Mustang accelerates Ford’s global icon strategy. Here’s how

Posted by Talbot Payne on April 24, 2026

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD hits speeds upwards of 180 mph on its Nürburgring lap.

The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD hits speeds upwards of 180 mph on its Nürburgring lap.

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Ford announced this week that the Mustang Dark Horse SC makes a staggering 795 horsepower — eclipsing its predecessor, the 2023 Mustang Shelby GT500, by 35 ponies.

But horsepower isn’t the only thing rising in Mustang’s lineup.

At $108,485, the supercharged V-8 Dark Horse SC is well above the $81K ($94K inflation-adjusted) Shelby GT500 when it retired in 2022, much less the entry-level, turbo-4-cylinder, $34K Ecoboost model. And the Dark Horse SC is well shy of the range-topping, estimated-$328,000 Mustang GTD supercar that boasts 815 horsepower.

The massive expansion of the Mustang lineup for its seventh-generation pony car is driven by Ford’s icon strategy, which prioritizes passion products including Mustang, F-series pickups and Bronco SUVs. Indeed, the ‘Stang production lineup’s $300,000-plus price spread dwarfs that of luxury German performance automakers like BMW, with a sedan lineup that ranges from the $43,550 2-series sedan to the $126,850 M5 track beast. That’s a mere $83K price spread.

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