FORD GT

The Ford GT is a mid engine two seater sport car that has been in production from 2005 till 2008 in which only 4038 were produce and used 5.4 L supercharged V8 and uses Rear Mid engine, Rear wheel drive layout(RMR).

RMR is one in which the rear wheels are driven by an engine placed just in front of them, behind the passenger compartment.

Ford GT uses Aluminum Space Frame (ASF) because of it performance and light weight and has a good weight distribution which 43 on the front and 57 on the rear.


The GT's spaceframe contains 35 detailed extrusions and four large, complex castings for the front and rear shock towers. This design offers an opportunity for part consolidation; for example the rear shock tower casting has mounting brackets and several key attachment points for the side rail, rear crash box, and cross car beam reinforcements.

Several new forming technologies are being used to produce body-in-white panels for the car. They include superplastic forming for body exterior panels such as fenders, roof, rear quarters, engine cover, door outers, and door inners; roll bonding for floor panels for light weight and stiffness; and friction stir welding of critical interior sections. It is expected that the successful application of these manufacturing and assembly technologies will eventually be applied to later Ford vehicle designs. The hood inner and outer panels are fabricated from chopped fiberglass composite. Front and rear bumpers and rocker panels are manufactured using reinforced reaction injection molding (RRIM).

The only disadvantages for a ASF chassis is, it is still too expensive for a mass production scale and thus were limited and considered rare.