The Wind-Slicing GT Puts Ford Back in the Supercar Game

[Man] Hear the word supercar and you probably think

Ferrari, Lamborghini, maybe McLaren,

now add Ford to the list.

(engine revving)

This wind slicing hyperbeast is the 2017 Ford GT.

It's the spiritual successor to the GT40

which stunned Europe in the 1960s by winning

the 24 hours of Le Mans Endurance Race four years in a row.

To mark the 50th anniversary of that domination

Ford revived the car, developing two new versions.

The racing version already won its class

at last summers Le Mans and now the street legal GT

is hitting the road.

Naturally the Detroit engineers packed both

with about half a century of tech advancement.

And while purist may be sad to see a turbo charged V6

take the place of the old honking big V8

this engine does its job and then some.

It makes more than 600 horsepower

rocketing the carbon fiber in the aluminum supercar

all the way to 216 miles an hour.

Still the new GT prize is simplicit.

Lots of supercars do most of the driving work for you

but the Ford demands real skill on the corners.

But when you hit just the right combination

of steering, throttle and brake

you feel like you really belong on the track in Le Mans.

Of course your chances of ever getting to try it

for yourself sits somewhere between zilch and zero.

Not only does Ford want about half a million bucks

for the GT, that's the starting price,

it demands you fill out an application

explaining why you deserve to cough up the cash.

Oh, and it's making just a thousand copies of the car.

So yeah, don't expect to drive the GT anytime soon.

Whatever.

Just be glad Ford's back in the supercar game

and that it's winning.