- Crown Vic wears Mustang GTD parts in wild digital rendering.
- Design adds GTD splitter, fenders, wing, and massive tailpipes.
- Concept balances retro proportions with track-ready aggression.
Just a few short years ago, the idea that Ford would launch a track-focused Mustang to rival the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, let alone price it from $325,000, a full $75,000 above the German benchmark, would’ve sounded like a joke. But here we are.
Ford has done exactly that with the the Mustang GTD, making a strong case that brute American muscle can tangle with meticulous German engineering.
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The renderings you’re looking at here take that premise a few steps further into the absurd. Created by the talented Abimelec Design, this digital concept imagines what a track-bred version of the now-discontinued second-generation Ford Crown Victoria might look like.
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Abimelec Design
It’s a completely fictional creation, of course. No one is ever going to build it. But for something so utterly hypothetical, it manages to look strangely appealing.
Obviously, the Crown Vic has always been about as plain as sedans get, the kind of car more likely to be seen pulling over speeders than pulling Gs on a circuit. But slap some aggressive aero bits on it and its whole character changes in an instant.
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In Abimelec’s rendering, the transformation starts at the front, where a GTD-inspired splitter and blackout grille are joined by a beefier bumper and extended fenders, reshaped to clear massive wheels at all four corners.
Abimelec Design
A newly vented hood follows, flanked by front quarter panels that feature louvers, just like on the real Mustang GTD. The car’s stance is also more than a visual trick.
The rendering borrows the Mustang GTD’s side skirts and functional-looking air intakes carved into the rear doors. Out back, the GTD theme continues with a dual-plane wing, a motorsport-style diffuser, and a pair of oversized rectangular tailpipes that look capable of announcing your arrival from three towns away.
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Taking things one step further, the designer offers an alternate version that deletes the towering rear wing in favor of a subtler ducktail spoiler, dialing back the theatrics just a touch.
Abimelec Design
The concept also wears various colors pulled from Ford’s production palette, including Shelter Green, Mystichrome, and Velocity Blue. Frankly, the visual mashup of classic sedan proportions and modern performance hardware is more coherent than it has any right to be.
For all the GTD’s performance cred, its six-figure price means it’s out of reach for many Mustang enthusiasts. That’s where the newly announced Mustang Dark Horse SC comes in.
Launched just last week, it shares the same basic 5.2-liter supercharged V8 as the GTD but adopts a more road-friendly design. Pricing hasn’t been finalized, but expect it to land somewhere north of $100,000.
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Of course, should one of these Mustangs end up on the wrong side of a track barrier, there’s always the chance that a brave builder might salvage the engine and stuff it into something less expected. Like, say, this bonkers Crown Vic concept. We can only hope someone is unhinged enough to try.
