MELBOURNE: Ford Australia has announced the return of the street-legal, track-ready Mustang Dark Horse for the 2026 model year.
The 2026MY Mustang Dark Horse will continue to be powered by the 5.0-litre V8 engine producing 350kW (476PS) and 550Nm.
Key Features:
- Mustang Dark Horse engine tune
- Torsen limited slip differential
- Mustang Dark Horse grille
- Black quad exhaust tips
- Tarnish Dark-painted rear wing performance spoiler
- Tarnish Dark 19-inch wheels
- MagneRide Suspension
- Tremec manual transmission, or 10-speed automatic
Highlighting this release is a premier collaboration with legendary V8 Supercars team Triple Eight Race Engineering to create the exclusive T8-Spec Pack.
The 2026 Mustang Dark Horse lineup will be limited to no more than 500 units (in manual and automatic) of Mustang Dark Horse, along with a strictly limited 250 units of Mustang Dark Horse with T8-Spec Pack (manual transmission only).
All Mustang Dark Horse vehicles optioned with the T8-Spec package will be upfitted as a Ford Licensed Accessory exclusively by Ford Australia at the Plant 2 facility in Broadmeadows, Victoria.
Triple Eight Race Engineering, known on the track as Red Bull Ampol Racing, is Australia’s most successful Supercars team.
“The Mustang Dark Horse is already the pinnacle of performance, but T8-Spec takes it to a new level of track-focused capability,” said Ford Australia director of marketing Ambrose Henderson.
“By partnering with Triple Eight Race Engineering, we’ve created a vehicle that not only celebrates our racing heritage but offers our most passionate enthusiast customers a globally unique, bespoke numbered collector's item vehicle, upfit right here in Melbourne.”
T8-Spec: Track-inspired excellence
Available exclusively in the new Avalanche Prestige Paint, and only with the Tremec six-speed manual transmission, the T8-Spec pack features a comprehensive suite of performance and aesthetic upgrades:
- Enhanced footprint: Equipped with 19x10.5-inch front and 19x11-inch rear alloys wrapped in high-performance Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tyres (305/30R19 front, 315/30R19 rear).
- Aerodynamic mastery: A larger rear spoiler with a Grabber Blue accented gurney flap and an enhanced front aero splitter (provided for track use only) significantly improve aerodynamic - performance.
- Precision handling: A revised MagneRide suspension tune, stiffer springs, stiffer roll bars and adjustable top mounts provide sharper steering response and increased stability.
- Exclusive visuals: Features a black rear applique with Grabber Blue Triple Eight branding, black roof, Notorious Blue Brembo brakes, and unique bonnet decals.
- Bespoke interior: The cockpit features Recaro sports seats with Indigo bolsters, Triple Eight branded scuff plates, a unique gear shift knob, and a sequentially numbered build plate.
Every customer who purchases a Mustang Dark Horse with T8-Spec Pack will be invited to an exclusive track experience at Queensland Raceway in the first half of 2027.
