Gallery: Review: 2017 Ford GT
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The GT is the spiritual successor of the GT40, which dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in the late 1960s.
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The race-dedicated version of the new GT won its class at last year's race in Le Mans.
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And now, the street-legal version of the car is hitting the road.
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The GT starts at $450,000, and potential customers must fill out an application for the right to drop the cash.
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The GT’s doors swing up and out to reveal a cockpit whose sleek design lives up to the exterior’s angular silhouette.
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Aircraft-style aluminum buttons and dials lend the GT’s cockpit a 1960s-era NASA feel, though a few details, like the window switches and rotary shifter dial, betray the contribution of the dreaded Ford parts bin.
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The most controversial part of the GT lies at its heart: a twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6.
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Enthusiasts may clamor for more cylinders, but compact packaging, minimal weight, and energy density shout them down.
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Carbon fiber wheels keep the overall weight down, but are especially helpful for the suspension, which articulates deftly over bumps in the road.
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A rear wing automatically not only adjusts height and position but changes shape to fine-tune how it produces downforce.
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It takes discipline and skill to drive the GT just right, nailing it delivers a sense of accomplishment harder to find in more helpful cars.
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From the steering-wheel-mounted shift lights to the no-nonsense instrumentation, the GT makes me feel like every stoplight is a starting grid, every parking spot a pit stop.
