Ford GT News
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Galpin Auto Sports has built a new supercar modeled after the Ford GT and will be unveiling it tomorrow at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, one of the satellite events of the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend in Monterey, California. We already have a good idea as to what the new supercar, labeled the Galpin Ford GTR1, will look like thanks to previous renderings but now Galpin has posted up a few teaser shots of the real thing on its Facebook page. The GTR1 is said to ride on the bones of a Ford GT and be capable of delivering as much as 1,000...
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Hennessey Ford GT Breaks Texas Mile Record With 267.6 MPH Run: Video
The Texas Mile may need to be renamed to the “Hennessey Mile,” or even the “Mark Heidaker Mile,” since one thing is becoming clear: the tuner and car owner apparently own the top speed record at the semiannual event, held in Beeville, Texas. In March of 2012, driver Sean...
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GAS To Build Ford GT-Inspired GTR-1 Supercar
Californian tuner and top Ford dealer Galpin Auto Sports, otherwise known as GAS, will build a limited run of supercar models that draw their inspiration from the Ford GT built between 2005 and 2006. The new supercar will be called the GTR-1 and it will deliver more than 1,000 horsepower...
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Awesome Ford GT Race Car Conversion Is Street Legal
While drooling over brochures of the Matech GT1 Ford GT, Ray Hofman, owner of RH Motorsports, had an idea: build a version of the Ford GT that looked like a race car, yet remained street legal and (relatively) comfortable to drive. If such a car appealed to him, Hofman thought, it would likely...
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Performance Power Racing Ford GT Sets 283 MPH Standing Mile Record
On October 16, Johnny Bohmer, owner of Performance Power Racing, strapped himself into the driver’s seat of his 1,700+ horsepower Ford GT, then pointed the nose towards the end of NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway. The 15,000 foot runway, located on Merritt Island, would give...
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Stolen Ford GT Chopped, Thieves Nabbed; Enthusiasts Mourn
Sometimes, it's a stupid, sad world we live in. A world where a prized 2005 Ford GT was stolen from its owner. Worse yet, a world where the moronic thieves decided the car was worth more hacked into parts, and then proceeded not just to disassemble, but chop up the frame and body of the car. The...
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We first told you about the Houston Half Mile last March, when the event was previewed by tuner John Hennessey and NFL star Mario Williams. Run on the 8,000 foot long concrete runway of Ellington Airport, the Houston Half Mile seemed to be an ideal event for those with fast cars and the need for speed. It certainly was an ideal event for top speed run veterans, as Sean Kennedy drove Mark Heidaker’s twin-turbo Ford GT to a new half-mile speed record. Last March, Kennedy hit a top speed of 257.7 mph in the standing mile at the Texas Mile, cracking the 204 mph mark at the half mile. Last...
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Twin-Turbo Ford GT Sets Texas Mile Speed Record: Video
Until March 25, 2012, the record speed achieved at the Texas Mile was 250.1 miles per hour. Hitting a number like that takes more than a fast car and steady nerves; environmental conditions have to be right, too. If there’s a head wind or a cross wind, chances are it will slow the car or make...
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1,000 Horsepower Ford GT Burns To The Ground: Video
We’re proud to admit the Ford GT is one of our favorite supercars here at MotorAuthority. An iconic design with just enough modern touches to make it look new, the Ford GT is hard not to love and its V-8 engine just begs to be pushed hard. So hard in fact that several aftermarket tuners have...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ford GT Successor To Go Hybrid?
Electric-assisted drivetrains are here to stay, and they've even made some inroads into legitimate supercar territory with the Porsche 918 Spyder, and in mechanical-hybrid terms with the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. But could a hybrid power the next Ford GT? That's the story slinking around the Web...
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Ford GT Successor In The Works?
Production American supercars can be counted on one hand, and with the death of the Viper, all of them are Corvettes. But Ford may be getting back into the game with a new version of the Ford GT, according to the altest reports from the Detroit Auto Show. In an interview with Derrick Kuzak, Ford's...
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Name Your All-Time Favorite Fast Or Fancy Ford
The era of social media is fully upon us when even 100-plus-year-old carmakers are adopting outlets like Twitter and Facebook as part of their efforts to build brand reputation. Sometimes it's even interesting. Take this tweet for @Ford, the official Ford Twitter account: @Ford: In 1953, Ford...
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The Ford GT may no longer be in production but its legacy will live on, at least in the fast-paced world of FIA GT1 competition, thanks to a number of teams that have picked the iconic supercar out of a field that includes the Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 and the Lamborghini Murcielago. The latest is from Swiss team Matech Competition, which has released a new teaser video for its FIA GT1 entry that will leave any car enthusiasts with goosebumps after hearing the visceral shriek of its V-8 engine. As early as 2009, before the regulations of the new GT1 Championship came into force, Matech Competition...
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Chasing The Speed Dragon, 1948: SCTA Racers On The Flats
Before carbon fiber, modern safety gear, and multi-billion dollar race teams, brilliant men and dangerously fast cars blazed trails across empty lake beds and into history in the pursuit of speed. This photo gallery shows one day in that chase in 1948--in vivid color. Packed with cars from...
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2010 Lotus Evora Preview
Though the $73,500 Evora has only been shown on a few occasions thus far in the U.S., the first two months of production are already pre-sold.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
John Mayer: Alleged Boy-Kisser, Confirmed Serial Dater/Car Nut
Back off, Mayer: we said ALLEGED.
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Spy Shots: More Of BMW's High-Performance M3 GT
BMW previously launched an M3 GT Coupe back in 1995.
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Video: Colin Braun shows Queen Latifah the ropes in the new 2010 Mustang GT
It's not everyday that a hip hop artist and actress like Queen Latifah climbs into the cockpit to hit the track for some high-speed driving lessons, but with Ford's marketing department eager to boost sales of the 2010 Mustang in the face of competition from the very hot 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, the...
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Last year Ford built a custom Mustang dubbed the AV8R for the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Gathering of Eagles festival, an event that saw the car eventually auctioned off for a princely sum of $500,000. For this year’s event Ford has built another stunner, once again based around an aviation theme, and once again raising a lot of money for young flight enthusiasts. Sign up: Get our best headlines every morning by email The latest car is called the AV-X10 Dearborn Doll and it’s based on the new 2010 Ford Mustang GT equipped with the glass roof option. It has been...
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Gemballa adds Gold Edition to Mirage GT stable
Since 2006, Gemballa has been building custom interpretations of the Porsche Carrera GT supercar, making it perhaps the foremost Carrera GT tuner in the world. For its latest iteration, Gemballa has decided to relax the power output and focus on a decisively seductive gold finish. Some of...
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First Ride: 2010 BMW 5-series Gran Turismo
This week Motor Authority had the opportunity to take a ride along in the new 2010 BMW 550i Gran Turismo at BMW's Performance Driving Center with chief instructor Jim Clark at the wheel. So what is our first impression? In a word, surprised. Looking a lot like a lower, less aggressive X6, the 2010...
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Gemballa adds Matt Edition to Mirage GT stable
Since 2006, Gemballa has been building custom interpretations of the Porsche Carrera GT supercar, making it perhaps the foremost Carrera GT tuner in the world. For its latest iteration, Gemballa has decided to relax the power output and focus on a decisively seductive matt black finish. Some of...
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Britain's Lightning Company plans three more electric cars
America’s Tesla Roadster is currently the electric car king when it comes to zero emissions performance cars but British car company Lightning is hard at work preparing a new 700hp (522kW) rival for the Tesla Roadster that it hopes to have in production next year. After that Lightning will...
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Report: Porsche planning hardened Panamera GTS flagship
Automakers love to build as many models as possible from a single platform as this helps them spread initial investment costs, as well as risk, that can often run up into the billions of dollars. This is especially true for smaller automakers with limited budgets and low production volumes. Case in...
Alex Kaufmann