They're making a new Ford GT!

[LHutton]

The last team to be semi-competitive in top level GT racing, with a turbo was Roock. The restrictors have since favoured NA engines, though these days with the way BoP has been thrown around, that could become different. I personally like that car and hope it finds success as a GTE.


http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/03/980...315_1_copy.jpg

The 12C and 650S GT3 have been fast in GT. Transmission reliability screwed up last season but the 650S GT3 finished fairly strong in the Gulf 12 hrs and the the 12C GT3 holds the 25.4km endurance lap record at the 'ring. Basically one reason it's fast is because it uses the same restrictor but the engine is such that it can spend most of the time at the power limit at nearly all race rpms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajN5fVVOLOw

[Rare White Ape]

Ignore the flatulant putt-puttering around the corner, the real deal is the in-car audio and quick-shifting beats.

So it sounds like a diesel truck?

Man I hate turbos. They ruin the sound.

However I think that aero tunnel that goes behind the rear wheels and out the back is bad arse. It would be even better if they maybe even went without the giant B-pillar that connects the roof to the wheel arch.

[novicius]

Aussie semi-trucks sound like GTE racecars? #australiarules

Doesn't sound like a U.S. truck/bus to me -- plus those quick squealing upshifts are The Business.

[Rare White Ape]

Oh yeah, gotta agree with you on the shifting. But that's a benefit of modern gearboxes that can pop the next gear at lightspeed.

But couple it with a nicer sounding motor and I'm all ears.

http://youtu.be/GCgdfNR9J6w

And hers what a racing truck sounds like just for the heck of it eh?

http://youtu.be/QiVfpzt3a1s

[Kchrpm]

I finally listened to it. That's gross I will be really disappointed if the road car or race cars sound like that.

[MR2 Fan]

MSRP announced...nearly $400,000

and only 250 will be made

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...l-250-per-year

So $400,000 for a Ford with a V6 Ecoboost engine...I'm stunned

[Fast As Possible]

[LHutton]

That rear end looks very clever aerodynamically.

[Crazed_Insanity]

I like this pig!

But not for $400k though.

[novicius]

Eh, it's just another LFA. #shrug

Good on Ford that they're still gonna race it tho'.