Last month, the Mustang GTD became the first car from an American automaker to complete Germany’s Nürburgring in less than 7 minutes. To mark that achievement, on Thursday night, ahead of the Detroit Auto Show media day,

The Ford Mustang GTD has already cemented its place in the canon of great American sports cars, as it’s the first U.S.-made machine to break the seven-minute barrier at the Nürburgring. The car’s 6:57.685 lap puts it ahead of plenty of serious performance machines, including the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari 296 GTB.

Ford has tried to spruce up the interior with newly-trimmed sports seats, but it still looks cheap.

This latest iteration—effectively a special appearance package—borrows its name from a land-speed racing legend.

Ford Motor Co. unveiled two new Mustang variants Thursday in Detroit, showcasing American performance innovation while the automaker's stock trades near its 52-week low of $9.49.

Each GTD Spirit of America model comes standard with the Performance package and exposed carbon-fiber exterior pieces. Plus, the “Mustang” name appears on the underside of the rear wing, and its end plates are Race Red. Customers also get to pick between Race Red or exposed carbon fiber mirror caps.

The GTD models are part of Ford's plans to expand the Mustang nameplate into the higher echelons of the sports car and racing worlds.

The "spirit of America" kicked off the Detroit Auto Show on Thursday evening after an over-one-year hiatus with Ford Motor Co. unveiling a special edition of the Mustang GTD muscle car now available for order.

Mustang GTD wouldn't have been possible without people like Craig Breedlove, pushing the edge of the envelope and challenging the Goliaths of the day in an all-American way," s

For the 2025 model of the Mustang GTD, Ford’s $325,000, 815-horsepower, 202 mph supercar, the company has created a cosmetic Spirit of America special edition honoring Craig Breedlove, the jetcar driver who set records at 400,