Ford GT en Mustang GT4 debuteren op ‘Goodwood Festival of Speed’

Ford GT en Mustang GT4 maken debuut op ‘Goodwood Festival of Speed’

  • De kracht, prestatie en actieve aerodynamica van de Ford GT worden voor de eerste keer tijdens Goodwood getoond, bestuurd door Ford Chip Ganassi Racing-chauffeurs
  • Europees debuut voor Ford Mustang GT4 tijdens uitdagende 1.9km Goodwood Hillclimb
  • Vaughn Gittin Jr. keert terug naar Goodwood om met Ford Mustang RTR deel te nemen aan een nieuwe driftcategorie
  • Nieuwe Ford Fiesta maakt, naast de nieuwe Ford S-Max ST-Line die voor het eerst wordt getoond, debuut op Goodwood Festival

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Ford Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Billy Johnson, Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell are taking the wheel of the 216 mph (347 km/h) Ford GT to tackle the challenging 1.16-mile (1.9-kilometre) Goodwood Hillclimb course. All three drivers are fresh from competing at the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours in the sister Ford GT race car, where Priaulx, Tincknell and Pipo Derani grabbed the runner up spot in the GTE Pro Class with the #67 Ford GT during a thrilling finish.

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The track-ready Ford Mustang GT4 also is piloted by Johnson, and Ford’s Le Mans stars are joined at Goodwood by drifting ace Vaughn Gittin Jr., returning with his bespoke Mustang RTR to participate in the festival’s first ever drift event.

Visitors to Ford’s Goodwood show stand also are able to experience for the first time in the U.K. the all-new version of the country’s best-selling car; the Ford Fiesta. Ford also is showing for the first time the new Ford S-MAX ST-Line sports activity vehicle.

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

“We’re excited to demonstrate the Ford GT – our fastest ever road car – to a Goodwood audience that shares our passion for performance,” said Steven Armstrong, executive vice president and president, Europe Middle East and Africa, Ford Motor Company. “The Ford GT supercar serves as a test bed for new ideas for future vehicles across the Ford line-up. That spirit of innovation and sporting inspiration can also be seen in the all-new Ford Fiesta and new S-MAX ST Line at our Goodwood showstand.”

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ford GT hits the road

The ultra-high-performance Ford GT brings the driving experience of the Le Mans-winning Ford GT race car to the road, using innovative technologies.

Powered up the Goodwood Hillclimb for the first time by a 3.5-litre V6 EcoBoost engine SAE rated at 647 horsepower and 550 lb.-ft. of torque in U.S. specification, the Ford GT road car is the fastest Ford production vehicle ever.

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Active aerodynamics change on demand to match different driving conditions, using moveable elements around the body, including special ducts in the front, and a large deployable wing.

Hydraulic suspension can adjust ride height for optimal performance, and drivers can easily adjust the car’s settings for different scenarios with five unique Drive Modes: Normal mode, Wet mode, Sport mode, Track mode and V-Max mode.

The Ford GT’s carbon fibre construction delivers both weight savings and sleek body shapes that would not have been possible with steel or aluminium.

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ready-to-race Ford Mustang GT4

The fearsome Ford Mustang GT4 – a track-ready race car version of the iconic Ford Mustang that was last year the world’s best-selling sports car – is on show in Europe for the first time at Goodwood.

The Mustang GT4 was engineered jointly by Ford Performance and Multimatic Motorsports to compete in sports car championship racing series globally, including the GT4 European Series, Pirelli World Challenge GTS/GT4, and IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge that was last year won by Billy Johnson and Scott Maxwell driving the Ford Shelby GT350R-C.

2017 Ford Mustang GT4 at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Available for racing privateers and teams to order through Multimatic Motorsports from mid-July, the race car is powered by a next generation 5.2-litre V8 engine specifically tuned for GT4 competition and delivering about 450 PS and 600 Nm of torque, subject to each race series’ Balance of Performance requirements.

2017 Ford Mustang GT4 at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The high performance engine features a dry sump oiling system, and ZF-developed twin-plate racing clutch and flywheel. A compact six-speed Holinger paddle shift transmission delivers pneumatic-activated gear shifts. Lightweight carbon fibre is used for the front splitter; bonnet and vents; rear diffuser; roof; tailgate; doors; and rear wing – the design of which was derived from lessons learned by the Ford GT racing program.

Race-tuned stopping power is delivered with 380 mm front discs and six-piston Brembo callipers; and 313 mm rear discs with four-piston Brembo callipers.

2017 Ford GT at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ready to Rock Mustang

Formula Drift Champion and three-time World Drift Series Champion, Vaughn Gittin Jr., returns to Goodwood with his bespoke Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D drift car.

Gittin Jr.’s Monster Energy Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D exhibition car is based on his competition drift car, and is powered by a Ford Performance Aluminator XS engine with a Vortech Supercharger that produces 750 horsepower and is able to rev to 8,000 rpm. Fully adjustable suspension enables the handling dynamics of the Mustang RTR drift car to be fine-tuned, and carbon fibre body panels reduce weight for even sharper responses.

Bron | Ford Nederland | Media Ford

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