Près d’un demi-siècle après sa création, la Ford GT40 fascine toujours ! La preuve par deux...
Construite en 126 exemplaires, la GT40 a remporté quatre éditions successives des 24 Heures du Mans entre 1966 et 1969. Pas étonnant dès lors que le géant Ford lui ait rendu hommage en 2004 avec la fameuse GT. Construite en plus de 4 000 exemplaires, celle-ci n’est plus au catalogue du constructeur depuis 2006, et pourtant… Elle continue d’inspirer les artisans du Nouveau Monde. Ces dernières semaines, deux projets bien distincts ont trouvé échos sur la toile.
• Le premier émane d’un préparateur Américain nommé , lequel ambitionne la commercialisation très prochaine d’une supercar de 1 000 chevaux ! Présent au salon de Los Angeles, le tuner californien connu pour ses Mustang « spéciales » a promis que la GTR-1 ressemblerait à la Ford GT.
• plus concret et plus extrême encore, le second projet est l’œuvre d’un dénommé Johnny Bohmer, patron de la société . Au volant de sa Ford GT développant plus 1 700 chevaux (!), l’homme a battu le record de la "voiture immatriculée la plus rapide au monde" : 455 km/h… La preuve en vidéo !
Nearly half a century after its creation, the Ford GT40 is still inspirational.
With a production of only 126, the GT40 won four successive 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1966 and 1969. No wonder then that Ford honoured that memory in 2004 with the famous GT. After a production of 4000 cars, it is not been in the manufacturer's catalogue since 2006, and yet it continues to inspire new projects. In recent weeks, two such projects have appeared on the web.
• The first comes from Galpin Auto Sports, which aims to market a 1000 horsepower supercar! Exhibited at Los Angeles, California the tuner who is known for his Mustang "special" promised that the GTR-1 will resemble the Ford GT.
• More concrete and more extreme, the second project is the work of a man named Johnny Bohmer, owner of Performance Power Racing. Driving his Ford GT developing over 1700 horsepower he has broken the record for the "fastest street legal car in the world": at 455 km/h ... see the proof on video!
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