Sherminator98 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/ford-racing-dynamic-new-future 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 Will SVT become SVO again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorpsychology Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 28 minutes ago, Sherminator98 said: https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/ford-racing-dynamic-new-future I notice that Mr Ford is now using "Will" rather than "Bill" as his handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanatWork Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 Oh, for fuggsakes... ...just make "SVO" the street arm, and "Ford Racing" the actual track side. ENOUGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 4, 2025 Author Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, twintornados said: Will SVT become SVO again? 21 minutes ago, ZanatWork said: Oh, for fuggsakes... ...just make "SVO" the street arm, and "Ford Racing" the actual track side. ENOUGH. Quote Under one global Ford Racing banner, our engineers and designers will develop our performance road cars right alongside our race cars. The technology that survives the Baja 1000 will be in the DNA of the next F-150 Raptor. The aerodynamic lessons we learn at Daytona and Le Mans will be sculpted into the body of the next Mustang. SVT was absorbed into Ford Performance back in 2014, so it and SVO no longer exist. There hasn't been an SVT product since 2017 when it was dropped from the Raptor badging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 4, 2025 Author Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, Motorpsychology said: I notice that Mr Ford is now using "Will" rather than "Bill" as his handle. Wrong Ford https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2024/05/27/will-ford-bill-son-automaker-racing-general-manager-performance/72976158007/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scode1 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, Motorpsychology said: I notice that Mr Ford is now using "Will" rather than "Bill" as his handle. Will is Bill Fords son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 I don't see the point of this. Not all "perfomance" is racing. At the same time, it's not a big deal lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 Place your bets as to what you think will be revealed in January. From most to least likely. I believe this could be the CE1 truck as they leaned on F1 heavily for the areo development, so there's a motorsports connection there. If it's not that, I think it's the gt 500 successor, and last but not least, it could be a concept for this off-road supercar Ford's been talking about for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, rmc523 said: I don't see the point of this. Not all "perfomance" is racing. At the same time, it's not a big deal lol. Because they’re more active in racing than they were before and it sounds way better at the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, DeluxeStang said: Place your bets as to what you think will be revealed in January. From most to least likely. I believe this could be the CE1 truck as they leaned on F1 heavily for the areo development, so there's a motorsports connection there. If it's not that, I think it's the gt 500 successor, and last but not least, it could be a concept for this off-road supercar Ford's been talking about for awhile. I'm setting the bar low and going with GT500, as we've seen it on roads, and they specifically say production vehicle. We haven't seen anything else out on roads, and nothing else is really close enough timeline wise to warrant a full debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 2 minutes ago, rmc523 said: I'm setting the bar low and going with GT500, as we've seen it on roads, and they specifically say production vehicle. We haven't seen anything else out on roads, and nothing else is really close enough timeline wise to warrant a full debut. To be fair, the CE1 truck is releasing in late '26 and Ford seemed to hint they would reveal it in early '26. So that's why the CE1 truck was the first thing I thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, DeluxeStang said: To be fair, the CE1 truck is releasing in late '26 and Ford seemed to hint they would reveal it in early '26. So that's why the CE1 truck was the first thing I thought of. It's possible! Maybe we'll see GT500 sooner, and CE1 will debut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 4 hours ago, Sherminator98 said: ....SVT was absorbed into Ford Performance back in 2014, so it and SVO no longer exist. There hasn't been an SVT product since 2017 when it was dropped from the Raptor badging. Lets all hope for an SVO revival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, rmc523 said: It's possible! Maybe we'll see GT500 sooner, and CE1 will debut. Hell yeah my dude. That would be the dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 35 minutes ago, twintornados said: Lets all hope for an SVO revival. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AM222 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 (edited) 3 hours ago, rmc523 said: I'm setting the bar low and going with GT500, as we've seen it on roads, and they specifically say production vehicle. We haven't seen anything else out on roads, and nothing else is really close enough timeline wise to warrant a full debut. I wonder if Ford will license the "GT500" name from Shelby again or will they make up a new performance variant name like what they did with "Dark Horse". Edited September 4, 2025 by AM222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 21 minutes ago, AM222 said: I wonder if Ford will license the "GT500" name from Shelby again or will they make up a new performance variant name like what they did with "Dark Horse". I doubt it. I don’t think they want to pay any more plus I think they just want something new, Mach 5 has a nice ring to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, akirby said: Why? SVO (or SVT) can become a Ford Racing derived trim level designation once again denoting that whatever vehicle it is attached to can easily be identified as being one that has received a trip through the "factory hotrod shop" that is Ford Racing..special seats, suspension parts, engine or motor upgrades, wheel options.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, akirby said: I doubt it. I don’t think they want to pay any more plus I think they just want something new, Mach 5 has a nice ring to it. why? Mach 5 means nothing, and would confuse people if the 4-door got called Mach 4 (rumored). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 4, 2025 Author Share Posted September 4, 2025 40 minutes ago, twintornados said: SVO (or SVT) can become a Ford Racing derived trim level designation once again denoting that whatever vehicle it is attached to can easily be identified as being one that has received a trip through the "factory hotrod shop" that is Ford Racing..special seats, suspension parts, engine or motor upgrades, wheel options.... Why even bother with that? Could just call whatever trim lt is like this: Mustang Mach 1 tuned by Ford Racing IMO they don’t need a special name like SVT or SVO to tie it back to Ford Racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 50 minutes ago, twintornados said: SVO (or SVT) can become a Ford Racing derived trim level designation once again denoting that whatever vehicle it is attached to can easily be identified as being one that has received a trip through the "factory hotrod shop" that is Ford Racing..special seats, suspension parts, engine or motor upgrades, wheel options.... But wouldn’t Ford Racing sound even better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 (edited) 33 minutes ago, rmc523 said: why? Mach 5 means nothing, and would confuse people if the 4-door got called Mach 4 (rumored). Edited September 4, 2025 by akirby 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02MustangGT Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, akirby said: But wouldn’t Ford Racing sound even better? No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-dubz Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 SVT has always been my favorite. I’d love to see it come back again. Never cared for SVO. Ford Performance and Ford Racing have always sounded like aftermarket parts to me. SVT just sounded cool and people would include it in the name, SVT cobra, SVT lightning, etc, but I’ve never heard anyone say “here’s my ford performance raptor”, and no one will say that with ford racing either. Like rmc said, it doesn’t really matter though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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