Ford’s remaining GT particular version honors Le Mans success

Ford on Wednesday revealed the tenth and remaining special-edition model of its GT supercar.

The most recent is the 2022 Ford GT LM Version, which because the title implies is a celebration of the GT nameplate’s a number of successes within the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from the GT40’s historic one-two-three end on the 1966 race, proper as much as the present GT’s class win on the 2016 race.

The automobile options silver for the first shade and patrons will have the ability to select between purple or blue for the accents, the 2 colours that along with white featured on the livery of the GT that received on the 2016 Le Mans race. Patrons also can select to have the uncovered carbon fiber of the aero parts given a tint within the accent shade.

The accent shade additionally extends into the cabin, the place it options on the motive force’s seat, engine starter button, and the cross stitching in numerous locations. The remainder of the cabin options black, whereas carbon fiber options on the middle console, heart stack, and decrease A-pillars.

Distinctive to the GT LM Version is a 3D-printed titanium exhaust that contains a cyclonic design inside the ideas. There’s additionally a small “GT LM” badge, additionally titanium, that sits above the exhaust ideas.

The automobile additionally has a direct hyperlink to the 2016 Le Mans race. Ford has the disassembled engine of the number-69 GT race automobile which got here third in school, and the automaker floor down the crankshaft of this engine right into a powder that was combined into the mix that ended up being 3D printed right into a badge sitting on the sprint.

The GT particular editions do not include any powertrain mods. This implies the GT LM Version is powered by the usual 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, good for 660 hp. The engine is hooked to a 7-speed dual-clutch computerized and spins the rear wheels solely.

Simply 20 examples of the GT LM Version shall be constructed. Deliveries will start this fall and can wrap up later this 12 months when manufacturing of the GT lastly involves an finish after a four-year run.

Notice, the special-edition automobiles do not enhance the full run of 1,350 items destined to be constructed for this technology of the GT.