While Ford showed us their new 2017 GT at the Detroit Auto Show in January, it wasn’t the final production car. To be precise, it was a near-production model or in Ford’s own words, “95 percent” ready.
However, it’s still 18 months away from arriving in showrooms towards the end of 2016, with Ford continuing to develop the mid-engine supercar, as you can see in these fresh spy shots.
Generally speaking, this tester gives the impression of an unfinished car with ill-fitting body panels that’s missing several parts such as the exhaust finishers, rear diffuser and production lights. And yes, we still think it looks cool in a Mad Max-kind of way…
Ford has held back on many final / fine details surround its upcoming halo car, but we do know that there’s a new 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 EcoBoost engine delivering upwards of 600-horses (some recent reports say it will have at least 700hp) sitting behind the cabin, paired to a seven-speed dual clutch transmission driving the rear axle. The supercar’s body is made predominately from carbon fiber, with aluminum structures on both ends supporting the suspension and powertrain.
Like all new Ford performance models, the low-slung supercar will be offered outside of North America as well. Production will take place in Canada, with Ford believed to limit availability to around 250 units a year. Ford’s Head of Product Development Raj Nair recently stated that “price wise, we will be facing cars like the Lamborghini Aventador”, which means around $350,000 – $400,000 in the USA, and approximately £250,000 in the UK.
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