Ford launched its gross sales numbers for 2023 on Thursday, confirming it offered a grand complete of 31 GT supercars final 12 months. An organization spokesperson confirmed to Motor1 the GT ended manufacturing in March of final 12 months, as deliberate.
The small variety of GTs in-built 2023 correlates to the replace from Ford in August 2023 saying it had prolonged manufacturing of the twin-turbo V6-powered supercar from 2022 to finish the final batch of automobiles.
Ford initially deliberate to construct simply 1,000 GTs via 4 years of manufacturing in collaboration with racing agency Multimatic. The corporate added one other 350 items to the manufacturing run to satiate demand in 2018, with plans to finish manufacturing in 2022.
It is not clear why Ford prolonged manufacturing into the primary few months of 2023, although we wager provide chain constraints with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic had one thing to do with it. A spokesperson declined to share any photographs or particulars on the ultimate manufacturing GT when reached by Motor1, but when the Shmee150 YouTube channel is to be believed, the final GT is chassis N260-J211, painted in Antimatter Blue and paired with graphite wheels and crimson brake calipers, delivered to a non-public collector in Detroit, Michigan in Could.
Ford despatched off GT manufacturing with the LM Version, revealed in October 2022. All LM Version GTs have been painted in Liquid Silver, with both crimson or blue accents. All 20 examples additionally included a bit of the Ford GT race automotive that completed third in school on the 24 Hours of LeMans in 2016.
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