Igihe Ford yashyiraga ahagaragara prototype yiswe GT muri Detroit Motor Show mu 2002, super super yakozwe mumashusho ya GT40, inshuro enye zatsindiye amasaha 24 ya Le Mans, byatanze inyungu nyinshi.
Ntibyatinze kugirango Ford ifate icyemezo cyo gukomeza umusaruro wacyo kandi nyuma yo guhura bwa mbere na prototype mbere yo gukora, ndetse na Jeremy Clarkson ntiyigeze ananira igikundiro cyimodoka ya super sport, yari yarategetse imwe muri 2003.
Nubwo Ford yakoze GT zirenga 4000, 101 gusa ni zo zari zerekejwe i Burayi kandi muri zo, 27 gusa ni zo zahawe Ubwongereza na Ford yo mu Bwongereza, bituma Clarkson aba «umunyamuryango» w'itsinda ryihariye.
Nyuma yimyaka ibiri gusa, mumwaka wa 2005, Jeremy Clarkson yakiriye Ford GT ye, yerekanaga uburyohe bwe, yerekanwe muri Midnight Blue ifite imirongo yera (itabishaka) kandi ifite ibiziga bitandatu bya BBS, bisa nibya mbere.
Nubwo byamamaye cyane, haba kubikorwa byatanzwe na 5.4l Supercharged V8 yashyizwe mumwanya winyuma hagati (550 hp), cyangwa kubuhanga bwo kugereranya imbaraga, Jeremy Clarkson, ariko, amaherezo yagaruka GT mugihe kitarenze ukwezi, bisaba gusubizwa.
Kuki? Jeremy Clarkson, kimwe na we, yavugaga cyane ku bunararibonye bwo kugira Ford GT n'ibibazo byagize ingaruka ku gice cye, abashyira ahagaragara kuri Top Gear show hamwe na "bafatanyabikorwa mu byaha" Richard Hammond na James May.
Mubibazo byatanzwe nuwatanze ibiganiro harimo bimwe mubiranga super super, nkubugari bwa 1.96m ya Ford GT yubugari, bikwiranye nimihanda minini cyangwa imizunguruko kuruta imihanda migufi iranga Ubwongereza, cyangwa radiyo nini cyane.
Ariko byaba ibibazo byababaje iyi GT kuba "igitonyanga cyamazi" kubatanga ikiganiro. Imikorere mibi yo gutabaza hamwe na immobilizer (byasabye urugendo rukurura no gukodesha Toyota Corolla kugirango agere murugo), byatumye Clarkson ahitamo "kohereza" imwe mumodoka ye yarose.
Ariko, umubano wurukundo-urwango na Ford GT byatuma Clarkson agura iki gice, nubwo atatwaye ibirometero byinshi.
Nyirubwite wa kabiri hamwe nubuzima bwamahoro
Hafi ya kilometero zirenga 39 iyi Ford GT itanga yakozwe, mubyukuri, na nyiri imodoka ya super sport, wayiguze mu 2006 kandi "ntiyababajwe" nibibazo Clarkson.
Mumaboko ya nyirayo mushya, yakiriye ibintu bimwe na bimwe byahinduwe cyangwa bihinduka, nko guhagarikwa kwa KW cyangwa umunaniro wa siporo uva Accufab. Ibice byumwimerere, byarabitswe kandi bishyirwa mubigurisha imodoka.
Ubu Ford GT iragurishwa na GT101 mubwongereza kumafaranga make agera kuri 315.000 €, igiciro kijyanye nizindi GT, kuburyo nubwo iminota 15 yamamaye (cyangwa yamamaye) yari ifite, ntabwo bisa kuba yarahinduye agaciro kayo.