Revealed a few months ago, the Team Fordzilla P1 — the virtual supercar, the result of collaboration between Ford (design) and Team Fordzilla — will move from the virtual world to the real world.
Originally intended only for game consoles, the first virtual race car designed in collaboration between gamers themselves and a car brand will eventually reach the real world, all because Ford decided to produce a live, full-scale model.
Speaking of which, the Team Fordzilla P1 measures 4.73m long, 2m wide and just…0.895m tall — shorter than the 1.01m tall GT40. The tires are 315/30 R21 at the front and 355/25 R21 at the rear.
Developed in a virtual environment
Due to the pandemic context we live in, the Team Fordzilla P1 was the first Ford car built digitally without any face-to-face interaction throughout the process.
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This means that the team behind its development worked remotely, being spread across five different countries. Despite this, the full-scale prototype was built in just seven weeks, less than half the time it would normally take.
Futuristic, as you would expect
With an exterior designed by Arturo Ariño and an interior that is the vision of Robert Engelmann, both Ford designers, the Team Fordzilla P1 does not hide that it was designed for the video game world.
With a look that draws inspiration from fighter planes (see the example of the hypertransparent canopy that protects the pilot and co-pilot), it has a driving position similar to that of a Formula 1 car. notification LED and a screen integrated into the steering wheel.
Once it's become a full-scale prototype, will we ever see a model like the Team Fordzilla P1 come off Ford's assembly lines? Could the bases for the future Ford GT be here? Only time will tell.