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Ford GT
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 300,000 employees and 108 plants worldwide, the company’s core and affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Motor Credit Company.
Ford Motor Company chose the name GT to evoke memories of Ford's miraculous 1-2-3 victory in the 1966, 24 hours of Le Mans. Limited production of the Ford GT started in the summer of 2004 as a 2005 model. 2006 models are now being produced. The Ford that won at Le Mans was named the GT-40, but that name is now owned by a private individual.
The Ford GT's first television commercial, entitled the one, positions the 205 mph, miles per hour, 550 horsepower supercar as the pace car for an entire company. For the one, Ford created a commercial that puts the GT in the only element where drivers can responsibly and legally explore the upper limits of the car's awesome abilities a racetrack. The Ford GT features many new and unique technologies, including super plastic formed aluminum body panels, roll-bonded floor panels, a friction-stir welded center tunnel, a ship in a bottle gas tank, a capless fuel filler system, one-piece door panels and an aluminum engine cover with a one-piece carbon-fiber inner panel.
The 2006 Ford GT is a 2-door, 2-passenger luxury sports car, available in one trim only, the Coupe. Upon introduction, the GT is equipped with a standard 5.4-liter, V8, 550-horsepower, supercharged engine that achieves 13-mpg, miles per gallon in the city and 21-mpg on the highway. A 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The 2006 Ford GT is a carryover from 2005.
Ford GT penchant for building high-performance, innovative, and meticulously crafted vehicles developed into the extreme care Ford GT gives to the making of each automobile also extends out into the community and the environment, highlighting our aspiration to redefine the state of the art. An award-winning line of vehicles that perpetually redefines luxury performance. Ford GT has been setting new standards in automotive design and engineering for two decades with a steadfast commitment to bold innovation, precision manufacturing, and exhilarating performance.
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