{"id":36736,"date":"2026-09-29T09:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36736"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:10:52","slug":"pushing-the-envelope-in-the-ford-mustang-dark-horse-sc-payne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/pushing-the-envelope-in-the-ford-mustang-dark-horse-sc-payne","title":{"rendered":"Pushing the envelope in the Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC | Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonoma,<\/p>\n

Sonoma, California – The 2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC starts at over $100k and is aimed at the Mustang-AMG GT and Porsche 911.<\/em><\/div>\n

Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n

Napa Valley, California<\/em> \u2014 On twisty, tight Sage Canyon Road, the Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC (for supercharged) is a revelation. With a 795-horsepower, supercharged-V8 boat anchor up front hauling over two tons of mass, my tester should be a heaving, understeering mess turning my hair white.<\/p>\n

Instead, I am defying physics.<\/p>\n

With magnetic shocks mapping the road, the beast stuck like glue through a series of ess turns. The Predator V-8 devoured straight stretches before massive, 16-inch rotors brought the Ford back to earth, its quad exhaust pipes spitting fire as the cat-quick seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox downshifted from 4th<\/sup> to 2nd<\/sup>. Back to throttle. Remarkable.<\/p>\n

Merriam Webster\u2019s defines \u201cdark horse\u201d as a \u201cusually little known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonoma, California – The 2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC starts at over $100k and is aimed at the Mustang-AMG GT and Porsche 911. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Napa Valley, California \u2014 On twisty, tight Sage Canyon Road, the Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC (for supercharged) is a revelation. With a 795-horsepower, supercharged-V8 boat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36737,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36736\/revisions\/36737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}