Ford utilized the automobile program circuit to flaunt the Ford GT supercar in a variety of various hues and focused on exactly what captured the general public’s eye before choosing the eight options for the 2017 model year.
As the automaker prepares to begin delivering the cars at the end of the year, it is providing a bit more information on the last look for those lucky adequate to obtain one of the roughly 250 that will be built each year with a cost of over $400,000 each. Ford has actually gotten over 6,000 applications for the very first two years of production (500 vehicles). Chosen customers will be informed later this month, officials state.
The car is going to be offered in a choice of eight colors consisting of the Liquid Blue of the program car that debuted at the 2015 North American International Auto Show and a few of the colors revealed to date on the auto show circuit. The car will also be available in white, red, yellow, black, gray, silver, matte black and, obviously, racing stripes. “These colors aren’t trendy, because Ford GT isn’t a fashionable automobile,” states Barb Whalen, Ford design manager, color and materials, in a release. “It is a timeless– a genuine race vehicle for the roadway.”
The GT has actually a body made from carbon fiber, a product generally booked for accents. Designers have actually left the costly material exposed and noticeable across the control panel inside the vehicle. On the exterior, customers can pick gloss, matte or “shadow black” paint to have the carbon fiber trim.
Performance brakes are required for the lightweight car that will be powered by a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine capable of producing more than 600 horsepower. It is mated to a seven-speed automatic transmission. The car showed its guts by coming away a winner in the LM GTE class at the recent 24 Hours of Le Mans.
