Good news for Ford GT fans who aren't crazy about the "Liquid Blue" color of the supercar revealed in Detroit last month: It comes in silver, too.
CHICAGO - Good news for Ford GT fans who aren't crazy about the "Liquid Blue" color of the supercar revealed in Detroit last month: It comes in silver, too.
While unveiling its new Police Interceptor Utility, Ford Motor Co. also showed off the silver beauty with racing stripes in a darker shade, seen above.
The GT, which will go on sale in 2016, is not meant to be a mass-produced and mass-sold car. Company chairman Bill Ford said it would be a "halo" on the Dearborn automaker's performance cars. Ford plans to release 12 new Ford Performance vehicles over the next five years.
The rear-wheel drive, mid-engine car is being made with carbon fiber, aluminum and other lightweight materials. The GT is getting a new, twin-turbo, 3.5L EcoBoost V6 from Ford that will produce more than 600 horsepower.
Ford plans to release pricing details of the Ford GT supercar it unveiled last week in Detroit at a later date, but if its competitors are any indication, analysts are right to expect a steep sticker price.
"We will have pricing details closer to launch but the Ford GT will be the most exclusive Ford product ever," Craig von Essen, of Ford global product communications, said in an email. "Main market competitors to the GT include vehicles such as the Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren 650S and Ferrari 458 Speciale."
The Lamborghini Aventador has a starting price of $397,500, the McLaren 650S is $265,500 and the Ferrari 458 Special costs a cool $298,000.
Ford previously made a GT in 2005 and 2006, a model priced at about $150,000. That version was a mid-engine, two-seat sports car modeled after the GT40 racing cars of the 1960s. The latest GT is being released at the same time Ford had a 1-2-3 sweep at Le Mans races 50 years ago.
David Muller is the automotive and business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at dmuller@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter