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DakotaGT
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Xcentric
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The assignment. Design a mid-engine supercar. Must have dual high-exit exhaust. Must have two taillights. Must have diffuser.
The grades:
Ford - A+
McLaren - C+
The grades:
Ford - A+
McLaren - C+
PL510*Jeff
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bret a ewing
GT Owner
- Nov 29, 2006
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Kayvan has pointed out elsewhere some differences among all the other recent supercars, from the "budget/entry" 458, all the way to the hybrids P1, LaFerrari, etc., compared to the new GT. Biases aside, anyone with halfway normal eyesite should/would find the GT faaarr more aesthetically appealing than the others, especially the most recent NSX which seems to have the front end of a TLX and four year old Mazda 3's merger together. (For a car that was delayed seemingly forever, that's the best they could do? It may end up being a great car, but I think you could say they swung and missed on the visuals).
Ludwing Mies Van der Rohe said "God is in the details." Apparently, the GT designers were Believers, because all of the little things seem right, and the general package is outstanding. For a company nearly 10 years removed from making a supercar, Ford didn't miss a beat. And when one does compare it to the McLaren, let's face it, the oddly named ist iteration McLaren had a face only a designer's mother (or maybe Honda) could love.
Ford managed to capture the essence of the original GT40 in the headlights and fenders of the new GT, yet as radical as the rear of the car is, the single tail light/side recalls both the ist gen GT and the 05-06 cars.
Ludwing Mies Van der Rohe said "God is in the details." Apparently, the GT designers were Believers, because all of the little things seem right, and the general package is outstanding. For a company nearly 10 years removed from making a supercar, Ford didn't miss a beat. And when one does compare it to the McLaren, let's face it, the oddly named ist iteration McLaren had a face only a designer's mother (or maybe Honda) could love.
Ford managed to capture the essence of the original GT40 in the headlights and fenders of the new GT, yet as radical as the rear of the car is, the single tail light/side recalls both the ist gen GT and the 05-06 cars.
Brombear
GT Owner
As I child I was also very enthusiastic about the 959. Nowadays it doesn't look right to me anymore 
PL510*Jeff
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As I child I was also very enthusiastic about the 959. Nowadays it doesn't look right to me anymore
I understand, the "look" is certainly dated for 2015 offerings. That said, I still want one.
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
I dont think anyone was referring to the cars looking similar but if you look at a Mclaren with the doors open and the new gt the tub design looks very similar and the ways the doors open up is exactly the same, if they borrowed this from mclaren its only safe to assume there will be more similarities
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
well you know the door hinges are pretty similar or borrowed from Mclaren what else could be? tub? suspension? brakes? actually the brakes look like the ones off the zr1, how bout the electronics or the rack? the calipers off of our cars are from aston, I think the rack was also! seeing what I have seen so far I wouldnt be surprised to find lots of similar technology shared between these two cars. and thats why I think the price will be in the 240ish range
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
While we're seeing these pictures, let me tell you what I see. They seem to be rendered on Firefox at the original size, not scaled to fit to window, and so have scroll bar at the bottom of the topic. In the old forum going to full window would usually make the pictures fit. Now the new software keeps the forum portion centered but does not expand the pictures so they still have scroll bars.
The ones I just posted came from here (of the GT) and from my pics on my computer of my 650. I have no idea how to size these correctly and am amazed when they actually just show up. techno dunce that I am.
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
Not an issue with posting - images have always displayed in original resolution. Something seems to have changed in the migration to the new forum software.