The Ford Mustang The GTD is the fastest and best version of the track-focused muscle car, and despite recent posts you may have seen about it on social media, there isn’t a mid-engined version in the works.

Although it’s been more than a year since the Mustang GTD was revealed to the world, the Blue Oval continues to test lightly disguised prototypes in the US. Vehicles wrapped in black and white camouflage always attract attention, and more recently Reddit users have jumped online to say they’ve seen prototypes with particularly complicated cooling systems on the back. The sightings prompted speculation that these vehicles could be test mules for a special mid-engined model. However, this is not the case.

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Mustang GTD it has great air scoops directly behind the rear window, but on the original show car these vents were painted over and did not stand out. However, on some prototypes, these vents are finished in black, immediately attracting attention. The Porsche 911 also has vents in a very similar position to help cool its rear-mounted engine. Cooling fans are also visible behind the Mustang GTD’s rear vented fascia.

While we would love to see I see create a mid-engined version of the Mustang, that’s certainly not what we’re looking at here. If there isn’t an engine in there, then why does the Ford need so much cooling? Well, the answer is quite simple. The GTD is equipped with a complex gearbox cooling system that uses these air scoops to channel air through the heat exchangers.

So while there’s no mid-engined GTD on the cards, there’s still plenty to get excited about. It includes a supercharged 5.2-liter V8 with 815 hp and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque. In recent months, Ford has also tested the car extensively on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, attempting a sub-7 minute lap time.