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Right then. What we have here is not just a Mustang. This is the Dark Horse – a snarling, bellowing, V8-powered love letter to everything that made America terrifying in the '60s, now weaponised with modern engineering and just enough electronics to stop you from launching it into low orbit.
Let’s start with the basics: under the bonnet, a 5.0-litre Coyote V8 producing nearly 450 horsepower. It’s naturally aspirated, which means no turbos, no fake whizzing sounds, and absolutely no delay. You press the pedal, and it responds like you've just insulted its mother. Mated to a 10-speed automatic gearbox, it shifts faster than a hummingbird on caffeine and lets you cruise, cruise, cruise… until you mash the throttle and it downshifts with a noise so glorious it should come with a health warning.
But here’s what really makes the Dark Horse more than just a regular Mustang:
This is track-ready muscle.
You get MagneRide adaptive suspension, which constantly adjusts to the road or track like it’s playing chess at 200mph. You get a Torsen limited-slip differential, helping you put power down in corners instead of just performing smoky pirouettes outside Tesco.
There’s also a unique front splitter, massive rear spoiler, and quad exhausts that let the V8 announce your arrival from approximately three counties away. The Recaro sports seats hug you tighter than your nan after a sherry, keeping you locked in while the car tries to murder the horizon.
Inside, it’s all digital wizardry: a 12.4” LCD digital cluster, a 13.2” SYNC 4 infotainment screen, wireless Apple CarPlay, and even a drift mode. Yes. Drift mode. Ford actually built a button so you can go sideways legally.
The Dark Horse-specific styling includes blacked-out badging, unique grille, Brembo brakes with BLUE calipers (because performance should be colour-coded), and aggressive bodywork that makes it look like it wants to fight every car in the car park.
And now, the killer blow: this monster would usually cost you a pretty penny. But thanks to some financial wizardry and a strong sense of generosity, this one c