People Laughed At The Mustang GTD’s Price, Then Bought Hundreds Anyway
- Mustang GTD buyers spent supercar money and still wanted more.
- GTD production isn’t capped but only confirmed through 2026.
- Track-ready GTD uses 815 hp V8, aero, and race-tuned suspension.
For a car that shares its name with a muscle coupe often found at your local rental counter, the Mustang GTD has managed to stir up reactions that range from disbelief to admiration. When Ford announced that prices for the GTD would start at more than $325,000, and that a few well-chosen options could lift that figure above $400,000, many were quick to scoff.
The question practically wrote itself: why would anyone pay over $325,000 more for a Mustang when they could walk into a Porsche dealership and drive out in a 911 GT3 RS, or pick up a Ferrari 296 GTB for roughly the same amount?
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As it turns out, there are plenty of Americans willing to part ways with big chunks of cash to get behind the wheel of Ford’s race-bred machine. According to data highlighted by Carbuzz in Ford’s latest release, 231 units of the Mustang GTD were delivered through the first 11 months of 2025.
Limited Numbers with Serious Demand
In the grand scheme of things, that’s a tiny number, especially compared to the more than 40,000 other versions of the Mustang that have found new homes this year. Still, for a car as uncompromising and expensive as the GTD, and one that lacks the brand cachet of traditional exotics, it’s a solid result.
Curiously, Ford isn’t restricting production of the Mustang GTD to a certain number of cars and has committed to producing it for at least the 2025 and 2026 model years, and perhaps even longer. In the lead-up to the car’s launch, Ford revealed it had secured more than 7,500 expressions of interest for the GTD in the US. Clearly, there are enough people out there who believe a Mustang can be worth supercar money.
On track, the car is undeniably impressive. Last year, one GTD lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 6:52.072, and while that’s about 3 seconds slower than the GT3 RS, it’s still seriously rapid. Helping out the exotic pony car is a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 with 815 hp and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque.
Ford’s Total Sales
Meanwhile, looking at Ford’s overall picture, total U.S. deliveries through the first 11 months of 2025 hit 1,999,417 vehicles. Among those, combustion-powered models saw a modest gain, with sales rising 5.2 percent year-over-year from 1.69 million to 1.71 million units.
EV sales, on the other hand, declined by 7.3 percent, slipping from 172,919 to 160,273 units. Some of that dip was offset by strong performance in the hybrid segment, which rose 19.4 percent from 172,919 to 206,497 units.
Several individual nameplates helped carry Ford’s numbers upward. The F-Series remained the clear backbone of the brand, moving 749,471 units year-to-date, up 9.3 percent over the same period last year. The Maverick also continued to outperform expectations, with a jump of 11.9 percent to 141,873 units, driven by demand for compact, fuel-efficient pickups.
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The Bronco saw a strong resurgence as well, rising 36.2 percent to 132,216 units compared to 97,105 last year. Meanwhile, the Explorer added a solid 11.5 percent in year-over-year growth. In contrast, the now discontinued Escape compact SUV slid 0.8 percent overall, and fell sharply in November alone, down nearly 32 percent.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E showed mixed signals. While full-year sales were up 6.7 percent, November numbers dropped by nearly half, falling 49.2 percent compared to the same month in 2024, no doubt hurt by the discontinuation of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.
John Halas contributed to this story.
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