Ford announces new 2024 Mustang: NASCAR Cup Series to change Mustang body in 2024

 

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    The Ford Motor Company unveiled on Wednesday (09/14/2022), the newly designed, 7th-generation Ford Mustang that will be replacing the current car styling in 2024. The brand also unveiled the different Mustang version's that will be used in multiple motorsports racing series in years to come.

Ford had six different variants of the Mustang race cars on display for its launch, spanning everything from SCAA to NHRA, Supercars and NASCAR. Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Performance, stated that the rollout of the new version of Ford’s Cup car will coincide with a series of planned updates to the road-going version.

“So, 2024 is the target to actually update to this new seventh-generation Mustang,” Rushbrook said. “We’re going to keep building them and selling them around the world and racing them around the world, too. (The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series car will) be based on the new seventh-generation Mustang.”

Replacing the body styling that we have seen since 2015, all aspects and dimensions of the new road version of the Mustang have been updated from the current iteration, but the most noticeable change will be in its interior, including an immersive digital cockpit that was inspired by fighter jets. The car features animated welcome lighting as a driver approaches the car. Ford is also introducing "Remote Rev", which will give customers the ability to rev the engine remotely using a key fob. The manual transmission is also still available for the classic sports car.

“A lot more screens and space and better interface and experience for the driver and passengers,” said Rushbrook. “Then everything underneath it, in terms of continuing to update and refine the engine, the driveline, the chassis dynamics. (Those) really take some steps forward.”

Ford will launch the sale of the newest Mustang in the summer of 2023.

“To have the seventh generation Mustang coming out as a road car is fantastic for our company, our customers, and for racing fans because Mustangs also belong on the racetrack,” Rushbrook said. “We’ve grown the number of series over the years where we have Mustangs racing, and that will continue to grow with this seventh generation of Mustang.”

The NASCAR Cup Series version of the new car (Shown in top picture, first car on left.), will make its debut beginning in 2024: First in the "Busch Light Clash", then at Daytona International Speedway for the "Daytona" 500. Not many good pictures of the new stock car have been released by Ford Motor Company, but we expect to see more of the machine in coming months.

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