Snapshot taken October 26, 2026 · Sources: nationwide dealer listings (Cars.com, Autotrader), filtered to the Dark Horse trim, plus verified auction results (Cars & Bids, Bring a Trailer) · Refreshed weekly — prices and counts move constantly
Every week we pull the entire national market for the Ford Mustang Dark Horse into one place — how many are actually for sale, what they’re going for, and where the deals are. No guessing, no “call for price.” Here’s where the market stands right now.
What they’re selling for
Quick heads-up, because listing sites blur this: two very different cars wear the Dark Horse name. The standard Dark Horse — what most shoppers mean — is a roughly $64K–$77K new car (less used). The Dark Horse SC is Ford’s 795-hp factory-supercharged flagship, a six-figure car in its own right. Cars.com and Autotrader lump them together under one trim, so we break them out here — otherwise the SC’s price makes it look like the whole market has gone insane.
| Segment | Price | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Used, absolute floor | ~$44,500 | 2024 Fastback, 28,622 miles (AutoSavvy, Gilbert, AZ) — unchanged for a 2nd straight week, still the same long-tracked car, still unsold |
| Clean, low-mile used | ~$51,500–$55,500 | Where most tidy used cars are landing; several flagged “Good Deal” / “Great Deal” |
| New standard, typical | ~$60,000–$77,000 | Base Dark Horse up through a loaded Premium. The cheapest new car in the country dropped sharply to $59,699 — a 2025 model-year car at Oxmoor Ford in Louisville, KY, $5.4K off its $70,965 MSRP — ending a 5-week freeze at $61,812 (Granger Motors, Granger, IA) |
| Biggest verified genuine markup | +$15,599 | A stock, non-supercharged 2026 Fastback (5.0L V8, no forced induction, verified via the listing description): $96,099 asking against an $80,500 MSRP at Surprise Ford in Surprise, AZ. Re-verified October 26, still unsold — still the largest markup we can confirm against a published MSRP, now 6 straight weeks. (Closest challenger, still unchanged: $96,895 against an $82,000 MSRP at Mac Haik Ford in Pasadena, TX, a genuine +$14,895. Still excluded as a trap: the $92,007 FP700-supercharged listing at Lugoff Ford in Lugoff, SC.) |
| Outlier to watch (unconfirmed MSRP) | $338,557 ask | New this week, and more extreme than last week’s: Joe Machens Capital City Ford in Jefferson City, MO is asking $338,557 for a Dark Horse listed simply as “V8” with a “7-speed automatic” — a spec that matches neither known Dark Horse powertrain (10-speed auto or 6-speed manual on the standard car, DCT-only on the supercharged SC), no MSRP disclosed. Reads like a listing or pricing-system error rather than a real market signal, so we’re flagging it, not crowning it. Last week’s outlier is still there too: the stock, non-supercharged $233,085 ask at Preston Ford Hyundai Mazda in Hurlock, MD, unchanged. |
| Dark Horse SC & built cars | ~$100,000–$227,500 | A separate class — the factory 795-hp supercharged SC flagship (six-figure MSRP) plus Hennessey/built cars. This tier jumped again, 331→376 listings, tracking the broader new-car flood. The genuine SC ceiling is back to $227,009 (Corwin Ford, Reno, NV, MSRP $176,310, verified via window sticker) after last week’s record-setting $306,570 SC listing at Granger Motors in Granger, IA got slashed to $209,075 this week — a $97,495 cut on the same VIN-verified 5.2L supercharged car, not a sale, just a steep reprice. A second SC in Missoula, MT still carries $227,508 all-in. (The $250,620 Shelby-badged listing at Sunset Ford, St. Louis, MO — a 2026 Shelby Super Snake-R, an 850+hp aftermarket conversion, not a factory car — is still listed and still excluded.) |
| Supercharged builds ~$100K–$130K | ~$101,000–$130,000 | The same trap, one tier down. Most of these aren’t markup at all — they’re dealer-built supercharged cars (Ford Performance FP700 kits and similar) where thousands in installed options sit on top of a standard MSRP. Always read the options list before you call something a gouge. |
What they actually sell for (auction results)
Listing prices are what dealers ask. Completed auctions are what buyers actually pay — a real transaction with a final number. Here are recent verified Dark Horse sales from Cars & Bids and Bring a Trailer, most recent first:
| Car | Sold for | When | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Dark Horse “Hennessey H850” — supercharged, 3k mi | $72,888 | Aug 2026 | Cars & Bids |
| 2024 Dark Horse “Hennessey H850” — supercharged, 2k mi | $78,000 | May 2026 | Cars & Bids |
| 2025 Dark Horse Premium — stock, 6-speed | $59,000 | Oct 2025 | Bring a Trailer |
| 2024 Dark Horse Premium — Roush supercharged | $59,500 | Aug 2025 | Cars & Bids |
| 2024 Dark Horse — Whipple Stage 2, 1,300 mi | $68,500 | Feb 2025 | Cars & Bids |
What it means if you’re buying
Inventory hit another new record, again almost entirely new-car growth. Total listings jumped 1,095→1,166 (+71). New metal added +75 to 979, while used slipped 191→187 and CPO held flat at 36. The used floor held at $44,500 for a 2nd straight week (same 28,622-mile 2024 Fastback in Gilbert, AZ), but the cheapest new car broke its 5-week freeze, dropping sharply from $61,812 to $59,699 (Oxmoor Ford, Louisville, KY, $5.4K off MSRP). The biggest verified genuine markup, re-checked October 26, still stands at +$15,599 (Surprise Ford, AZ) for a 6th straight week — though an even more extreme unconfirmed outlier showed up this week: a Missouri dealer asking $338,557 for a car spec’d as a plain “V8” with a “7-speed automatic,” a combination that doesn’t match either real Dark Horse powertrain. We’re treating it as a likely listing error, not a record. The six-figure SC/built segment jumped again, 331→376 listings, but the genuine-SC ceiling actually came back down to earth: last week’s record $306,570 Iowa SC listing got cut to $209,075 (-$97,495) this week, handing the verified ceiling back to the familiar $227,009 Corwin Ford (Reno, NV) listing. Autotrader’s nationwide count rose 919→946. For a shopper the message is steady: supply is at its deepest since we started tracking, the entry point actually got a little cheaper this week, and the most aggressive dealer markups — genuine or merely bizarre listing errors — keep sitting unsold. Patience and a calculator remain your best tools.
Just compare apples to apples. A clean used standard car is in the low $50Ks; a new one runs mid-$60Ks to upper $70Ks. Don’t let the six-figure listings rattle you — those are the supercharged SC flagship and built cars, a different animal, not a base Dark Horse with a wild markup. Know which car you’re actually looking at, know the real national range, and no dealer can spin you. That’s the whole reason we publish this.
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