The Mustang Dark Horse is the first new Mustang performance series in 21 years, featuring a premium exterior and interior styling hinting at what Ford calls, the best Mustang performance to date.
At the front, a bold, shadow graphic surrounds the darkened LED headlamps, which compliments a unique, gloss black grille with trapezoidal nostrils and Mustang Dark Horse-unique lower front bumper with high gloss ‘fangs.
Lower side skirts, Pirelli P ZERO™ tyres with staggered sizes (19x9.5-inch front and 19x10-inch rear tyres) come standard. Muscular 19-inch Tarnished Dark painted low-gloss aluminium wheels reaffirm the uncompromising performance theme. At the rear, a fixed rear wing, new race-inspired diffuser and darkened quad exhaust tips demonstrate the car’s track-focused design cues.
The heart of Mustang Dark Horse is its unique 5.0-litre Coyote V8 engine, specially modified with piston connecting rods. Mustang Dark Horse will deliver 334kW of power (6kW more than the Mustang GT) and 540Nm of torque. The engine features a dual throttle-body intake design to improve engine breathing, accentuated by the open nostrils in the front grille. Mustang Dark Horse comes standard with Ford’s advanced 10-speed automatic transmission with sport paddle shifters for fast and precise shifting – from the highway to the race circuit.
The Mustang Dark Horse provides unique chassis tuning, larger rear sway bars and heavy-duty front shocks. Stopping is courtesy of 19-inch Brembo front six piston brakes with 13.9-inch rotors. Steering response and grip are further enhanced with a new lightweight Ford Performance-designed strut tower brace and K-brace for even better handling and feedback.
A thicker, flat-bottomed steering wheel wrapped in suede and finished with Bright Indigo Blue accent stitching incorporates anodised silver paddle shifters. a 12.4-inch digital instrument cluster with customisable screens including a variety of drive modes: Normal, Sport, Slippery, Drag, Track plus a customisable setting with up to six individual profiles. Each mode features corresponding high-fidelity graphics in the digital instrument panel. The digital instrument cluster flows seamlessly into a 13.2-inch SYNC® 4 centre stack behind the same piece of integrated glass, angled towards the driver.
Pricing (includes VAT):
- Mustang Dark Horse 5.0L V8 10AT R1 500 000
The recommended Retail Price includes a 6-year/90 000km Ford Optional Service Plan, four-year/120 000km Ford warranty, four-year/unlimited distance Roadside Assistance and five-year/unlimited distance corrosion warranty. The recommended service interval is 15 000km or annually, whichever occurs first. In addition, over the counter parts (OTC) and service parts warranty (SPW) are covered for two years/unlimited distance.