Ford Racing Debuts the Most Powerful Open Air Mustang Ever Assembled

British Columbia has some of the best driving roads in the country, and Ford Racing just built a car meant to be heard on them with the top down. The new Mustang Dark Horse SC convertible is now confirmed, and it changes the conversation for open-air performance shoppers.

This isn’t a soft convertible take on an existing Mustang. It’s the drop-top counterpart to the track-focused Dark Horse SC coupe, built by the same Ford Racing engineers, and it’s the most powerful open-air Mustang ever assembled.

What’s Confirmed Now

Ford Racing has confirmed the Mustang Dark Horse SC convertible as a new addition to the Dark Horse family, positioned as the first new high-performance Mustang convertible since 2013. It runs a standard supercharged 5.2-litre V8 producing 795 hp and 660 lb-ft of torque, paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

The convertible shares its Ford Racing engineering with the Dark Horse SC coupe, but the two are tuned for different jobs. The coupe is built to be the most track-capable Dark Horse ever offered. The convertible skips the lap-time obsession in favour of what Ford Racing calls a top-down grand touring feel, with a magnesium tower-to-tower brace added over the engine and a next-generation MagneRide suspension tuned specifically for the open-top structure.

Colour and trim details are confirmed too: Precision Purple exterior paint joins the palette, along with a unique brake calliper colour and interior finishes in Black Onyx and Space Gray.

How the Dark Horse SC Convertible Fits the Lineup

The standard Dark Horse remains the entry point into this performance tier, running a 5.0-litre V8 at 500 hp and 418 lb-ft of torque through a choice of manual or 10-speed automatic transmission, RWD, with a 12.4-inch digital cluster and 13.2-inch touchscreen. The Dark Horse SC convertible sits well above it, built on the Mustang GT convertible’s architecture but with the SC’s supercharged powertrain layered in.

That gap between 500 hp and 795 hp is the story here. The SC convertible isn’t a trim bump, it’s a different tier of Mustang, built around a supercharged engine the standard Dark Horse doesn’t offer at all.

What Matters for Shoppers Now

The open-top format changes more than the styling. With the roof down, there’s no barrier between the cabin and the supercharger whine or the V8’s exhaust note, something the coupe can’t fully replicate. Ford Racing has framed this explicitly as a street and grand-touring machine rather than a track weapon, which matters if daily usability and top-down cruising sit higher on your list than lap times.

That tradeoff runs both ways. A convertible body adds weight and reduces structural stiffness compared with a coupe, which is why the reinforced magnesium brace and retuned MagneRide suspension exist in the first place. Buyers who want the sharpest handling should still look at the coupe; buyers who want the loudest, most visceral open-air experience get exactly that here.

The likely buyer for this car is a Mustang loyalist or performance-convertible shopper who already knows the Dark Horse story and wants the most powerful version of it with the roof gone. It’s a narrower audience than the standard Mustang lineup, and that’s by design.

Ordering and What’s Still Ahead

Orders for the Mustang Dark Horse SC convertible open this fall, with cars reaching dealer showrooms in spring 2027. Full equipment lists, Canadian trim structure, and pricing haven’t been detailed yet, and BC allocation specifics remain to be worked out as the order window opens.

For British Columbia shoppers who want a serious position in this run, that ordering window is the piece to watch. Regional allocation on a low-volume performance convertible tends to move quickly once orders open.

Reserve Your Place in the Dark Horse SC Convertible Story

The Mustang Dark Horse SC convertible pairs a 795-horsepower supercharged V8 with an open-top design built for grand touring rather than lap times, giving Ford’s performance lineup its first new high-performance convertible in over a decade.

Visit Coastal Ford Squamish to talk through the Dark Horse SC convertible’s order timeline and get on the list as details for British Columbia continue to take shape.