Picture of a Ford GT that looks like ferrari

While DeLorean is famed for its time-travelling
sports car, Ford aims to bridge a half-century of
history with the GT, unveiled at the Detroit auto
show on 12 January.
June 2016 will mark 50 years since Ford prevailed
against the Ferrari juggernaut in the premier Le
Mans endurance-race category.
To commemorate that feat, the company will build
a new, 600-plus horsepower GT road car and race
it at the legendary French event in 2016.
This road-going, carbon-fibre wonder features a
race-rated version of the company's signature
EcoBoost turbocharged engine technology, with a
mid-mounted 3.5-litre V6 matched to a seven-
speed dual-clutch automated transmission driving
the rear wheels.
For the company's 100th anniversary in 2003, it
introduced a GT whose styling was a tribute to that
of the '60s racer. This new car, however, looks
resolutely forward, with contemporary styling that
eschews so-called retro-futurism, a design
language championed by J Mays, Ford’s former
chief designer.
The bodywork looks shrink-wrapped over the
cockpit and powertrain in the manner of the latest
sports prototype racers, lending it a focused, track-
ready look.
As the car that proved Ford’s ability against the
world's established sports car companies the GT
holds a special place in Ford history.
"For students of racing, this seems to me the
coolest story to come along in years," said AJ
Baime, author of Go Like Hell, an account of Ford's
attack on Le Mans, in a telephone interview. "It's
got everything in it: history, a hugely important
brand, American pride and the most important
sports car race on earth, all wrapped up in a new
car. The stakes are huge."
The original Ford GT enjoyed association with
drivers who are icons of the sport. "The Ford GT at
Le Mans in the 1960s is the story of Henry Ford II,
Carroll Shelby, Bruce McLaren, Lee Iacocca, Mario
Andretti and AJ Foyt, among so many others,"
Baime added, noting just some of the drivers and
craftsmen who helped stoke the car’s legend.
"This new programme will be the impetus to
celebrate it all again, on the 50th anniversary of
Ford's first Le Mans victory."
Indeed, the GT is a halo car, the kind of machine
that casts its glow down the product line. And Jim
Farley, Ford of Europe's leader, expects to see a
"GT effect".
"Even if people don't buy a GT, they would be
talking about it as they buy their ST," he said,
referencing initials bolted on a higher-performance
Fiesta whose pricing begins around $21,000. It is
safe to say that pricing will be significantly higher
for the GT, though the final figure will not be
announced until closer to the car's June sale date.