Fully track-capable while maintaining street legality, the 2025 Ford Mustang Dark Horse represents the best stock in the seventh-generation Mustang line. While it’s saddled with plenty of upgrades that set it apart from the rest of the Mustang range, there are a few optional packages that make the Mustang Dark Horse a hot-to-trot contender. Today, Ford Authority rounds up all those bundles, including their content, pricing, and how to get them.
The 2025 Ford Mustang Dark Horse line is comprised of the “regular” Dark Horse and the upgraded Dark Horse Premium. The Dark Horse Premium gets the Deluxe Package, identifiable as the 700A equipment group, which ups the overall cost of the high-performance pony from $66,670 to $71,665, including destination and acquisition charges. The Deluxe Package bundles all content available in the “regular” Dark Horse (600A equipment group), plus the following:
Offered on both the 2025 Ford Mustang Dark Horse and Mustang Dark Horse Premium, the Dark Horse Handling Package (option code 67P) is a $5,495 upgrade that enhances the pony car’s handling, along with some aesthetic touches. Content included in this package is as follows:
The Security Package (option code 97B) is a $500 option on the 2025 Mustang Dark Horse, and included as part of the 700A Deluxe Package that defines the Mustang Dark Horse Premium. This bundles the following:
Offered exclusively on the Mustang Dark Horse Premium, the Dark Horse Appearance Package is an exterior accent package offered in conjunction with the 700A equipment group. It’s only available with Blue Ember Metallic, Vapor Blue Metallic, or Shadow Black exterior paint. This package, which costs $2,495, includes the following:
Note that when the Dark Horse Appearance Package is selected with Matte Clear Film, the Unique Hood Graphic is not included.
The aforementioned packages are not available on either the Mustang EcoBoost or GT trims. Check out prior Ford Authority package guides for a full list of bundles offered on the Mustang EcoBoost and Mustang GT.
The 2025 Ford Mustang range carries on with minor changes and updates. It does, however, move on from four exterior colors that were previously offered, although it did add a new one called Molten Magenta.
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S650 is selling so bad that not only is the Mach-E out selling it but the Dark Horse is the first time I remember a Top Trim Mustang in its first year easily had for under MSRP by thousands. In my area since like 2000 Bullitt, Cobra, Mach1's, Boss, Shelby, all commanded markups for at least it's first 12-18 months. Yet for months now I've been seeing Dark Horses for thousands of already, and many already traded in.
Even with no new Camaro or Challenger no one seems to want the S650.
We have both the Tesla M3 and Mustang Dark Horse, This Generation of Mustang is amazing if no one is seeing this, it's because they aren't looking. I believe considering the temporary growth and demand of the EV market that this newer S650 package (Dark Horse and GT's) these Seventh Generation (7th Gen) Mustangs are going to be a greatly sought after when everyone realizes that going forward in the near future that they are going to be difficult to get or even find. Ford is leading the way on many fronts, the only vehicle out there that comes close to this 7th Gen Mustang (DH with handling package etc.) is the BMW M4 at over twice the price. What is happening in the market was visited in the late '80's - early 90's, then after the dust settled, we got amazing cars with large V8's, performance SUV's, Trucks and Sports cars only a few years later, no one wanted the smaller clunky restrictive vehicles that gave them equal and sometimes higher operating costs. There's a lot of noise out there about EV's but once the dust settles and people realize the EV's long term have higher maintenance costs and owners can't work on their EV themselves to keep them on the road they will be trying to trade them in and when maintenance costs become so high EV's will be filling trade-in lots and Salvage Yards. Unlike EV's this 7th Gen is a dream for both the driver/owner and with one look under the hood if you know anything about vehicles the Maintenance is going to be a dream and at much lower costs long term.
MHO, Tesla M3/Mustang Dark Horse Owner.