Ford Mustang Dark Horse features Carbon Revolution carbon fiber wheels
The 19-inch, five-spoke Dark Horse wheels feature signature blue carbon fiber detailing, keeping with the blue accents throughout the vehicle’s interior and exterior.
The 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Photo Credit, all images: Carbon Revolution
Several sources have reported that Ford (Detroit, Mich., U.S.) is outfitting its 2024 Mustang Dark Horse with Carbon Revolution (Geelong, Australia) carbon fiber wheels, unveiled at this year’s Chicago Auto Show. The 19-inch wheels boast colored carbon fiber detailing using Hypetex’s (London, U.K.) Chapel 2x2 260gsm 3K twill carbon fiber, a material that is said to have been engineered specifically to work within Carbon Revolution’s Diamond Weave Technology — creating an aesthetic carbon fiber weave on the visible surface of the wheel face — and to match the blue interiors of the Dark Horse.
The optional wheels with single-piece carbon fiber rims weigh 37% less versus the Dark Horse’s standard aluminum wheel set, or roughly 21 pounds of weight savings total, Ford told Motor Authority. They are Carbon Revolution’s first five-spoke design for a Ford vehicle, and the first time the lug nuts have been positioned between the spokes on a Carbon Revolution wheel. The Mustang Dark Horse is Carbon Revolution’s fourth program with Ford — both companies have previously collaborated on the Mustang Shelby GT350R and the Ford GT, says Motor1.com.
Autoweek.com notes that joining Ford’s Mustang options list is a special finish reminiscent of the company’s mystichrome Mustang finish. A new color-shifting paint for the Dark Horse is dubbed blue ember, a color that shifts from blue to amber depending on the lighting.
Ford is “still tuning the car for the wheels, but the design has already undergone over 200 tests for structural and environmental validation.” The Mustang Dark Horse will be on sale in late 2023 and available in key right-hand drive (RHD) Mustang markets, including Australia, the U.K. and Japan.
Importantly, Carbon Revolution’s growth and industrialization strategy is enabling supply of wheel programs on a greater range of vehicles like the Dark Horse, and at higher volumes. Its wheels have begun meeting market demands for EV SUVs and trucks and even aircraft.
Carbon Revolution is expected to commence production of Mustang Dark Horse carbon fiber wheels on the Mega-line in late FY23.
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