Sunday night time, Ford auctioned the primary 2024 Mustang Darkish Horse (or extra exactly, the automotive with VIN 001) for charity on the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale public sale. And the profitable bid was $350,000. All of these proceeds are headed to JDRF to fund kind 1 diabetes analysis.
Whereas the Darkish Horse has a a lot greater retail worth than extra widespread, much less intense Mustang trims, that is not the case relating to the primary instance. Final yr, and for a similar charity, the primary of this Mustang era bought for $565,000. We suppose there’s extra worth to collectors in having the primary of a complete line, than simply the primary of a particular mannequin. And $350,000 remains to be an enormous premium over the common value of a Darkish Horse, which has a base worth of simply over $61,000.
This primary instance comes well-equipped. It will get a guide transmission (not the non-compulsory 10-speed automated), painted stripes, Recaro seats and the Dealing with Package deal. These had been all predetermined by Ford. If you are going to construct the primary of a sports activities mannequin, you may as properly give it the sportiest options.
Our expertise has actually confirmed that the Darkish Horse is essentially the most critical performer of the Mustang line. We additionally extremely approve of the guide, seats and Dealing with Package deal upgrades that Ford’s together with on this instance. It isn’t fairly as radical a metamorphosis as, say, the GT350 and GT500 had been, however a superb machine nonetheless.
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