It’s hard to believe that we’re staring at an all-new, 600-plus-hp Ford GT. Not only because we thought a new Guns N’ Roses album would come out before we’d see a second coming of the GT, but also because we never thought a Ford GT could look so swoopy, so exotic, and so sexy without losing its signature, “See what America can do, Ferrari?” vibe.
Got carbon fiber?
“If you could use innovation to build the ultimate Ford Performance vehicle, what would it be?” asks Ford CEO Mark Fields. The all-new Ford GT, which Fields says goes into production next year, is more exotic than we could’ve expected, but the styling isn’t so out-there Italian that the GT isn’t recognizable as America’s supercar sweetheart.
The carbon-fiber tub mates with aluminum front and rear subframes, all wrapped in carbon-fiber body panels. From straight on, the car has a bit of a flower petal shape, with a narrow nose that blossoms out at the wide windshield and roof before slimming back down at the engine cover. The Ford GT is über wide and über low, its roofline sitting about four feet off the pavement. It has active aerodynamics and deep gouges in its sides that help funnel air, à la Ferrari F12berlinetta. Massive air vents feed the front-mounted radiators, and the dual center-exit exhaust looks fantastic between the rear LED circle taillights.
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