Key Takeaways
- Ford is serious about a four-door Mustang and has already shared images with dealers.
- Dealers also saw an off-road-ready Baja-style Mustang plus a high-performance GT Convertible without the Shelby badge.
- Ford CEO Jim Farley is adamant on expanding the Mustang lineup while preserving its essence.
Ford CEO Jim Farley teased back in May that a four-door Mustang was a possibility, but it appears that the Blue Oval brand is more serious about the idea than we thought. In fact, the automaker has already shown the so-called Mustang sedan to dealers who attended a meeting in Las Vegas this week, along with other future Ford products in the pipeline, Automotive News reports.
The dealers, who chose to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, saw various representations of the four-door Mustang, such as physical mock-ups, photos, and digital renderings. However, the confidential images were not shared with the publication as the attendees were asked to surrender their phones at the start of the meeting.
More Mustang Variants Coming
Reports of a four-door Mustang go as far back as 2018, but this is the first time we have heard about a concrete movement on the product. Two of the dealer sources told Automotive News that the four-door model will be called the Mach 4. Meanwhile, an off-road-ready, Baja-style Mustang was also showcased – lifted with special tires, which we imagine being Ford’s version of the Porsche 911 Dakar.
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a “Mustang Raptor,” with reports from last year claiming it will arrive as early as 2026. Other Mustang variants shown to dealers include an RTR-modified EcoBoost version, claimed to be sold at around $40,000. A high-performance GT Convertible with manual transmission was also shown, a la Shelby GT350 or GT500 but without the Shelby branding, according to the dealers.
Future Ford Products Also Shown
It has been established that Farley is keen on expanding the Mustang lineup, but has been adamant on preserving its name. “We will never build a Mustang that isn’t a Mustang,” Farley commented before, and that means that no fully electric Mustang is in the pipeline and the V8 will live on for “as long as God and the politicians let us.”
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Apart from future Mustang variants, the dealers also said that a compact van based on the Maverick is coming, with a physical prototype pushed on and off the stage. It will be a replacement for the discontinued Transit Connect. Ford’s low cost EV platform was also detailed in the meeting, with renderings of sedan, crossover, and pickup body styles shown to the dealers, giving them an idea of what’s possible with the automaker’s Chinese EV contender.
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Automotive News