A new Ford GT has been revealed – a new take on the last Ford GT and homage to the original GT40 – at the Detroit Auto Show with a 600bhp plus EcoBoost engine.
New Ford GT revealed at Detroit – arrives late 2016
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There had been rumours that Ford was planning to build a new GT and that it could arrive at Detroit. But nothing really leaked out, as it almost always does these days, so it seemed unlikely. But as unlikely as it might have seemed, there’s an all-new Ford GT on the floor in Detroit.
The new GT is rear-wheel drive with a mid-mounted engine and a more modern look than last decade’s GT had – whilst still clearly taking inspiration from the GT40 – with a 3.5 litre twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 delivering more than 600 horsepower.
Ford are promising lightweight materials like carbon fibre and aluminium, advanced active aerodynamics and a host of other material and technology innovations.
Raj Nair, Ford’s VP Global Product Development, said:
The GT is the ultimate execution of an enthusiast supercar.
GT includes innovations and technologies that can be applied broadly across Ford’s future product portfolio – another proof point that Ford continues raising the performance bar while ultimately improving vehicles for all of our customers.
The GT’s chassis has an active torsion bar and pushrod suspension and adjustable ride height, there’s a carbon fibre passenger cell, 20″ alloys, narrow-profile canopy, purposeful interior for two, digital instruments, F1-style steering wheel with driver control and upward swinging doors.
It ticks all the supercar boxes. Let’s hope it’s better at executing its promise than the last Ford GT.
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