The original Ford GT40 MkIV was a car with a 100% race-winning record, taking victory in 1967 at both Sebring and Le Mans, the only races the cars ever entered!
Now the nomenclature has been revived for a radical version of the latest iteration of the Ford GT.
The new Ford GT Mk IV by Ford Performance and Multimatic features a unique body, powertrain and suspension with performance beyond the extremes of the previous iterations of Ford GT.
The Ford GT Mk IV has a unique twin-turbo EcoBoost engine, racing transmission, aero-focused exterior design, and chassis with a longer wheelbase for better on-track handling.
“The original GT Mk IV held nothing back for max track performance, and the new Ford GT Mk IV brings it in the same way,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “With an even higher-level of motorsport engineering and performance, plus a completely new carbon fibre body that is functional and striking, the Mk IV is the ultimate sendoff of the third-generation supercar.”
In a nod to the original Mk IV, just 67 of the hand-built supercars to be produced at Multimatic’s facility in Markham, Ontario.
The cars will weigh in at $1.7M. Deliveries will begin in late spring 2023.
“Multimatic’s brief was to create the most extreme final version of the Ford GT, and the Mk IV is the outcome,” said Larry Holt, executive vice president, Multimatic Special Vehicle Operations Group. “A unique larger displacement engine, proper racing gearbox, stretched wheelbase and truly radical body has resulted in an unprecedented level of performance. We are proud to have been a part of the third-generation GT from its inception to this amazing swan song and consider it a significant chapter in Multimatic’s history.”
1967 Ford GT Mk IV
Building on Ford GT Mk II’s triumphant 1966 1-2-3 Le Mans finish, Ford’s development team held nothing back and redesigned the car from scratch with state-of-the-art technology and engineering available to create the 1967 Ford GT Mk IV.
To leverage new material science advantages, Ford’s engineers and Kar Kraft developed a new lightweight chassis using adhesive bonded honeycombed-aluminium construction with a more aerodynamic body and named it the “J-Car” because it was built to the new FIA Appendix J rules. Combined with the 427 Ford V-8 (7L) engine and a special transaxle with its own cooling system that carried power to the rear wheels.
After tragedy struck in the development process, Ken Miles losing his life after an accident at Riverside, the car was heavily modified and raced successfully in that form at Sebring and Le Mans.
