Ford Mustang GTD heads to Europe for testing previous to Le Mans

The brand new Mustang GTD was cast to be the weapon with which Ford intends to beat worldwide street racing. On the hunt to raise its high-performance pony automotive, Ford is taking the GTD on a European tour to coincide with its debut on the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 21. To commemorate all of it, Ford is kicking off a brand new digital collection that paperwork the GTD’s growth. The CGI pictures comprising the gallery above are the primary elements of that on-line narrative. 

“These pictures and movies present high-performance gear in ways in which match the high-performance nature of the Mustang GTD,” Ford’s announcement mentioned. They are going to be launched through varied social media channels, together with YouTube and TikTok, suggesting that the marketing campaign will doubtless progress past nonetheless CGI pictures to video content material. 

“We’ve examined the Mustang GTD in North America extensively, together with laps at Sebring Worldwide Raceway and Virginia Worldwide Raceway. This has all been in service of engineering a automotive that may lap the Nürburgring in beneath seven minutes,” mentioned Mustang GTD Chief Program Engineer Greg Goodall. “Transferring onto European roads and devoted check periods on the Nürburgring is the subsequent step, forward of a timed run later this 12 months.”

And by later this 12 months, Goodall means This autumn, following the GTD’s appearances on the 24 Hours of Spa and the Goodwood Competition of Velocity. Ford’s hype engine is coming on-line simply in time for European prospects to start out requesting reservations for the GTD; particulars of which might be to observe in June. Greater than 7,500 prospects raised their arms for allocations of 2025 and 2026 GTDs; how European fans will reply to the chance stays to be seen.