2025 Ford Mustang GTD Spirit of America: USA! USA!
As if the Nurburgring-melting Ford Mustang GTD street-legal race car wasn’t crazy enough, the automaker has decided to make a limited-edition version of the limited-edition sports car. At a Detroit Auto Show devoid of any debuts or news, Ford unveiled the new 2025 Mustang GTD Spirit of America, celebrating both the Mustang itself and tying in an homage to American speed-record challenger Craig Breedlove and his “Spirit of America” salt-flat jet-engine streamliners.
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Breedlove became the first person to break the 500- and 600-mph land speed records in his custom-made vehicles, and Ford has decided to celebrate the overall “American spirit of ingenuity and courage in the face of challenge” by giving the GTD a special trim package. “Mustang GTD wouldn’t have been possible without people like Craig Breedlove, pushing the edge of the envelope and challenging the Goliaths of the day in an all-American way,” Mustang GTD Brand Manager Jim Owens said in a Ford press release.
How to Spot a GTD Spirit of America
There are no streamlining efforts for the Mustang GTD to make a Spirit of America, and you won’t find a surplus Korean War jet-fighter engine out back, but you will find a distinctive look for it. Performance White is the exterior paint, and twin thin racing stripes in Race Red and Lightning Blue run the length of the Mustang GTD, meant to evoke the iconic Mustang tri-bar badge that debuted with the car in 1964.
The aerodynamic add-on bit is exposed carbon fiber on the front splitter, rear diffuser and spoiler. Red accents are on the end plates of the huge rear wing, with “Mustang” script on the underside. The mirror caps can either be left as exposed carbon fiber or painted red, as well, with red-painted calipers standard. The Spirit of America also includes the optional Mustang GTD Performance Package as standard equipment, which adds magnesium wheels, active aerodynamics and a special front bumper with dive planes.
Inside, some Spirit of America-exclusive elements are added, such as optional leather-trimmed sport seats with simulated suede inserts. Primary upholstery is black with a red gradient stripe, white trim and blue stitching. That same blue also features prominently on the Mustang GTD Spirit of America’s trim throughout the interior. The paddle shifters, shift ring and instrument panel badging are available in 3D-printed titanium metal.
What’s not changed from the standard GTD? The amazing chassis and powertrain, including the extraordinary supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 making 815 horsepower and 664 pounds-feet of torque mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The body is almost entirely carbon fiber, and the trunk has been eliminated to accommodate a new race-inspired suspension that is electronically adjustable at all four corners for ride height and spring rate.
Pricing for the Spirit of America edition has not been announced. The regular GTD is said to cost more than $300,000, but it really doesn’t matter as you probably can’t buy one anyway — production is being limited to an unknown quantity, you have to submit an application to purchase one from Ford, and all those applications have already been filled. That kind of makes releasing a special-edition version of the car kind of a moot point, eh? Oh well, enjoy the pictures, I guess.
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