RE: Ford GT configurator live!

[carinaman]

Get with the programme. It's Le Mans or bust.

[anonymous-user]

Looks fantastic with the apologetic little wing down, not so much up.

[DonkeyApple]

Vroom101 said:

DonkeyApple said:

Vroom101 said:

DonkeyApple said:

It is a cracking looking car and the only sad thing is that it should have been Lotus producing something that looks as good as this.

What's wrong with Ford doing it?

Nothing.

Fair enough. I got the impression you were having a downer on Ford. To be honest, Ford have got the bigger bank balance, although I would love to see what Lotus could come up with if they had Ford's budget.

No, big Ford fan. Also a big Lotus fan but depressed that they have the heart set on designing cars that just don't look right.

Just buying a pen and giving it to someone other than Stevie Wonder would be a start for Lotus.

[Zad]

I was after Ford gloss black with a matte stripe, but this will have to do instead:





I'm not usually a big fan of the matte-wrap-ethnic-drug-dealer look, but the GT seems to look good in anything!

[_Leg_]

DonkeyApple said:

Just buying a pen and giving it to someone other than Stevie Wonder would be a start for Lotus.

Sat in the garage pissing myself laughing.

[anniesdad]

[M1C]

Zad said:

I was after Ford gloss black with a matte stripe, but this will have to do instead:





I'm not usually a big fan of the matte-wrap-ethnic-drug-dealer look, but the GT seems to look good in anything!

YES!!!

[Truckosaurus]

fblm said:

It's an odd choice for the US market where v6's are what you buy your teenage daughter to learn to drive in.

I think they are betting the farm that the halo effort of having a V6 Ecoboost in the GT will help sales of the V6 Ecoboost versions of the F150, Taurus and Exploder.

[NDNDNDND]

Bladedancer said:

NDNDNDND said:

V8 manual please!

Oh...

It'll be the Mustang then.

Amen to that!

[Nickbrapp]

boz1 said:

Offt yes please

[Rumblestripe]

W00DY said:

Fit.

Yeah that was my config too (except I went for orange calipers). Looks rather nice.

[Glennroiiy]

I've just seen a post on Instagram of a test mule, don't worry about the sound of it! It's amazing! 👌🏼

[JackP1]

These two work for me!

Edited by JackP1 on Thursday 14th April 00:06

[leglessAlex]

Glennroiiy said:

I've just seen a post on Instagram of a test mule, don't worry about the sound of it! It's amazing!

I just saw that video too, the grey car right? It does sound incredible, if there is any turbo noise it's being well and truly drowned out by the exhaust noise.

[unsprung]

leglessAlex said:

Glennroiiy said:

I've just seen a post on Instagram of a test mule, don't worry about the sound of it! It's amazing!

I just saw that video too, the grey car right? It does sound incredible, if there is any turbo noise it's being well and truly drowned out by the exhaust noise.

That's good news. Obviously, Ford realise that their embrace of a high-output V6 (instead of the expected V8) must require no compromise -- not even in terms of aural character.

If this thing would sound like an overwrought take on a saloon lump, we'd be disappointed.

The engineers at Ford probably tuned the sound in parallel with mapping the engine. At this price point, and considering the tremendous importance of the Ford GT as a halo for the corporate fleet, nothing less than the most fastidious will do.

ps: given this rise of the super-powered V6, we can guess what will happen in a few years to the Mustang GT

[unsprung]

If you're interested in purchasing the Ford GT, there is an application process. Ford will decide who is allowed to buy.

See every question asked on the Ford GT buyer application, here.


Additionally, from the preceding link, there is this promising observation:

"Ford also seems to have an interest in people who actually drive their GTs, rather than simply hoarding them away in a private collection."

[Dr S]

What a machine

[Tuvra]

[R66STU]

It gives price indication on the ford website, if you go to the application section...



Estimated Starting MSRP in the mid $400,000's*

• Estimated Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) excluding options, taxes, registration and destination fees. Starting MSRP projected availability Summer 2016.

[coogy]

The car was designed and built as a race car, predominantly to win Le Mans. The engine is from the Ford Daytona Prototype, its race proven and reliable and also fuel efficient hence its use at Le Mans. They've got 4 of them on the grid at Le Mans this year and they stand a fairly decent chance of GT Pro win. The road car is what allows them to put this on the grid, hence the twin turbo charged V6. That said, it should be a bloody good engine if perhaps lacking the character for an NA V8.