Get ready to be blown away by the all-new 2024 Mustang Dark Horse™!
The Mustang team has pulled out all the stops to create a vehicle that exudes a sinister and track-hungry attitude, with a design that screams "digital-age style." In addition, they've curated a unique collection of colors and materials that amplifies its dark aura and athleticism, making it stand out from the crowd.
According to Ford's Senior Color and Materials Designer, Carrie Kennerly, the team spent extra time on the cockpit to ensure that everything a performance driver could want conveys the Mustang Dark Horse's capabilities. The result is an interior with an all-new anodized blue, lightweight titanium manual shift knob that's hollow, improving its ability to remain cool in warmer weather. And for those who opt for the 10-speed SelectShift ® automatic transmission, anodized silver paddle shifters provide almost-instantaneous gear shifts with the tactile feeling of metal.
The Mustang Dark Horse's flat-bottomed steering wheel is uniquely wrapped in performance suede for added grip, while contrasting Bright Indigo Blue stitching adds detail across the instrument and door panels, seats, gear shift boot, and center console trim and lid. In addition, the sport-contoured steering wheel enhances the digital experience with buttons that control vehicle functions like drive mode selection, the instrument cluster, and the 13.2-inch SYNC® 4 center stack, which is elegantly angled toward the driver behind a single piece of integrated glass.
And that's not all! The available and class-first electronic drift brake* is leather-wrapped and features an anodized lever with precise action to help the driver easily modulate the rear wheels to a full lock while in track mode for sideways movement. For those who want an even more sporty look, the Mustang Dark Horse Appearance Package includes especially bolstered RECARO® performance seats featuring exclusive Deep Indigo Blue bolsters trimmed with Bright Indigo Blue accent stitching, plus black Dinamica suede in the seat's center for improved lateral grip.
The Mustang Dark Horse's contemporary aesthetic is enhanced by its all-new color and trim surface selections. The bezels and vents are finished in Black Alley – a dark metallic gloss replacing the familiar bright silver shades in other Mustang trim levels. And interior textures have evolved from aggressive animal skin patterns to tech-inspired "white noise" and carbon fiber-inspired grains. Lasers are used to create the grain on top of the instrument panel to convey a more technical feel and reduce the amount of gloss. A carbon fiber grain wraps the front of the instrument and door panel trims and is tied to the look of the three-spoke steering wheel. All leather and vinyl-wrapped parts feature a luxury grain texture highlighting their form and amplifying the vehicle's performance feel.
But wait, there's more!
Each Mustang Dark Horse features an instrument panel badge that includes the vehicle's chassis number, adding extra exclusivity and personalization.
The Mustang Dark Horse also boasts a signature color that reinforces its name – Blue Ember metallic paint. This shade features unique effect pigments of deep blues infused with a warm amber hue, giving this exterior paint a dramatic color shift in different lights and angles. According to Kennerly, "If color reflects a vehicle's personality, Blue Ember transforms the Mustang Dark Horse and highlights a natural saddle-color horse hidden inside the strong chiseled fastback's exterior form." To develop Blue Ember, the Ford Color Mastering team intermixed complementary or harmonious colors that are opposite to each other on the color wheel. Unique effect pigments are used in a higher volume than other paints to enhance the color by reflecting light to create a striking amber highlight that looks different throughout the day. You've got to see the 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse™ — it's a very special pony.
