Supercharged Dark Horse Mustang SC will be revealed on 1/15! [Updated with first look]

[Junkyard Dog]

Well, … I can already see ripping the 2.65 off for a whipple 3.8 and ID1300s…. This car should at least make 1200 in its sleep on E85 for owners that wanna spice 1 up.

I bet it’s tuneable out the gate or close to that.
You could likely have a ZR1 killer for well under the price of a ZR1

Which would probably ruin its ability to complete 6 hard laps . . .

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[Q6543]

Owner dependent… people in my area mostly care about drag and roll, even ones that own car condos on a road course.
Just different flavors

 

[DeluxeStang]

Good point! The car itself is super impressive from what we can tell, I just went on a rage over the name .

I see both sides of this, the people who want the Shelby naming, but also why Ford wants to move past that naming convention. The mustang name will always be relevant and iconic, but the Shelby name? That's debatable. I don't deny it has tremendous historical value, and matters to older consumers.

But the people who grew up in the 60s who have that really strong connection to the Shelby name are getting to the point where they aren't buying cars anymore, let alone a 900 hp muscle car. I see why Fords trying to bring in a series of new icons instead of holding onto the past.

You don't want the mustang to become a Harley Davidson situation. A company that only tried to appeal to one group, and do one thing, and as a result, doesn't have a future. Mustang needs to adopt and evolve to remain relevant, preferably while retaining what made it iconic.

 

[armyGT]

Wow!! I could spend big dollars on this car and then have someone ask me at a car cruise if this is a Special Edition ECO BOOST S650. There was no doubt that a Shelby was a Shelby and didn't look like a base GT package or added bling from American Muscle.
One man's trash is another man's treasure!
Go for it!

 

[MaddNomad]

I see both sides of this, the people who want the Shelby naming, but also why Ford wants to move past that naming convention. The mustang name will always be relevant and iconic, but the Shelby name? That's debatable. I don't deny it has tremendous historical value, and matters to older consumers.

But the people who grew up in the 60s who have that really strong connection to the Shelby name are getting to the point where they aren't buying cars anymore, let alone a 900 hp muscle car. I see why Fords trying to bring in a series of new icons instead of holding onto the past.

You don't want the mustang to become a Harley Davidson situation. A company that only tried to appeal to one group, and do one thing, and as a result, doesn't have a future. Mustang needs to adopt and evolve to remain relevant, preferably while retaining what made it iconic.

Eh naw Shelby still is pretty synonymous with performance, but like I said earlier younger generations just don’t know the man as well.

New nameplates are good though, Mach 1 didn’t seem as special to me anymore. Bullitt as well.

 

[broncoboy22]

Disappointed.

The car itself is an S650 GT500 as many have said.

But not my personal taste for looks and no manual option means not the one for me.

I’m hoping the S650 facelift looks good or that Ford still has some ultra secret Corbett fighting model to reveal. After seeing the RTR Bronco which is the “new Bronco model” this year’s NAIAS has been a let down for me

 

[robvas]

Why is Ford so enamored with RTR?

I have never seen an RTR Mustang on the street.

 

[MegaMan]

I’m gonna guess this is going to be at least 90K starting and easily $100K+ lol …hard pass if true.

 

[broncoboy22]

Why is Ford so enamored with RTR?

I have never seen an RTR Mustang on the street.

I have no idea. No disrespect to them but I have never liked their styling. Their hood vents on Mustangs look good and so does their project X light bar on the Bronco. But everything else is meh to me.

Back in the day you’d see Roush, Saleen Mustang variants pretty common. I’ve yet to see one RTR in the wild

 

[Q6543]

I can’t explain the RTR stuff either, must have a contract with them… like how a music artist has to release 10 albums or something

gotta be incredibly low volume orders

 

[topdawg4ever]

Anyone who thinks this is less than $100k is living in 2020. I’d be shocked if it’s not $105k plus.

 

[Dragster]

I see both sides of this, the people who want the Shelby naming, but also why Ford wants to move past that naming convention. The mustang name will always be relevant and iconic, but the Shelby name? That's debatable. I don't deny it has tremendous historical value, and matters to older consumers.

But the people who grew up in the 60s who have that really strong connection to the Shelby name are getting to the point where they aren't buying cars anymore, let alone a 900 hp muscle car. I see why Fords trying to bring in a series of new icons instead of holding onto the past.

You don't want the mustang to become a Harley Davidson situation. A company that only tried to appeal to one group, and do one thing, and as a result, doesn't have a future. Mustang needs to adopt and evolve to remain relevant, preferably while retaining what made it iconic.

I agree.

But Dark Horse SC is still a stupid name.

 

[Dragster]

Unless I read it wrong, the press release reads like only the track pack cars get the ducktail; so what does the base car get? A regular wing? A wing delete?

 

[MustangMitch69]

Anyone who thinks this is less than $100k is living in 2020. I’d be shocked if it’s not $105k plus.

If that's the case I have no idea who they think their target buyer is for this. They've already claimed track focus, and for that kind of money OR LESS you can get any of these "sub supercar" track stars:

-C8 with the Z51package (because the Z06 is now $120K+)
-M4 Competition (grip battle)
-718 GTS 4.0 (brain matchup)
-CT5-V Blackwing (brawn matchup)
-Lotus Emira (only a V6 but light and hella fun on a track)

Simply put, at that price point it faces fierce competition from mid-engine and precision-engineered rivals that prioritize different ways of achieving lap times.

 

[5.4dreams]

If that's the case I have no idea who they think their target buyer is for this. They've already claimed track focus, and for that kind of money OR LESS you can get any of these "sub supercar" track stars:

-C8 with the Z51package (because the Z06 is now $120K+)
-M4 Competition (grip battle)
-718 GTS 4.0 (brain matchup)
-CT5-V Blackwing (brawn matchup)
-Lotus Emira (only a V6 but light and hella fun on a track)

Simply put, at that price point it faces fierce competition from mid-engine and precision-engineered rivals that prioritize different ways of achieving lap times.

This is my thought. Just looked up new z06 with z07 and they can be had for 130k new. If DH SC track pack is the same price is going to be not so good.

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