Ford is absolutely killing it right now. It has only been a little over a month into 2015, but the American carmaker has already unveiled a brand new Ecoboost Raptor performance pickup truck, a radical Shelby GT350R halo Mustang, and most recently a global Ford Focus RS with AWD.
Its most important vehicle of all is undoubtedly the wicked 2017 Ford GT supercar that was unveiled at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show last month. Last week, Ford and Forza Motorsport 6 shared an insightful 6-minute video that highlighted some of the major design and engineering aspects of the new American supercar. If you took a closer look at the video, you will notice an Easter egg as well.
At 1:49 of the Forza Motorsport 6 video, the two designers are squatting next to the Ford GT for a closer look at its front end and headlight design elements. Behind them is a curious rendering board that features what looks to be the design of the Le Mans racing-spec Ford GT.
Now, a more detailed rendering from rc82 workshop has surfaced. While the overall profile of the standard Ford GT and its Le Mans racing version is very similar, the race spec Ford GT features a dorsal fin as well as an enormous rear wing tor maximum downforce.
Because the Ford GT still retains much of its street car profile, it is somewhat tame compared to the dedicated LMP1 racing cars. At the same time, the dorsal fin design also makes the rendered Ford GT racing car too wild for the GT class.
Stay tuned as we expect to learn more about the real Ford GT racing car that is expected to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this year.
Danny Choy
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