The Ford Mustang GTD is one of the most exciting performance cars to arrive in the last 12 months, built to take on the world's fastest track cars at fearsome circuits like the Nürburgring Nordschleife. With 815 horsepower on tap, it's the most powerful road-going factory Mustang ever produced, while its carbon body and impressive aerodynamic kit hint at the scalps Ford was targeting.Despite extensive use of lightweight carbon around the vehicle, Car and Driver's recent testing revealed it tips the scales at a hefty 4,404 pounds. That's over 1,000 pounds heavier than its Porsche 911 GT3 RS rival, which is rather embarrassing for something supposedly built for track dominance. This considerable weight also means some very unexpected machinery is lighter than Ford's $325,000 track weapon. 1. Bugatti Veyron: 4,167 pounds The Bugatti Veyron arrived in 2005 as the first production car to properly embarrass the McLaren F1, with that monstrous quad-turbocharged W16 enabling a 253 mph top speed. The advanced all-wheel-drive system made it surprisingly easy to drive despite having 1,001 horsepower. The trouble was, all this engineering meant the Veyron was monumentally heavy at 4,167 pounds, much heavier than contemporary supercars. This weight meant the Veyron struggled competing on track despite its power advantage, best illustrated on Top Gear where it failed to beat several much less powerful vehicles on power laps. Still, it's a good chunk lighter than the GTD, which is properly embarrassing when you remember the Veyron was criticized extensively for being too heavy. 2. 2025 Ford Ranger 2WD Supercrew: 4,203 pounds The 2025 Ford Ranger Supercrew is built to be a dependable workhorse, so its weight makes sense. To handle cargo thrown in its bed, Ford's engineers needed solid construction, meaning a tough-but-heavy ladder frame chassis and stronger materials. The 4WD version is slightly heavier than the Mustang GTD, but the 2WD variant weighs just 4,203 pounds. The Ranger may not challenge its sportier sibling around a track, but at least it can claim victory in the weight stakes. When your track-focused performance car weighs more than your mid-size pickup truck, something has gone fundamentally wrong. 3. 2025 Lamborghini Revuelto: 4,290 pounds With hybrid technology advancement in recent years, vehicles have been getting heavier. Lamborghini's flagship Revuelto perfectly illustrates this trend. The 6.5-liter V12 gets assistance from electric motors, resulting in peak output of 1,001 horsepower. Despite having 400 more horses than its V12-powered Aventador ancestor, it weighs over 200 pounds more. Yet despite carrying all that hybrid hardware, it still has over 100 pounds less to lug around than the Mustang GTD. When a hybridized V12 Lamborghini is lighter than your supposedly lightweight track car, the engineers need to have a serious conversation about priorities. 4. 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing: 4,302 pounds The Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is one of the most potent four-door sedans available, with a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 producing 668 horsepower channeled to the rear wheels. Despite having a larger body, additional rear doors, and extra seating, the CT5-V Blackwing weighs just over 100 pounds less than the Mustang GTD. Ford's engineers need to discover what black magic Cadillac used to achieve this, because crucial performance could be unlocked from the GTD if they crack that code. When your two-door track car weighs more than a four-door luxury sedan with a supercharged V8, you've got problems. 5. 2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD: 4,398 pounds Electric vehicles tend to be the heaviest things on the road pound-for-pound, mainly due to huge battery packs powering various electric motors. Despite this disadvantage, even the heaviest 2026 Tesla Model Y, the Long Range AWD, comes in lighter than the Mustang GTD at 4,396 pounds. The dual-motor Model Y transmits 375 horsepower to two electric motors powering each axle for all-wheel drive. The Model Y sits just eight pounds lower than the Mustang, but the fact it's lighter despite all that EV componentry illustrates just how porky the GTD actually is. So there we have it. Five vehicles lighter than Ford's track-focused Mustang GTD, including a Bugatti Veyron criticized for being too heavy, a pickup truck, a hybrid Lamborghini, a four-door luxury sedan, and an electric SUV with massive batteries. The GTD produces 815 horsepower and costs $325,000, yet somehow weighs more than all of them. Ford needs to work out where all that mass is hiding, because if they want to genuinely compete at the Nürburgring, carrying 4,404 pounds around the Nordschleife isn't going to cut it. Weight is the enemy of performance, and the GTD has brought far too much of it to the fight.
