In 2010, Swiss crew Matech Competitors launched an FIA GT1 racing model of the Ford GT supercar (the one from the 2005 and 2006 mannequin years, that’s). Now two firms are partnering to construct a road-going model referred to as the Lynx GT1.
Texas-based Lynx Motors introduced Thursday in a press launch that it plans to promote 28 examples of the GT1, and they are going to be constructed on the Zionsville, Indiana, store of Graham Rahal Efficiency, the dealership and tuner owned by IndyCar driver Graham Rahal.
Lynx Motors Ford GT1
Not like the Le Mans-winning GT40 that impressed it, and the successor GT supercar that received its class on the French endurance race in 2016, the 2005 Ford GT was by no means meant to race. However after manufacturing ended, Matech Competitors constructed some vehicles to run within the FIA GT1 World Championship, which launched in 2010 and in addition featured the Audi R8, Lamborghini Murciélago, and Nissan GT-R.
The sequence solely lasted for 3 seasons, and the Ford GT did not produce any memorable outcomes throughout that point, nevertheless it ought to make for a formidable street automobile. Lynx Motors guarantees to hold over the race automobile’s widened carbon-fiber bodywork and aerodynamic parts from Matech.
Every of the roadgoing Lynx GT1s will use a Ford GT chassis that Matech initially purchased for its race vehicles. The extra 28 chassis weren’t a part of the revived GT’s estimated 4,038-car manufacturing run. The engine will probably be axxxxx GT’s supercharged 5.4-liter V-8, which made 550 hp in inventory kind, to greater than 1,200. Lynx will pair it with a Ricardo 6-speed handbook transmission. As well as, three of the unique racing engines can be found. These are twin-turbo 7.0-liter V-8s making 1,400-1,500 hp that’s despatched to the rear wheels by a Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox.
The vehicles proven listed here are already constructed variations based mostly on the race automobile, and they’re on the market individually. The Lynx web site lists the Gulf Racing livery at $1.7 million. Lynx’s Jeff Jennings informed Motor Authority that the GT1 will begin at $1.2 million and vary as much as $1.7 million relying on based mostly on how particular person vehicles are specced. For example, a base automobile will lack the massive rear spoiler and dive planes. The vehicles will include Indiana VINs.
Lynx Motors Ford GT1
Lynx offered the above rendering of the inside, which options analog gauges, a shifter mounted lifeless middle as an alternative of canted towards the driving force, and a telephone charging pad full with Apple CarPlay within the middle of the sprint. Patrons will have the ability to select seats from Recaro, Sparco, and Manthey Racing, they usually’ll choose between three- and five-point harnesses. Jennings stated consumers will have the ability to select their inside colours, in addition to their very own gauges and trim.
Jennings stated two of the manufacturing run have been bought, and the construct time ought to take eight months. He famous that every of the 28 vehicles will probably be considered one of one in the way it’s specced.
—Senior Editor Kirk Bell contributed to this report.