DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Thursday mentioned the 2024 Mustang, due out subsequent 12 months, will generate as much as 486 horsepower and 418 pound-feet of torque from what it is calling its finest 5.0-litre Coyote V-8 engine up to now.

The brand new Darkish Horse efficiency variant, that includes a uniquely tuned V-8, will pack in much more ponies: Ford says it would get 500 hp and 418 pound-feet of torque, which Ford mentioned can be its strongest non-Shelby Mustang.

“Mustang has all the time pushed the envelope,” Mustang chief engineer Ed Krenz mentioned in a press release. “From Mustang GT to Darkish Horse, that is our greatest 5.0-litre V-8 but.”

Ford mentioned the Mustang GT coupe and convertible with an obtainable active-valve efficiency exhaust system will generate 486 hp, whereas the usual GT will get 480 hp and 415 pound-feet of torque.

Ford mentioned the engine powering these automobiles, a fourth-generation model of its Coyote V-8, features a new twin consumption and twin throttle physique induction system in addition to different enhancements.

The two.3-litre EcoBoost engine will generate 315 hp and 350 pound-feet of torque. Ford mentioned that is probably the most energy ever out of a four- or six-cylinder in a Mustang.

The automobile is about to go on sale subsequent summer time. It would proceed to be constructed on the Flat Rock Meeting Plant in Michigan.