2024 Ford Mustang price and specs: $9000 to $20,000 more expensive for new model

2024 ford mustang When the new model hits Australian showrooms mid-next year it will be $19,737 more expensive than its predecessor.

first new Ford Mustang Since 2015 it falls between April and June 2024 – six to nine months behind the original second half of the 2023 schedule – and offers a choice of four-cylinder or V8 power, as well as a new dark horse race-track-ready flagship. Also provides.

However prices have risen from $9400 to $12,612 throughout the benchmark ford The base-model four-cylinder now costs V8 money across the Mustang line-up – or by 18 percent.

The cheapest model – the Mustang EcoBoost Fastback four-cylinder, now available only as a coupe with an automatic transmission – now costs $64,990 plus on-road costs.

This represents a $12,400 increase over the previous manual four-cylinder coupe, or $9400 more than the outgoing automatic coupe.

It’s priced the same as the existing Mustang GT Fastback V8 manual – priced at $65,290 plus on-road costs – with the same model in the new range now priced from $77,002 plus on-road costs of $11,712.

The top-of-the-range Mustang Dark Horse will come to Australia as a special edition limited to 1000 examples – rather than a full-time model as it is in the US – priced from $99,102 more on-roads with a manual Is the cost. or $103,102 plus on-road costs with the automatic.

It is now the most expensive factory Ford Mustang sold in Australia – surpassing the supercharged R-Spec V8 manual limited edition introduced in 2020, which costs $99,980 plus on-road costs – and the first with a six-figure list price.

Compared to the 2021 Mustang Mach 1 – its indirect flagship performance predecessor in the old Mustang range – the Dark Horse is $15,737 to $19,737 more expensive, or 19 to 24 percent more expensive.

There is a choice of six models – EcoBoost Fastback Coupe with automatic, GT Fastback in manual and auto, GT Convertible Auto, and Dark Horse Fastback in manual and auto.

When the Mach 1 was available, there were eight models – the EcoBoost Fastback Manual and the EcoBoost Convertible Auto are no longer listed.

Powering the EcoBoost is a 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with 232kW and 475Nm – 4kW down but 27Nm up. Ford says it has been updated with a revised turbocharger, exhaust manifold, camshaft and electronic wastegate.

The GT uses an upgraded 5.0-litre V8 with dual 80 mm throttle body, now developing 347 kW and 550 Nm – up 8 kW but down 6 Nm – mated to a six-speed Getrag manual or 10-speed automatic transmission coincides with.

The Dark Horse uses a variation of the 5.0-litre V8 with 349kW and 548Nm, mated to a different six-speed Tremec manual transmission or the GT’s 10-speed auto with additional cooling.

Australian models offer many of the optional performance features not available in the US as standard, including Brembo brakes, 19-inch wheels, an active sports exhaust and upgraded cooling across the range, compared to base versions in the US .

All models offer a suite of ‘track apps’, including acceleration and race-track lap timers, braking performance metrics and Line Lock burnout mode – which grips the front wheels while allowing the rear wheels to spin. – which was kept away from Australian versions of the previous Mustang until an end-of-life update in 2022.

Other standard features in the line-up include a 13.2-inch touchscreen, 12.4-inch digital instrument display, leather sports seats, wireless phone charging, LED headlights and a 12-speaker B&O sound system.

The new Mustang switches to an electric parking brake – but standard is what Ford calls a ‘drift brake’, a lever designed to simulate the operation of a hydraulic handbrake on a race track that “within Track Drive mode Thanks for the software calibration” [allows] drivers [to] Unlock the drifting potential of their Mustang.”

Dark Horse – limited to 1000 cars – features unique exterior styling, larger Brembo brakes, MagneRide adaptive suspension as standard (optional on EcoBoost and GT), wider wheels, improved cooling for race-track use and a blue-accented interior. adds up.

The new Mustang switches to an electric parking brake – but standard is what Ford calls a ‘drift brake’, a lever designed to simulate the operation of a hydraulic handbrake on a race track that “within Track Drive mode Thanks for the software calibration” [allows] drivers [to] Unlock the drifting potential of their Mustang.”

Dark Horse – limited to 1000 cars – features unique exterior styling, larger Brembo brakes, MagneRide adaptive suspension as standard (optional on EcoBoost and GT), wider wheels, improved cooling for race-track use and a blue-accented interior. adds up.

2024 ford mustang Available to order before the first showroom arrival between April and June 2024 (second quarter of the year), subject to any delays.

Note: All prices do not include on-road costs

Note: Appearance Pack is not available with the Black Pack, MagneRide suspension or Recaro sports seats.