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Ford GT
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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