We Finally Know How Much Power The 2017 Ford GT Makes

Spoiler: it's a lot. Ford has confirmed the car's thus far elusive performance stats in a tweet this morning, and the Interweb has gone crazy
We Finally Know How Much Power The 2017 Ford GT Makes

At long last Ford has revealed the official power and performance statistics for the turbocharged GT, and they make for good reading.

The blown V6 channels all of 638bhp to the wheels, along with a monumental 550lb ft of torque, 90 per cent of which is available from 3500rpm.

On a long enough straight that adds up to a 216mph top speed, which isn’t too shabby at all. A Ferrari 488 GTB only manages a pedestrian 205mph, while a McLaren 650S stops at 207mph. How would you ever get anywhere on time?

In a slightly bizarre twist to the stats released by Ford, the company claims that the GT is faster around a track than McLaren’s resident downforce fiend, the 675LT,and also the Ferrari 458 Speciale. The track? Err, Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada. That well-known automotive proving ground that, conveniently, no one else has set any comparable times for. Hmmm.

This comes despite the press release stating categorically that the Ford GT “has no excuses to give.” We might have to reserve final judgement on its race track performance until it sets some public Nurburgring times.

Still, there’s no doubting that it’s fast. Very fast. And as you can hear in the video Ford published in its tweet today, it does sound rather good, too.

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Comments

Joshua Lue

647hp you say…

01/25/2017 - 10:17 |
28 | 1
Ethan Andersson (HOLDEN SQUAD)

In reply to by Joshua Lue

*638hp

01/25/2017 - 11:09 |
4 | 9

Paddle shifters though

01/25/2017 - 11:14 |
4 | 1

Aren’t these stats in Forza already?

01/25/2017 - 20:29 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

“Blown” V6. Thanks Ford, exept that i don’t have enough money for it

01/25/2017 - 10:18 |
39 | 2
Gus (SQUAD SQUAD)

It’s sad that some of these will be kept as an investment and those 647 horses will never be put to good use.

01/25/2017 - 10:20 |
13 | 0

Good point, hopefully some of the owners like Shmee will use it how it was supposed to be used.

01/25/2017 - 10:33 |
4 | 4

Ford have supposedly checked out the people who’ve been accepted to make sure they aren’t going to just garage them. They want owners to hammer them and use them properly by the sound of things.

01/25/2017 - 11:22 |
18 | 1
RoyP

Mustang engines could have even more power if retuned properly

01/25/2017 - 10:22 |
138 | 7
Agustín J. Ruatta

In reply to by RoyP

Yes, but Mustang engines are not very good in the crowds per gallon. Sorry! Miles per gallon.

01/25/2017 - 12:24 |
64 | 12
Anonymous

In reply to by RoyP

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01/25/2017 - 12:38 |
5 | 25
Alexander Tomlow

In reply to by RoyP

Yes, your right but the point of the new gt is too make a supercar with supercar preformance. Witch is eco frendly aswell

01/25/2017 - 21:31 |
1 | 0
V-Tech and EcoBoost kicked in yo

In reply to by RoyP

If you think the GT needs a V8 then you don’t understand why the purpose of the GT

01/26/2017 - 19:05 |
1 | 0
Mario LPS2

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01/25/2017 - 10:23 |
1 | 2
The VW Beetle

“Faster than the 675LT and the 458 Speciale” - Ford

What you forgot to mention was the McLaren and the Ferrari were driven by Ford’s test driver.

01/25/2017 - 10:32 |
55 | 4

Its all a lie!

01/25/2017 - 18:01 |
0 | 0

So you expected Ford to hire a /new/ race car driver instead? Or…?

01/25/2017 - 18:15 |
0 | 0

Also, aren’t the stats already in Forza?

01/25/2017 - 20:29 |
0 | 0
ChrispyChicken

Hey, don’t make fun of Calabogie! Remember that wicked Micra Cup pile up that was posted on here like a year ago? Happened there lol

01/25/2017 - 10:37 |
1 | 1
The VW Beetle

At the end of the day, it’s still an EcoBoost.

01/25/2017 - 10:40 |
6 | 11

Have you heard the damn thing??? It’s an animal

01/25/2017 - 11:12 |
4 | 0

Its only called an ecoboost for marketing purposes. Nothing eco about it.

01/25/2017 - 18:04 |
2 | 0

And that’s bad because…?

01/25/2017 - 18:22 |
1 | 0
Ashley Black

It was a secret??
So how did they have it listed in the little specs box on racing games like Forza, I wonder?
Like, obviously I know it’s a game so the driving dynamics will be vastly different for testing actual speed. But the numbers are published there. How can they do that if no one knows the numbers?

01/25/2017 - 11:09 |
4 | 1

Exactly my thoughts, also, I already know I’m in love with the sound it makes when you lift off the throttle

01/25/2017 - 11:11 |
0 | 0

For a 6 says it has only 630 hp

01/25/2017 - 14:05 |
1 | 0
That_NSX_Guy

Removing 2 cylinders and adding 2 turbos… Not even mad cuz POWAAAR

01/25/2017 - 11:09 |
6 | 0