End of the GT racing line.
Ford Motor says the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition celebrates Ford GT’s race-winning success. It the final special edition for the current-generation road cars. However, the so-called Mustang Dark Horse is the first new performance name for the brand since Mustang Bullitt was introduced in 2001. The street and track-capable performance MDH is Ford’s next racer. Biggest news is that Mustang will return to Le Mans. (AutoInformed. Com on Late to the Daytona Grid – Ford to Run in GT3 in 2024)
Since Ford is investing $50 billion in electric vehicles through 2026, it needs to wring every profitable nickel out of selling what it has now. Enter the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition available with red or blue design trim that include tinted red or blue carbon fiber exterior “treatment and a driver’s seat in the corresponding color.” Twenty will be made. Deliveries begin this fall with production ending later this year. The Ford GT already started at $500,000+. I’d double down on that with $1,000,000 a starting bid.
“With innovative materials, design and engineering, the Ford GT is unlike any other production supercar,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “As we close this chapter of the road-going Ford GT, the GT LM Edition gave us a chance to inject even more heart and soul from a podium-finishing racecar, furthering the tribute to our 2016 Le Mans win.”
Racer or luxury supercar?
With its carbon fiber body in Liquid Silver exterior paint, GT LM is finished in either a red or blue theme throughout, honoring the red and blue race livery of the Le Mans winning No. 68 Ford GT. Customers can select exposed red or blue tinted carbon fiber that emphasizes the lower aerodynamics of the supercar. This includes tinting the ultra-lightweight material on the front splitter, side sills and door sills, plus engine bay louvers, mirror stalks and rear diffuser. Exposed gloss carbon fiber 20-inch wheels with corresponding red or blue inner-barrel accents, plus titanium lug nuts and Brembo® brake calipers lacquered in black to further modernize this package.
Unique to the Ford GT LM is a 3D titanium-printed dual-exhaust that has a cyclonic design inside the tips and hints at the twin-turbo, 3.5-liter V6 engine’s 660 horsepower and 550 lb. ft. of torque EcoBoost® engine. There’s a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Above the exhaust tips, a titanium GT LM badge is also 3D printed.
Making the Ford GT LM Edition a special final tribute, Ford Performance “looked for ways to embed the Le Mans podium-finishing spirit into each road car.” The group found the third-place 2016 Ford GT (No. 69) racecar’s engine that was disassembled and shelved after the race, ground down the crankshaft into a powder, and developed a custom alloy used to 3D print the instrument panel badge for each of the 20 special-edition supercars. Furthermore, the Ford GT Mk II, a limited-edition, track-only GT co-developed by Ford Performance and Multimatic also concludes by the end of the year with a total of 45 vehicles.
Ignominious end or business/marketing prowess?
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Promise? Final Special Edition 2022 Ford GT LM
End of the GT racing line.
Ford Motor says the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition celebrates Ford GT’s race-winning success. It the final special edition for the current-generation road cars. However, the so-called Mustang Dark Horse is the first new performance name for the brand since Mustang Bullitt was introduced in 2001. The street and track-capable performance MDH is Ford’s next racer. Biggest news is that Mustang will return to Le Mans. (AutoInformed. Com on Late to the Daytona Grid – Ford to Run in GT3 in 2024)
Since Ford is investing $50 billion in electric vehicles through 2026, it needs to wring every profitable nickel out of selling what it has now. Enter the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition available with red or blue design trim that include tinted red or blue carbon fiber exterior “treatment and a driver’s seat in the corresponding color.” Twenty will be made. Deliveries begin this fall with production ending later this year. The Ford GT already started at $500,000+. I’d double down on that with $1,000,000 a starting bid.
“With innovative materials, design and engineering, the Ford GT is unlike any other production supercar,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “As we close this chapter of the road-going Ford GT, the GT LM Edition gave us a chance to inject even more heart and soul from a podium-finishing racecar, furthering the tribute to our 2016 Le Mans win.”
Racer or luxury supercar?
With its carbon fiber body in Liquid Silver exterior paint, GT LM is finished in either a red or blue theme throughout, honoring the red and blue race livery of the Le Mans winning No. 68 Ford GT. Customers can select exposed red or blue tinted carbon fiber that emphasizes the lower aerodynamics of the supercar. This includes tinting the ultra-lightweight material on the front splitter, side sills and door sills, plus engine bay louvers, mirror stalks and rear diffuser. Exposed gloss carbon fiber 20-inch wheels with corresponding red or blue inner-barrel accents, plus titanium lug nuts and Brembo® brake calipers lacquered in black to further modernize this package.
Unique to the Ford GT LM is a 3D titanium-printed dual-exhaust that has a cyclonic design inside the tips and hints at the twin-turbo, 3.5-liter V6 engine’s 660 horsepower and 550 lb. ft. of torque EcoBoost® engine. There’s a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Above the exhaust tips, a titanium GT LM badge is also 3D printed.
Making the Ford GT LM Edition a special final tribute, Ford Performance “looked for ways to embed the Le Mans podium-finishing spirit into each road car.” The group found the third-place 2016 Ford GT (No. 69) racecar’s engine that was disassembled and shelved after the race, ground down the crankshaft into a powder, and developed a custom alloy used to 3D print the instrument panel badge for each of the 20 special-edition supercars. Furthermore, the Ford GT Mk II, a limited-edition, track-only GT co-developed by Ford Performance and Multimatic also concludes by the end of the year with a total of 45 vehicles.
Ignominious end or business/marketing prowess?
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