2026 Ford Mustang RTR EcoBoost Borrows Anti-Lag System from Ford GT
The Ford Mustang is an enduring example of the American performance car at its fullest. The revised S650-generation Mustang has brought a new Dark Horse nameplate, fresh performance engineering, and a very competitive Nürburgring lap time courtesy of Multimatic's GTD rendition, but Ford wants to make sure that a younger generation of enthusiasts doesn't get left out of the muscle car fun, either.
That's why Ford teamed up with Formula Drift legend Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his Ready-to-Rock (RTR) performance tuning brand to turn its most affordable Mustang, the EcoBoost model, up a few notches. This isn't just a visuals package, either, as the Dearborn-based automaker pulled the cover off its Mustang RTR EcoBoost in January. First peaks at the specifications of this boosted Mustang RTR were already impressive — MagneRide adaptive suspension from the Mustang Dark Horse and a big Brembo brake kit were teased as standard equipment — and Road & Track sat down with Gittin Jr. and Laurie Transou, chief program engineer for the Mustang, to learn just how rowdy Ford got when building its entry-level 'Stang …
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