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The Ford GT40 is a high-performance mid-engined racing car originally designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company to compete in 1960s European endurance racing.Its specific impetus was to best Scuderia Ferrari, which had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race for six years running from 1960 to 1965.
The first Superformance GT40s to be built are replicas of the famous Ford GT40 MkII A that finished first, second, and third overall at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race in 1966. The Superformance GT40 differs from other Ford GT40 replicas in that it is the "only one to be built with a monocoque chassis that is an exact replica of the original". [11]
Superformance MKIII at the Scarsdale Concourse. Hi-Tech Automotive is a low volume, specialist car builder and design house located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. [1] Most of the vehicles produced are exported, notably to the US and UK. The main distributor of the cars built by Hi-Tech is Superformance.
This is a list of the most expensive cars sold in public auto auctions through the traditional bidding process.. On May 5, 2022, in a secret auction at the brand's museum in Germany, Mercedes-Benz sold one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupes from its extensive collection of historical automobiles—which dates back to the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century.
This company licensed the use of the "GT40" trademark to Ford for the initial 2002 show car. When Ford decided to put the GT40 concept to production stage, negotiations between the two firms failed as Ford did not pay the US$40 million the owners of the name demanded. Thus, the production cars are simply called the GT. [5] [6]
Negstad also designed the chassis and suspension for the GT40 and the CSX 3000 series Shelby Cobra, often referred to as the "coil-Spring Cobra" chassis. After sketching the proposed design on the floor of the Shelby America workshop, starting with the roadster chassis crashed at the 1963 Le Mans race, Brock removed the bodywork and placed a ...
Ford GT40, a 1960s racing car; Ford GT70, a limited production rally sports car made by Ford of Britain in 1970 and a 1971 concept car by Ghia; Ford GT90, a 1995 concept car; Galpin GTR1, a 2013 limited production sports car; Ford GTX1, a roadster model of the Ford GT; Unrelated to the cars above: Ford GTB, a tactical truck
Ford GT40 Cooper Monaco: Powertrain; Engine: 302 cubic inches (4,950 cubic centimetres) Ford Windsor V8: Power output: 435 brake horsepower (324 kilowatts; 441 metric horsepower) 540 newton-metres (400 pound force-feet) Transmission: 5-Speed ZF Manual: Dimensions; Kerb weight: 3,000 pounds (1,400 kilograms)