Ford announces its ultimate GT with the 700bhp track-only Mk II
in its powertrain, aero and brakingcompared with
the road car.
So to really show off the GT’s underlying
capability arounda circuit, Ford has announced the
GT Mk II, a track-onlyvariantpossessing the fastest
bits from the racing and road-going versions,and
completely free of the regulationsthat applyto
each. As such,Ford won’t race the GT Mk II, and
neitherwill the model’s buyers, so it will only ever be
driven at trackdays. There’s also no VIN number, so
don’texpect to see one at a cars & coffee meet.
IGNITION
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F
ORDCAME, CONQUERED, AND 50 YEARS
later came and conquered again. The
Blue Oval’s current GT, designed with the
sole intentionof usurpingthe establishmentat the
Le Mans24 Hours, is the result of homologation
in the old-fashioned sense – but with an odd role
reversal. Blamethe immense pace of road-going
supercar development, and also the contrived
Balance of Performance regulationsin racing,but
contrary to whatmany mightthink,the Ford GT in
its Le Mansclass-winningguise is heavily limited