Replace, 10:00am, December 15, 2022: Immediately, Ford formally introduced the SAE-certified horsepower figures for the 2024 Mustang lineup. The bottom-model 2024 Mustang EcoBoost makes 315 hp (up from 310) and 350 lb-ft of torque, which Ford describes as “essentially the most commonplace horsepower ever” in a Mustang. The automaker estimates the EcoBoost-powered Mustang will get 22 mpg metropolis, 34 mpg freeway, and 26 mpg mixed, a rise of two mpg freeway and 1 mpg mixed. The 2024 Mustang GT makes 486 hp and 418 lb-ft of torque with the non-compulsory active-valve efficiency exhaust. With out the energetic exhaust, the GT makes 480 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque, which Ford says is essentially the most commonplace energy ever in a naturally-aspirated V8 Mustang. (The present Mustang GT makes 450 hp and 410 lb-ft.) And eventually, the top-of-the-line efficiency mannequin, the 2024 Mustang Darkish Horse, makes 500 hp and 418 lb-ft of torque from an upgraded model of the Coyote 5.0-liter V8. In accordance with Ford, that makes the Darkish Horse “essentially the most highly effective non-Shelby version ever.”
Beneath, please discover our unique article on the 2024 Mustang EcoBoost, GT and Darkish Horse, first printed on September 14, 2022 when the all-new Mustang was revealed on the 2022 North American Worldwide Auto Present.
Rather a lot has modified within the almost 60 years for the reason that first Ford Mustang was launched. The horse automobile, initially pitched as fashionable budget-friendly transportation for younger folks, turned a high-performance fanatic icon. We traded carburetors for gas injection, and extra not too long ago, electrification. Cassettes, 8-tracks and CDs have been changed with satellite tv for pc radio and Bluetooth, and tactile buttons have been traded in for touchscreens. Now, now we have a brand new mannequin that seeks to evoke the pony-car previous whereas additionally embracing (a few of) the longer term. Meet the 2024 Ford Mustang, the seventh technology of the mannequin that launched a motion.
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The very first thing you’ll discover with this newest rendition of Mustang is the styling. The strains are recognizable, with a common resemblance to the sixth-generation S550 at the moment on seller flooring, however the brand new mannequin feels slimmer, extra svelte.
Up entrance, the aggressive grille is harking back to early Mustangs, as custom calls for. GT fashions get their very own grille and bumper design, with twin nostrils which can be extra cohesively built-in in comparison with these on the sixth gen. A single horizontal aircraft defines the highest of the grille in addition to the headlights, which now embody new three-segment flip indicators that illuminate in sequence, as we’ve seen on Mustang tri-bar taillights for some time now.
As all the time, the brand new Mustang will probably be obtainable in coupe and convertible type. The coupe’s roofline feels decrease, which is probably going only a trick of the attention. Ford says the beltline has been lowered for a sportier look, and the automaker insists that the form of the door opening makes it simpler to get out and in whereas carrying a helmet.
The largest design distinction is on the rear. As a substitute of a lip overhanging an angled tail panel, the 2024 Mustang’s taillights are puckered right into a concave V-shape. Eddie Kahn, the car engineering supervisor for the brand new Mustang, instructed journalists that is essentially the most aerodynamic Mustang ever. The brand new form of the tail and all-new underbody panels assist management airflow and enhance downforce.
Ford calls this “Mustang’s strongest technology,” however we don’t but know simply how highly effective. The engine selections for 2024 will probably be acquainted: the two.3-liter EcoBoost turbo 4-cylinder, or what Ford calls the “strongest 5.0-liter Coyote V8 ever.” Ford representatives instructed Jalopnik that actual horsepower and torque figures will probably be launched nearer to the launch of the 2024 mannequin. We do know that the Coyote engine will get twin throttle our bodies within the 2024 Mustang GT, which ought to increase energy output, and Ford says the 2024 mannequin will supply “essentially the most naturally aspirated horsepower of any Mustang GT” (for context, the present strongest naturally aspirated Mustang within the lineup is the 470-hp, 410 lb-ft Mach 1). For 2024, the Coyote V8 will probably be obtainable with a six-speed guide or a 10-speed computerized transmission; the EcoBoost is computerized solely.
Out there with both engine, the non-compulsory Efficiency Pack brings a Torsen limited-slip differential, wider rear wheels and tires, and 15.3-inch entrance and 14-inch rear Brembo brakes. Non-obligatory with the Efficiency Pack are MagneRide adaptive dampers, upgraded Recaro seats, and an energetic exhaust; GT fashions get a typical engine oil cooler with the Efficiency Pack.
2024 Mustang house owners will have the ability to flex from afar with Distant Rev, a button on the important thing fob that allows you to remotely rev the engine from exterior the automobile. I can think about house owners remote-starting their automobiles from mattress, simply to allow them to go to sleep to the sound of that revving engine.
Additionally new for the seventh-gen is Ford’s efficiency digital parking brake, also referred to as the “drift brake.” That is an adaptation of a Ford aftermarket merchandise first provided for the Focus RS: A “drift stick” lever to actuate the digital parking brake for tail-out hooning. New Mustangs with the Efficiency Pack get an old-style parking brake lever on the console that prompts the electronically-controlled parking brake — not for protected parking, however for encouraging big slides. The drift brake works together with the brand new Mustang’s customizable drive modes to help in attaining YouTube-perfect tire-smoking drifts, on a closed course, naturally.
Inside, the styling has matured a bit. The brand new Mustang will get an enormous display panel serving as each the instrument cluster and center-dash show. Base fashions can have two separate screens housed within the panel, whereas Premier and GT trims get a full-width mega display reaching from the instrument cluster to the middle stack. The show is totally customizable, with instrument panel settings starting from aggressive efficiency modes to a “Calm” mode that minimizes distractions — or a setting that recreates the look of the gauges within the Fox-body Mustang.
Ford calls this “essentially the most digital Mustang ever,” and it exhibits, with stereo and local weather controls dealt with by the touchscreen fairly than bodily buttons. “Integrating [these features] right into a digital show was standard in analysis with Millennials, Gen-Z and conventional Mustang drivers alike,” Ford inside design supervisor Ricardo Garcia mentioned in a press launch. We would not be fairly as thrilled about that as Garcia, however we’ll save our judgment till we get the possibility to poke at these touchscreens ourselves.
The non-compulsory leather-based upholstery has been smoothed out, giving a extra satin look to mushy contact factors together with the steering wheel. The accent stitching has even been tightened up, with nearer stitching, and there’s a brand new Carmine Purple inside colour. And for the final word in inside customization, patrons can select asymmetrical striped seatbelts. The brand new Mustang additionally will get overhead USB ports, conveniently positioned to energy issues like video cameras, dataloggers, or different track-day gear.
“Investing in one other technology of Mustang is an enormous assertion at a time when lots of our opponents are exiting the enterprise of inside combustion autos,” Ford CEO Jim Farley mentioned within the press launch asserting the 2024 Mustang. That’s a transparent jab at Dodge, which is concurrently celebrating “final name” on the V8-powered Challenger and Charger whereas hyping up the all-electric car resulting from substitute them. Whereas Ford is making big strides with the electrical Mustang Mach E and F-150 Lightning, it’s clear that the automaker takes delight in persevering with to supply a traditional V8 in its muscle automobile.
The 2024 Mustang will go on sale starting in summer season 2023. Energy, pricing, and efficiency specs are all anticipated to be launched between every now and then.
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