As far as sound goes, the above spy video of the auto testing in Ottawa, Canada, reveals a lot about its Roush Yates developed 3.5-litre V6 that’s fed by two turbochargers. Filmed prior to the car’s unveiling at Le Mans, it gives a good idea of just how the GT will look and sound on track.
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-Two cars will race in the full TUDOR United SportsCar Championship series and will be based in the United States.
Ford has previously confirmed that just 250 units of the new GT supercar will be produced every year at the marque’s Canadian production facility. Yesterday we saw our first video of it testing. It represents a return to the world of supercars and endurance racing as well as acting as a platform for Ford to demonstrate its EcoBoost engine technology.
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Long before the Ford GT race car’s public debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ford kept busy doing shakedowns to develop the ideal tool for next year’s race. “Selfishly, seven per cent of Ford’s global sales are in the UK, so my argument is ‘can we have seven per cent [of the production run]?’ I want as many as I can because it is such an iconic vehicle”.
