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The Ford GT began as a concept car designed in anticipation
of Ford's centennial year and as part of its drive
to showcase and revive its "heritage"
names such as Mustang and Thunderbird. Camillo Pardo
the head of Ford's "Living Legends" studio
is credited as the chief designer of the GT and
worked under the guidance of Jay Mays. The designers
drew inspiration from Ford's classic GT40 race cars
of the 1960s and the GT is sometimes mistaken for
its 1960s counterpart.
Positive
response on the auto show circuit in 2002 helped
persuade the company to produce the car in limited
quantities, and the first production versions
appeared in 2003. It is a very high-performance,
two-seater vehicle with a strong styling resemblance
to its racing ancestor and performance to match.
The powerplant is a mid-mounted supercharged 5.4
liter V8, producing 550 horsepower (410 kW) and
500 foot-pounds (678 Nm) of torque. Top speed
is over 200 mph (322 km/h)
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