Ngethuba uFord beveza iprototype ebizwa ngokuba yi-GT kwiDetroit Motor Show ngo-2002, imoto enkulu eyakhiwe ngokomfanekiso weGT40, owaphumelela kane kwiiyure ezingama-24 zeLe Mans, yenza umdla omkhulu.
Akuzange kuthathe ixesha elide ukuba i-Ford igqibe ekubeni iqhubele phambili nemveliso yayo kwaye emva koqhagamshelwano lokuqala kunye neprototype yangaphambili, kungekhona uJeremy Clarkson owaxhathisa amakhubalo emoto yezemidlalo ephezulu, emva kokuyalela enye ngo-2003.
Nangona i-Ford ivelise ngaphezu kwe-4000 GTs, kuphela i-101 yayijoliswe eYurophu kwaye kwezo, kuphela i-27 yabelwa e-UK yi-Ford yaseBritani, okwenza uClarkson abe "ilungu" leqela elikhethekileyo.
Kwiminyaka emibini kuphela kamva, ngo-2005, uJeremy Clarkson wayeza kufumana i-Ford GT yakhe, echazwe kwincasa yakhe, eboniswe kwi-Midnight Blue enemigca emhlophe (ukhetho) kunye namavili e-BBS athethayo amathandathu, afana nalawo asekuqaleni.
Nangona kunconywa ngokugxekayo, nokuba kukusebenza okubonelelwe yi-5.4l Supercharged V8 ebekwe kwindawo yangasemva (550 hp), okanye izakhono eziguquguqukayo zebenchmark, uJeremy Clarkson, nangona kunjalo, ekugqibeleni uya kuyibuyisela i-GT kwisithuba esingaphantsi kwenyanga, efuna imbuyekezo.
Ngoba? UJeremy Clarkson, njengaye, wayethetha kakhulu malunga namava okuba neFord GT kunye neengxaki ezichaphazela iyunithi yakhe, ezibhentsisa kumboniso weTop Gear kunye "namaqabane akhe kulwaphulo-mthetho" uRichard Hammond noJames May.
Phakathi kwezikhalazo zomsasazi kwakukho malunga neempawu ze-supercar, ezifana ne-1.96m ye-Ford GT ububanzi, ifaneleka ngcono kwiindlela ezibanzi okanye kwiisekethe kuneendlela ezininzi ezimxinwa ze-UK, okanye i-radius ejiko kakhulu.
Kodwa iya kuba ziingxaki ezithwaxayo le GT ukuba yi "drop of water" kumbonisi. Ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-alam kunye ne-immobilizer (eyayifuna uhambo lokutsala kunye nokuqeshwa kweToyota Corolla ukuya ekhaya), kwakhokelela uClarkson ukuba enze isigqibo sokuba "athumele" enye yeemoto zakhe zamaphupha.
Nangona kunjalo, ubudlelwane benzondo yothando kunye ne-Ford GT yayiza kukhokelela uClarkson ukuba athenge kwakhona le yunithi, nokuba akazange aqhube iikhilomitha ezininzi ngayo.
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Uninzi ngaphezu 39 amawaka eekhilomitha ukuba le Ford GT izipho zenziwa, enyanisweni, ngumnini wesibini imoto ezemidlalo super, owayithenga ngo-2006 yaye akazange "ukubandezeleka" iingxaki Clarkson.
Ezandleni zomniniyo omtsha, ifumene uphuculo okanye utshintsho, njengokunqunyanyiswa kwe-KW okanye umbhobho wezemidlalo ovela e-Accufab. Iinxalenye zokuqala, nangona kunjalo, zigciniwe kwaye zibandakanyiwe kwintengiso yemoto.
I-Ford GT ngoku ithengiswa yi-GT101 e-UK ngexabiso elincinci malunga ne-€315,000, ixabiso elihambelana nelinye i-GTs, ngoko nangona i-15 imizuzu yodumo (okanye indumasi) yayinayo, ayizange ibonakale. ukuba nefuthe kwixabiso layo.