- Applications to order the upcoming 2025 Ford Mustang GTD have opened, with Ford increasing the estimated starting price to $325,000.
- North American production is expected to start in late 2024 or early 2025.
- You can apply to purchase the GTD between now and May 20, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EST when the application window will close.
Haven’t you heard the old adage “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”? That statement certainly rings true if you’re interested in buying Ford’s new Mustang GTD.
Even if you can afford the estimated $325,000 starting price, Ford won’t just let you walk into your local dealership and pick one up off the lot. You’ll need to properly supplicate through an application process, with each order individually vetted before approval.
This isn’t a new practice for Ford—the manufacturer used a similar process for the rebirth of the GT supercar in 2016. The Mustang GTD’s application starts out as you might expect, with Ford collecting your name, address, and contact information. After that, things get a little more interesting, with the automaker inquiring about your relationship with the brand. Do you own a Ford? How about a Lincoln? Are you involved in the motorsports world? Would you consider yourself a car collector?
After you’ve confirmed to Ford that, perhaps, you own nothing but Fords and Lincolns and plenty of each, the application turns serious. The automaker asks that you provide a video—60 seconds or less—explaining why you would be a good Mustang GTD owner. The implication is that, much like when it sold the GT, Ford wants owners who will actually drive the damn thing. Ford isn’t spending all this money to have stuffy collectors lock the GTD away in a temperature-controlled vault. What Ford wants, apparently, is to hear owners thrashing the supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 engine on tracks and back roads around the country.
North American production is expected to start in late 2024 or early 2025. The application is open now and runs until May 20, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EST. You can find the application here. Good luck.
Jack Fitzgerald’s love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1.
After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn’t afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.