FROM OUR FRIENDS AT HAGERTY: With customers poised at the brink of electrified autonomy, Ford Performance could not resist the opportunity for one last chorus of unmuffled speed and driving delight. The newly revealed Ford GT Mk II is a second iteration of the modern Ford supercar engineered to win its class at Le Mans. We’re talking way too much horsepower, the aerodynamics of an eagle in flight, and racing slicks for phenomenal cornering and braking. If you’ve got $1.2-million burning a hole in your net worth and are one of the first 45 hand raisers, this dedicated track toy can be yours.
The GT Mk II is the Ford Performance team’s response to three what-ifs:
What if we didn’t have to comply with government regulations defining every nook and cranny of our street machines? What if we could forget about the racing rules that inhibit our power and aerodynamic performance? What if design was bounded solely by the laws of physics?
The result is a twin-turbo port-injected 3.5-liter V-6 that delivers 700 horsepower at 6500 rpm (up from the street machines 647 hp and the LMGTE Pro racer’s 495 hp). A wing only slightly smaller than a 737’s combined with a massive rear diffuser, ventilated front fenders, and a splitter the size of an ironing board yields 1700 pounds of downforce at 150 mph—roughly four times as much as the road-going GT.
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