2024 Ford Mustang GT may not receive a power boost in the US – report
[Staff, 2022-11-28 02:00:00,
Ford says the upcoming Mustang GT will be its most powerful iteration yet, but US reports claim the car giant won’t extract more power from its V8 engine.
The 2024 Ford Mustang GT may not be more powerful than its predecessor – despite the US car giant’s claims – with overseas reports suggesting the muscle car’s V8 engine won’t receive a power boost.
At the Detroit auto show in September, Ford claimed the seventh-generation Mustang GT would be the most powerful yet, thanks to its ‘Coyote’ 5.0-litre V8 engine gaining updates such as twin throttle bodies.
However, US publication Ford Authority now reports the 2024 Ford Mustang GT won’t score a power increase, with a dealer window sticker showing the muscle car could produce 450 horsepower (336kW) – identical to the outgoing 2023 US-market Mustang GT.
Last year, the current Mustang GT’s outputs were cut by 7kW and 14Nm in the US due to stricter emissions requirements – although the restrictions did not carry across to Australian-delivered examples.
In Australia, the sixth-generation Ford Mustang GT’s V8 produced 306kW/530Nm when it was launched in 2015, with a 2018 facelift increasing its outputs to 339kW/556Nm.
Ford Authority added the unchanged power output shown on the purported dealer window sticker is yet to be confirmed by the US car giant, as production of the new Mustang isn’t…
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