2005 Ford Gt Lives Up to the Legacy of Lemans Winners

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 01, 2005

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Powered by an all-aluminum, 5.4-liter supercharged MOD V-8 engine with 550 horsepower, the GT is the pace car for Ford Motors.

The original Ford GT was a pure race car, built in the mid-1960s to take on Ferrari in the demanding 24-hour race at Le Mans. The Ford GT race car beat the world's best in endurance racing, placing 1-2-3 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 and winning the next three consecutive years.

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2005 Ford Gt Lives Up to the Legacy of Lemans Winners

Built in Wixom, Mich., the new GT was unveiled at the 2002 North American International Auto Show as the GT40 concept. It made an immediate impression and, just 45 days after the vehicle was unveiled, Ford officially announced that a production version wa...

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