By Joe Bellino, Mustang GTD Brand Manager 

The Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon, a new trim in the Mustang GTD range, debuts today at Laguna Seca Raceway, the perfect venue to highlight how race-inspired lightweight carbon fiber technology plays a critical role in GTD’s body, looks and performance. 

Carbon fiber is the preferred body material for race vehicles in a range of top-flight racing series, including IMSA, where the car that inspired the Mustang GTD, the Mustang GT3, competes. The Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon skips a trip to the paint booth to amp up aerodynamic, race-derived style while sacrificing none of the extreme on-track performance. The appearance is functional too. Deleting paint and replacing the sheet metal in the doors with bonded carbon-fiber saves about 13 pounds compared to a Mustang GTD Carbon Series with the Performance package.

“Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon is the ultimate expression of the Mustang GTD’s high-tech, high-performance construction and is a reminder of the race-derived, cutting-edge capability that sits beneath the surface of every Mustang GTD,” said Mustang GTD Chief Program Engineer Greg Goodall. “Mustang GTD is a great looking car and now it stands out even more with its striking exposed carbon body and functional aero elements.”

As with the Carbon Series, the carbon weave of the hood, roof, rear deck, and rear wing match up perfectly down the midline of the vehicle. Additionally, fenders and side panels match up to the dorsal elements of the vehicle, presenting a cohesive pattern in the carbon-fiber bodywork. The Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon features a unique black Brembo brake caliper, matching an anodized body with gloss-black GTD script. And like the Mustang GTD Spirit of America, the Performance package is standard.

“High performance requires high precision. When we were designing Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon, it was essential that these small details were present, because they speak to the care and attention required to both build a vehicle like Mustang GTD and to compete and win on the world’s stage with Mustang GT3," said Mustang GTD Design Manager Anthony Colard.

The interior of the Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon stands out with a bold combination of black leather and Dinamica microfiber suede and Hyper Lime stitching on the seats, door panels, center console, instrument panel, and steering wheel. A reflective center gradient down the middle of the seats adds an additional bright spot to the purposeful and focused interior.

The arrival of Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon, alongside the standard model, Spirit of America, and Carbon Series, now means that Mustang GTD owners can have as much or as little exposed carbon fiber as they want. 

The first Mustang GTD Liquid Carbon delivery is slated for October.

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