Ford GT’s dry weight just tops 3,000 pounds, which places the supercar between its two primary competitors, the McLaren 675LT and Ferrari 488. Ford GT’s power-to-weight ratio is 4.72 pounds/horsepower. In development testing last year, with Ford and its competitors track-prepped in identical conditions and with the same driver behind the wheel, the Ford GT clocked in faster than the McLaren 675LT and Ferrari 458 Speciale at Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada.
Between the Ford GT and the GT350R, the OEM appears committed to composites for the long haul. Back in September, in an interview with Composites Manufacturing, David Wagner, the technical leader for lightweight vehicle design at Ford, said composites have a strong future at Ford and the automotive industry at large.
“Carbon fiber is the essential element of our Ford GT supercar,” said Wagner. “All of the automotive industry has been working on carbon fiber for lots of years on the low-volume specialty vehicles, and it’s getting closer and closer to making the breakthrough into high-volume, regular series production.”
