Wild new 815bhp Ford Mustang GTD review | Autocar

This is the Ford Mustang GTD, a name that has nothing to do with diesel Volkswagen Golfs and everything to do with 'Grand Touring Daytona', aka GT3 racing cars.

The latest, hottest-ever roadgoing Mustang is inspired by Ford's GT3 racing Mustangs and has a specification to match: carbonfibre body panels, active aerodynamics, a dry-sumped V8 making 815 horsepower and a rear-mounted gearbox that necessitates a suspension redesign and giving the boot over to cooling.

Moreover, the car is pulled from the standard Mustang production line at the body-in-white stage and sent to Multimatic, which co-developed the car (as well as the race car), where it's built with Multimatic's amazing spool-valve damped suspension.

But what is this track-focused Mustang like on the road? Join Matt Prior as he takes to some of California's best canyon roads to find out.

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