We Finally Know The Mustang GTD’s Official Starting Price

The Ford Mustang GTD is undeniably the most superlative stallion in the company’s history, with suspension, aerodynamic, and body modifications unlike anything we’ve ever seen in a pony car. Fittingly, it comes with a rather outrageous price of more than $325,000 as well, with options pushing the car well above $400k. But while its official pricing breakdown has been shrouded in mystery, we finally know exactly how much well-heeled Mustang buyers are forking over for their GTDs, thanks to one such owner sharing their window sticker on Facebook.

It’s Either Cheaper Or More Expensive Than Expected

The price listed on the window sticker starts at $318,760, a few grand under the “around $325,000” figure Ford previously quoted. However, that number doesn’t include the mandatory $5,500 destination charge or the $3,700 gas guzzler tax, which bring the effective starting price to $327,960. The latter charge comes via the Mustang GTD’s thirsty supercharged 5.2-liter V8, which consumes fuel at a rate of 10 miles per gallon city, 17 highway, and 12 combined – numbers also found on the window sticker in question.

Kelly Aiken, the Mustang GTD owner who posted the sticker, optioned his track-ready Ford with a $10,000 exposed carbon fiber roof and $1,500 red brake calipers, bringing the total damage to $339,460. That’s a whole lot of money, but it’s not the end of the road when it comes to GTD pricing. The Carbon Series starts at $428,000, with the Spirit of America costing $1,000 more than that – presumably before destination and taxes are factored in. Both cars come equipped with the Performance package (magnesium wheels, drag-reducing rear spoiler, and more aggressive underbody aero), but it’s not clear exactly how much that kit costs on lesser GTDs.

The pricing revealed today also seems to suggest that Ford isn’t raising prices too much on the special Mustang, which undergoes final assembly at the Multimatic factory in Ontario, Canada and is theoretically subject to any import tariffs. The Mustang bodies-in-white come from Ford’s plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, before being shipped to Ontario to be turned into carbon-skinned, widened, aerodynamically enhanced track slayers; perhaps the GTD’s mixed Canadian-American heritage keeps it tariff-free.

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An Extensive Personalization Palette

Prospective owners of the Ford Mustang GTD were given access to their own configurator tool, which revealed a literally infinite number of color options. The Blue Oval will offer an “extended color palette lockout” option that, if selected, will ensure no other GTD can be painted the hue that the owner selects – we foresee a whole lot of “1-of-1” classified ads a few years in the future. Ford does offer six pre-selected paint choices, including the Polymimetic Alloy hero color that’s reportedly inspired by the shapeshifting T-1000 android from the Terminator movies.

Ford says that if its customers want a car that can match its record-breaking Nürburgring time, they need to option their GTDs with the Performance package. And honestly, if it were our money, it’d be hard not go whole-hog for a Spirit of America and its patriotic color scheme (though Ford says it will limit those orders to about 20 percent of the GTD’s total production).

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Source: Facebook via Car and Driver