V-10: Is it going to happen for followup to GT?


bitzman

Permanent Vacation
Oct 7, 2005
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This is pretty old, a 2004 article from Autofield Guide, a website

"Already Ford has shown the next generation in its arsenal: the Cobra and GR-1 concepts. While the Cobra didn't set the world on fire with its slab-sided, hooked-beak rendition of the 1960s classic, the GR-1—a modern reinterpretation of the Cobra Daytona Coupe race car—hit the sweet spot with potential buyers. The GR-1, like its Cobra sibling, is powered by a V10 rather than the GT's supercharged V8, heavily based on the GT's platform, and ready for production as a 2007 model. That is, if internal company politics don't kill the V10 and GR-1 before either has a chance to reach production. This is a very real possibility since the V10 and GR-1 were created outside of the mainstream development organization. Production of the V10 would harm the profitability of the supercharged V8, and neither the Cobra or GR-1 will see production in their current form without this engine. Consider the program dead if a third Ford performance concept debuts with a supercharged V8 in place of the V10."