Ford reveals wild GT Mk IV track car packing over 800 hp

Ford is not accomplished with its GT just nonetheless.

Even while production of the conventional supercar formally comes to an conclusion this 12 months, Ford will supply a remaining, monitor-only version dubbed the GT Mk IV up coming yr.

Disclosed on Friday, the new Ford GT Mk IV honors the original Ford GT40 Mk IV race motor vehicle that took victory at the 1967 24 Several hours of Le Mans. As an more nod to the race vehicle and the Le Mans victory, Ford will restrict creation of the GT Mk IV to 67 models.

“The initial GT(40) Mk IV held practically nothing again for max monitor functionality, and the new Ford GT Mk IV brings it in the exact same way,” Mark Rushbrook, head of Ford Overall performance Motorsports, reported in a statement.

2023 Ford GT Mk IV

That is no exaggeration as the GT Mk IV advantages from significant general performance updates in comparison to the previously spectacular GT. This involves a new carbon-fiber overall body with a very long-tail design and style for enhanced downforce, a stretched wheelbase for enhanced managing, and a new engine and racing transmission for more velocity.

The motor is nonetheless a twin-turbo device, but with displacement bumped up from the 3.5 liters of the GT. Ford is conserving most of the aspects but mentioned the focused output is in excess of 800 hp, which is a good bump more than the 660 hp of the GT, as nicely as the 700 hp of the former GT Mk II keep track of motor vehicle from 2019.

The GT Mk IV is also a celebration of Ford’s partnership with Multimatic, the Canadian engineering and motorsports firm that builds the GT for Ford and helped designed the supercar, as well as its adaptive spool-valve adjustable dampers. There is no lacking that substantial “Multimatic” script on the rear wing.

The GT Mk IV is priced at $1.7 million, and like with the GT, there will be an application approach for the selection of potential buyers. Ford hasn’t explained no matter if it will acknowledge video clip applications from prospective buyers this time. The collection method will be accomplished by the 1st quarter of 2023 and deliveries will get started by late spring, the automaker verified.