Ford calls the RTR the most enthusiast-focused version of the Ecoboost Mustang to date. Pricing and availability details for the new 4-cylinder model have not been announced. This marks just the second time Ford co-developed a Mustang with an outside partner.

Joining the striped Mustang GTD Spirit of America on the floor—after doing several donuts and slow-speed drifts in the hands of Vaugh Gittin Jr.—is the new Mustang RTR. Yes, it's that RTR, but it isn't an after-sale upfit done at Gittin Jr.

Ford will have this camouflaged Mustang RTR on the show floor at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.

Based on the turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost Mustang, the RTR is being developed in cooperation with the tuning shop of the same name.

Set to make its formal debut on Friday at the 2025 Detroit auto show, the new performance Mustang is based on the latest Mustang EcoBoost and will be built by Ford on the same line as the regular Mustang. RTR has its own series of tuned Mustangs that it builds at its own facilities.

As announced today, that package has been quickly replaced with the Mustang RTR EcoBoost model that apparently steals some goodies from the Dark Horse.

There’s a new, hot EcoBoost Mustang in town, and Ford chose to partner with Vaughn Gittin Jr’s RTR for the project.

The Ford Mustang is getting yet another performance variant. Don’t worry, it’s not another $325,000, world-beating track slaying piece of unobtanium—quite the opposite, actually. This time, the enthusiast upgrades are for the entry-level,

I dive into the Mustang Dark Horse's engineering secrets, doing many burnouts in the process. Muscle car, pony car, sports car–Any of these terms are functionally meaningless when it comes to the Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

In partnership with RTR Vehicles, this upcoming Ford Mustang RTR is the second partnered performance variant aimed at providing a budget-friendly sports car.