Check out the secret underground Bat Cave design studio where Ford created its newest supercar

The Ford GT was the talk of the Detroit Auto Show in January. The automotive media had been speculating for a year that Ford would revive its legendary GT with a new design, to stage a 2016 comeback at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, in celebration of the US car maker's 1-2-3 finish in 1966.

But the motoring press, and for that matter the rest of the world, got a lot more than it bargained for.

The new GT is a 600-horsepower, full-on supercar. Designer Moray Callum and his team pulled out all the stops, crafting a ferociously stylish machine that's distinguished by its evocation of the Ford GT40s of the 196os and defined by a pair of butressing wings that aid in the kind of aerodynamic downforce that a high-performance racer car requires.

Now, Ford has given us a look inside the secret design studio in Michigan where the GT was conceived.