Ford Performance has published a small video in which you can perfectly hear the roar of the future Ford Mustang GT3, a competition model that will begin its track test program this September.
Ford has been one of the last manufacturers to join the great GT3 ‘family’. The firm of the oval will develop a GT3 version of its Ford Mustang, a model that will debut in competition in 2024, but that will start its track test program in the coming weeks. And for that reason, the American brand wanted to make a gift to his fans.
As a preview and to ‘warm up’ the atmosphere, Ford Performance has published a video in which you can hear the sound of this Ford Mustang GT3. Based on the Mustang of the S650 generation, with which it will also share a presentation, the roar of this authentic wild horse It is very impressive.
Ford has high hopes for this GT3 that will debut in the 2024 season
It should be remembered that this Ford Mustang GT3 the IMSA was born to compete from 2024 and that inside it will mount, in theory since it is not yet confirmed, a 5.0-liter naturally aspirated Coyote V8 engine. An engine that, according to what can be heard in this kind of teaser, offers a much higher and wilder roar what has been heard so far.
The presentation in society of this Ford Mustang GT3 is scheduled for this coming September 14, the date on which the new Ford Mustang of the S650 generation will also make its debut. Perhaps then we can see the final image of a competition model on which Ford Performance have high hopesas much as to be the spearhead of the brand’s sports projects.
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Ford Performance, Multimatic… and M-Sport
And that’s saying a lot, since Ford currently competes with a wide range of carsincluding various racing versions of the Ford Mustang for NASCAR or V8 Supercars. It also counts among ‘its ranks’ with the Ford Puma Rally1, the hybrid vehicle with which he fights in the WRC. This latest model has been developed by M-Sport, a structure that executes the brand’s rally program and is also present in this project.
The Mustang GT3 will be designed and developed by Ford Performance and Multimatic, a company trusted by the brand and which has already participated with great success in the GTE program that was built around the Ford GT. For its part, M-Sport will be in charge of tuning the V8 Coyote engineasserting his extensive career in the GT3 discipline as responsible, at all levels, for the Bentley Continental GT3.
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In principle, the objective of Ford Performance is to fight with its new GT3 for the title of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from the 2024 season. The oval brand plans compete in the GTD Pro class giving support to some structure that can support a semi-official project, but also in the GTD class where he will sell his GT3 to privateer teams.
Ford will return with this movement to endurance races, in addition to have the option to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans again when the WEC makes the definitive transition between the current GTE vehicles and the GT3. On the contrary, it seems that SRO will not welcome this Ford Mustang with open arms in their GT3 championships.
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