The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is the fastest and most capable pony car ever. Just barely street-legal, the Mustang GTD is saddled with a host of track-ready upgrades compared to its purely roadgoing brethren. One such upgrade is its eight-speed transaxle, and today, Ford Authority sheds a light on that high-performance assembly.
The 2025 Ford Mustang GTD harnesses the supercharged 5.2L V8 powerhouse with 815 horsepower on tap. All that power is routed to the pavement by way of its eight-speed dual-clutch rear transaxle and carbon fiber driveshaft. This setup enables near 50/50 weight distribution between the front and rear, keeping the track-ready pony planted to the pavement in high-demand driving scenarios (and tooling around day-to-day).
The transaxle setup was chosen over a traditional transmission after lap time drive simulations and powertrain dyno testing revealed that it was far more efficient. As a reminder, a transaxle offers several advantages over traditional transmissions. It’s a single unit that combines the transmission, axle, and differential. The full assembly is typically smaller than a transmission, and helps to streamline the vehicle’s drivetrain, eliminating the need for a separate differential assembly. Because they have fewer components, transaxles are lighter.
“We obsessed about the racing technology under its skin. What makes it go is even more compelling than what you can see when it passes you by,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Performance Motorsports. “When you look at the engineering, the aerodynamics, how the powertrain works, the Mustang GTD is a rocket ship for the road.”
Production of the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD is handled by Multimatic. While assembly was relatively slow throughout the first half of the year, things ramped up in June 2025, when 31 examples of the track-ready pony were built. The Mustang GTD will be few and far between, considering that it carries a starting price tag of $325,000, although when properly optioned out, it can cost well north of $400,000.
Deliveries of the Mustang GTD kicked off in June, as exclusively reported by Ford Authority. Once the muscle car is in their hands, owners must hang onto the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD for at least two years. The Blue Oval doesn’t want its buyers turning around and selling the vehicle for a massive profit right out of the gate – not a surprise, considering a similar system was in place for the Ford GT.
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Disappointing…I was looking forward to an illustration of how it worked? Maybe a video or at least a sequence of illustrations showing how it works. The rear suspension is the most interesting part of this car…
It would have been pretty cool to see the trans axle and short/long arm front suspension make it into the S650. The transaxle would have certainly ate up space in the rear of the car, but those two changes would have made a fair improvement to the dynamics of the S650 over the previous iteration and at least improved the value proposition of the S650 Mustang at its current pricing.
Impressive looking car and one hell of a engine for that much power output
Good job ford
I guess they are still in the game.
I agree with Mark B. Calling this a “Feature Spotlight” is pretty underwhelming.
Something the previous gens of Corvettes have had for years.