Back in 2019, The Blue Oval added the new 2.3L High Performance Package (HPP) to the 2020 Ford Mustang lineup, which was available for EcoBoost-powered models. The new HPP package replaced the old EcoBoost Performance Package at that time, offering many of the same sort of upgrades, along with 20 additional horsepower. However, now that the 2025 Ford Mustang build and price configurator has launched, it reveals that the EcoBoost High Performance Package has been dropped from the lineup for the new model year.
Unlike before, there is no replacement listed for the HPP, either, meaning that EcoBoost customers won’t have any sort of high performance upgrade to choose from, even though it was offered in 2024 at the launch of the all-new, S650 generation model. For the 2024 model year, the Ford Mustang EcoBoost High Performance Package added $3,475 to that model’s price, along with a rather long list of upgrades.
Those upgrades included a set of 19×9-inch Carbonized Gray painted wheels wrapped with 255/40 ZR19 summer tires, a molded-in color Carbon Black front grille, front tow hooks, and either a body color-painted wedge decklid spoiler for fastback models or a spoiler delete for convertibles on the outside. Inside the cabin, the HPP package included accent stitching on the center console lid, black seat belts, an electric hand-operated parking brake, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, and paddle shifters.
Mechanically speaking, the 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost High Performance Package added some goodies there as well, which included a 3.55-geared Torsen limited-slip rear axle, Brembo brakes, a black-painted strut tower brace, heavy-duty front springs, a larger rear sway bar, and unique chassis, EPAS, ABS, stability control, and chassis tuning.
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Don’t know if the upgrade package for the pony is really worth it. I say drop tow hooks lower the price and keep the pkg. Its probably because most do not want to spend the 3500 on top of an overpriced pony. Or keep the mechanical upgrades do away with the fluff. I thought stability control would be standard ?
They also list EPAS which is something every Mustang has just like basic stability and traction control. What they are likely talking about is Advancetrac which is the stability control upgrade adding track mode.
They are basically telling you the 2.3 is a rental car.
The performance package didn’t come with a increase in horse power like the s550 did so it was basically irrelevant any way.
It can only be assumed that this package wasn’t selling well, and that this was the reason for it being dropped. It usually boils down to $$$, unless it’s a specialty model in which some of the cost for upgrades can be included in the base price…like the GTD.
Hard to sell a performance package on a car that also has no manual anymore. I feel like most that bought a manual also opted for the PP. With no manual PP sales dropped too
Unless there is an SVO coming soon and they don’t wanna have a package that’s close in price it seems stupid to kill the package and not just make it cheaper.
I can’t even fathom buying an EB without a better suspension/gearing, but then again they killed the EB manual so I’m not likely to get a EB anyway.