed to compete in races around the globe, including in the popular Australian touring car series known as the Supercar.
On Thursday, Ford revealed the new Mustang GT Supercars race car that will compete from 2023 under the new Gen3 era, and series veteran Dick Johnson helped showcase the car by taking it for a spin on Mount Panorama, home of the Bathurst 1000.
Gen3 race cars are more closely aligned with their road counterparts than before, with the Mustang GT Supercars sporting the same 5.0-liter V-8 as the road car, albeit with modifications. to increase the capacity to more than 600 horsepower. However, this model still uses a custom chassis designed to fit the body similar to the production models. Confronting the Mustang will be a Chevrolet Camaro racing car.
Once the exclusive domain of Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon, the series, formerly known as the V8 Supercar, saw the sixth generation Mustang replace the Falcon in 2019. Commodore will be replaced by Camaro with the arrival of the Gen3 vehicle next year. .
In addition to the Supercars line-up, the new seventh-generation Mustang will also enter NASCAR and NHRA competitions, as well as global GT3 and GT4 competitions. The the appearance of the car GT3-spec will see Mustang compete in the GT classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Champion. The latter means there will be a Le Mans 24-hour Mustang race for the first time since 1997.
The redesigned Mustang was first introduced in September at the 2022 Detroit auto show. It will arrive in dealerships mid-2023, initially in the base and GT levels, as well as a new race-focused track. enter Dark Horse Class. The Dark Horse class will also spawn its own race car that Ford can create a unique series of.
