Driving The Only Car Built To Beat Ferrari | 2026 Ford GT #ford

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00][music] >> Ford spent half a billion dollars just to humiliate Ferrari. This is what that money looks like. Up front, this car sits shockingly low to the ground, finished in deep charcoal gray with a single red racing stripe cutting straight down the center like a blade.

[00:00:25]No traditional grill. Instead, twin intake scoops on either side of that nose are pulling air directly through the carbon fiber body.

[00:00:35]Those slim angular headlights don't ask for your attention. They take it.

[00:00:40]The Ford oval badge sitting dead center on the hood is the only clue this thing came from Michigan.

[00:00:47]Everything else looks like it escaped from a wind tunnel in northern Italy.

[00:00:51]But it didn't.

[00:00:53]It's American.

[00:00:54]And that matters [music] a great deal.

[00:00:57]Walk around to the side and you start to understand what this car really is.

[00:01:02]It sits flat, almost impossibly flat.

[00:01:05]And every line you see is working.

[00:01:09]Those flying buttresses arching from the roof line down toward the rear aren't styling tricks.

[00:01:15]They channel air directly to the engine sitting behind the cabin and help keep the car pinned to the road at triple digit speeds.

[00:01:23]Gloss black 20-in wheels carry bright red Brembo carbon ceramic brake calipers, the same type of brakes used on professional race cars.

[00:01:33]Not a single piece of bodywork on this car exists just for show.

[00:01:38]If it's there, it's earning its place.

[00:01:42]Come around to the back and this is where things get really interesting.

[00:01:47]Four exhaust outlets stare right back at you.

[00:01:51]Two large center pipes flanked by two round tips on the outer corners.

[00:01:56]And right above them, through a glass engine cover, you can actually see the engine mid-mounted in the car.

[00:02:04]Ford put it on full display because they knew exactly what they had.

[00:02:09]The active rear wing up top automatically adjusts based on speed, generating real downforce to keep the rear end planted when you're pushing hard.

[00:02:19]There is no trunk back here.

[00:02:21]No storage, no compromise. Nothing that doesn't serve a purpose.

[00:02:27]This car was built around one idea, and that idea is performance.

[00:02:33]Open the door, it swings upward because, of course it does, and you drop yourself into a cockpit.

[00:02:41]Carbon fiber covers the floor, the door panels, and the seat shells.

[00:02:46]The seats themselves are wrapped in Alcantara suede, form-fitted so tightly that the car almost wears you rather than the other way around.

[00:02:56]Sitting right in the center tunnel between the two seats is a red push-button start.

[00:03:02]You press it, and everything changes.

[00:03:05]The flat-bottomed steering wheel carries the GT badge at center, and has every control you need right on it, so your hands never leave the wheel.

[00:03:16]A blue digital display faces you, showing speed, rpm, and driving mode.

[00:03:22]Nothing more, nothing less.

[00:03:25]This is not a luxury car pretending to be sporty.

[00:03:29]This is a race car that tolerates being registered for public roads.

[00:03:35]Now, let's talk about what happens when you press that red button.

[00:03:40]Under that glass cover sits a twin-turbocharged 3.5 L V6 making 660 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque.

[00:03:52]Before you say anything about it not being a V8, this exact engine in a GT race car went to the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2016 and beat Ferrari on Ferrari's home stage.

[00:04:10]It earned its place.

[00:04:12]That power runs through a seven-speed dual clutch transmission to the rear wheels.

[00:04:18]And because the entire body is carbon fiber, this car weighs just around 3,000 pounds.

[00:04:25]0 to 60 in under 3 seconds.

[00:04:29]Top speed of 216 miles per hour.

[00:04:34]Those numbers don't happen by accident.

[00:04:37]They happen when the aerodynamics, the weight, the suspension, and the engine are all pulling in exactly the same direction.

[00:04:47]Price, around $500,000.

[00:04:51]Ford only built about 1,350 of these total.

[00:04:56]When you find one today, you are not just buying a car.

[00:05:01]You are buying a piece of American motorsport history.

[00:05:06]A machine Ford built with one specific mission.

[00:05:10]Go to Europe, race on their tracks, and beat them at their own game.

[00:05:17]They did it.

[00:05:18]That red stripe running down this charcoal gray car isn't decoration.

[00:05:25]It's a war stripe.