If you want the most hardcore, track-focused Mustang you can possibly buy, the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD will cost you an eye-watering $327,960. Still, it’ll lap the Nürburgring in less than seven minutes, clocking in with a time of 6:52.072. It also happens to be slower around the ‘Ring than the less-expensive Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. So that’s it then, right? The Mustang GTD is irrelevant and a waste of money, and anyone who buys one is either a moron or has too much money for their own good. But is that really true?
I mean, you could definitely make the argument that anyone who can afford to spend $328,000 on a car of any kind has too much money for their own good, and you would be correct, but that isn’t really a Mustang GTD-specific issue. I would also argue ZR1 buyers have too much money for their own good. In a world where enough people have so much money sitting around that they can afford a car that costs as much as a house, though, is the Mustang GTD really irrelevant?
Our friends at SavageGeese recently spent some time driving the Mustang GTD and talking with the development team, and not only does it appear to have both Jack and Mark convinced, even the most hardcore ZR1 fans may have to admit this car really is better than they thought.
A pinnacle experience on track
Now, I’m not going to pretend this video will be a quick watch. It’s nearly an hour long, and even if you crank the speed up to 2x, you’re still looking at a 28-minute investment. That’s a lot of time to spend on a car video, but this is also SavageGeese we’re talking about. You know going in that it’ll be worth your time and that it will include more information than you’ll likely get from any other video you see on the Mustang GTD.
If you’re impatient, though, you can always skip all the background info and jump right to the 38-minute mark, where the driving impressions begin. If you do that, just be prepared to go back and watch the whole thing, because even if you’re a hater, listening to these guys talk about driving the Mustang GTD is going to make you want to learn more about it, guaranteed. I mean, at one point, Mark calls it “the pinnacle experience I’ve had on track, other than the GT3 RS.”
He then immediately follows that up by saying, “There’s nothing that I’ve felt that combined the emotion and the fun-to-drive part, along with not being frustrated driving this car fast. It is just so much fun. You think about it afterward. I can still think about it now with fond memories and think, ‘I want to get back in this car.’ It’s so rare, with all the cars that we drive, and there’s something to be said about that, as well.” Meanwhile, Jack calls it “one of [his] favorite things [he’s] ever driven.”
Talk about some serious praise. And those are just a few select quotes. Is it still too expensive? Maybe. But there’s so much more to what makes a car great to drive than a simple lap time and price comparison, and even if SavageGeese can’t convince you to spend house money on a Mustang, at the very least, you have to respect what the team has done here.