Put simply, the new Ford GT is insane. It is at least a year
away from production and at least a year and a half or two away from being seen
on the road. But it has already started to create a sort of frenzy that its’
supercar competitors can only envy right now.
The Ford GT is still in development so there could be some
substantial changes in what Ford eventually rolls out with. But considering the
promises made by the CEO, the 2017 Ford GT is going to be a game changer and it
may just redefine supercars.
The Ford GT is going to roll out with an all carbon-fiber
body and all hand-laid. Before you imagine spaceships and airplanes, the
carbon-fiber has been manufactured in-house and it costs less than the carbon
fiber used in avionics. So any concern about skyrocketing prices can be endured
for now, although the wild yet sophisticated vehicle will end up being an
expensive purchase.
Ford is trying to achieve a power to weight ratio in the
Ford GT that will beat any car in the world, regardless of its class. This is
possibly the first time a chief engineer of an auto major, Jamal Hameedi, has
gone on record to make this claim. The caveat of in its class has always been
thrown around by most automakers. Wheels of change anyone?
While 600 horsepower does sound promising, what is rather
quaint is the set of standard aluminum wheels that Ford GT was sporting when
displayed in Detroit a few months back. But Ford is contemplating on having
lightweight carbon fiber wheels. Given the fact that it is supposedly going to
be the car with the best power to weight ratio on the market, carbon fiber
should have been the natural choice in the first place.
But one cannot complain, not with a car that that is loaded
with twenty eight processors and ten million lines of code. There is no dearth
of cool features that make the 2017 Ford GT almost magical. There is an
airbrake function, the wing can tilt and rise vertically, the horizontal
surface can angle upward and can also drag whenever necessary.
Active suspension that allows the GT to have its front end
lifted when driving over speed humps and on ramps and the car gets lowered when
it is being driven at top speeds. That assures stability and improves
aerodynamics.
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