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Take a closer look at Ford's $400,000 GT supercar

May 21, 2017, 20:36 IST

Hollis Johnson

I wrote an entire book about Ford's new GT supercar, but up until quite recently, I had only gazed upon the car at auto shows and watched the race-car version win the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in France. Briefly, I sat in it at the 2017 Detroit auto show.

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That all changed when Ford brought a brand-new GT to Manhattan's Classic Car Club to show off the $400,000 machine's multiple driving modes.

I slipped into the driver's seat, tucked in front of the mid-mounted 647-horsepower twin-turbo EcoBoost V6, and pressed the start button.

Wow.

The glorious machine came to life. Here's what it was like, inside and out:

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Photos by Hollis Johnson unless otherwise indicated.

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