Ford CEO Jim Farley took to Twitter on Wednesday to substantiate the debut of the redesigned Ford Mustang on September 14.
The debut will happen at a revamped Detroit auto present that will probably be run extra like a pageant than a conventional auto present. Gross sales ought to observe in 2023, which means we’re prone to see the automotive arrive as a 2024 mannequin.
Excited to substantiate that we’ll unveil the all-new, seventh-generation @FordMustang September 14 on the Detroit Auto Present. It’s a shocking automotive and I’m excited to share it with the world! #SaveTheManuals pic.twitter.com/d2kdQioBWY
— Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) July 27, 2022
The brand new Mustang, referred to internally because the S650 (the present automotive is the S550), represents the seventh era of the nameplate, and prototypes have been noticed for greater than a yr, in Ecoboost and GT guises, in addition to the convertible physique type.
The prototypes trace at an evolutionary design, which factors to the brand new Mustang using on an up to date model of the present automotive’s bespoke D2C platform. It was rumored at one level Ford was planning to make use of a model of the modular CD6 platform that debuted within the newest Explorer, a transfer that may have doubtless seen the Mustang develop in measurement. Nevertheless, this now not seems to be to be the case.
2024 Ford Mustang spy pictures – Photograph credit score: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
Mustang followers can look ahead to some electrification with the upcoming redesign, nevertheless. The long-awaited hybrid possibility that was initially promised to be launched round 2020 is predicted to be launched on the brand new Mustang.
Anticipate the hybrid powertrain to sit down in a efficiency halo mannequin. There’s speak it’ll function a conventional V-8 up entrance sending drive to the rear wheels, coupled with an electrical motor (or two) on the entrance axle. There’s additionally anticipated to be sufficient battery capability for a small electrical vary.
2024 Ford Mustang spy pictures – Photograph credit score: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
Different powertrain choices ought to embody the turbocharged 2.3-liter inline-4 and 5.0-liter V-8 from the present automotive, maybe with tweaks for improved efficiency or gasoline effectivity, or each. A 6-speed handbook can be anticipated to proceed, along with an out there 10-speed computerized.
The Mustang’s redesign cannot come quickly sufficient as U.S. gross sales dropped to 52,414 models in 2021, which was down 14.2% on the earlier yr and the bottom stage within the nameplate’s historical past. Nevertheless, that was additionally partially resulting from disruptions and a few consumers doubtless switching to the Mustang Mach-E.