The Ford GT has been one of our favorite supercars, and after the reveal of the all-new, track-only Ford GT Mk IV by Ford Performance and Multimatic, we wish they made one for the road as well.

It is, by far, the most outrageously gutsy and extreme track-specific Ford GT in history. Ford has worked on advancing the car in every possible way, right from the radical new design to optimizing performance from the powertrain and the suspension.

It has been developed to deliver exceptional performance, pushing it far beyond the limits of any Ford before it. It features a twin-turbo EcoBoost engine, an exterior that's been honed in the wind tunnel, a racing transmission, and a chassis with a longer wheelbase, making it more of a long-tail supercar.

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The 2023 Ford GT Mk lV Is A Track-Only Special, Honoring The '67 Racer

Blue 2023 Ford GT Mk IV Track Car Front Profile
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The 2023 Ford GT Mk lV aims to master the handling dynamics on the track. If we had to rewind and go back to the original GT Mk lV, it was, in every sense, a proper high-performance track car for the millionaire racecar driver.

But the new Ford GT Mk IV dials it up to eleven. With so much more commitment that went into the motorsport engineering and performance, they've created a completely different animal altogether, comprising a carbon fiber body that is not only sharp and pretty but also very functional. The new Mk lV is a grand and final send-off of the third-generation supercar.

The new Ford GT Mk lV is a nod to the year the original Mk lV won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford Performance will build only 67 of these hand-built supercars, which will be manufactured at Multimatic's facility in Ontario.

The starting MSRP for this Ford is a whopping $1.7 million. Client selections will be confirmed in the first half of next year, while deliveries of the car will start in late spring, of 2023.

Blue 2023 Ford GT Mk IV Track Car Aerodynamic Profile
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With the new Ford GT Mk lV, Multimatic has created the fastest, final version of the iconic model. Not only does it come with a bigger engine and a hardcore racing gearbox; its body shell is made to slice through the wind. This model is undoubtedly going down as an important chapter in the history books of Multimatic.

The new Mk lV is the first Ford GT track car that features Multimatic's modern Adaptive Spool Valve Dampers. ASV dampers add constant independent adjustment of compression and rebound damping at all four corners.

A central controller selects the perfect damping characteristics for each corner, based on changing track and driver inputs for the best control possible.

2023 Ford GT Mk IV Looks Awesome And Lethal

Blue 2023 Ford GT Mk IV Track Car Side Profile
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The overall outline of the new GT Mk IV looks very identical to the previous one, but for some reason, it gives out hints of an all-electric hypercar for the track. It's probably those closed-off headlights and the current Formula 1 car-like wheels that would have you mistake it for being one.

The front-end has been redesigned to look different; the surfaces are smoother, the front bumper has been restyled, the headlights are just DRL strips and the wheel arches up-front are more curved than before. Even the bonnet gets a new look, featuring multiple vents.

The side profile of the car remains similar, but the rear reveals a raw, exposed version of the older design. The rear diffuser and wing are entirely different; in fact, they look like they've grown in size. The tailpipes are exposed, and there are blades on either side of the taillights. It's definitely far more extreme-looking than the Ford GT Multimatic racer from 2020.

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2023 Ford GT Mk IV Draws Inspiration From The Ford GT Mk ll

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The new GT Mk IV takes its inspiration from the 1996 Le Mans car. Ford went all out and redesigned the whole car from the ground-up, packing it with cutting-edge technology and engineering, and the result is what you see in these images.

Ford's grease monkeys, along with Kar Graft, made a new lightweight chassis, making use of an adhesive bonded honeycombed-aluminum construction, with an aerodynamic body, and called it the J-Car, because it was built to meet the FIA Appendix J regulations.

It was powered by the renowned 427 Ford 7.0-liter V8 engine and a special transaxle with its own cooling system that sent power to the rear wheels of the 1967 Ford GT Mk IV. It was 228mm longer and was primarily built to compete in global endurance racing.

Multimatic Makes Badass Racecars

Multimatic 2020 Ford GT Mk ll On Track
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Multimatic has been instrumental in motorsport since 1992, with a high-speed laboratory where great minds come together to create and solve problems. This renowned company takes care of manufacturing and race programs at top-class facilities in North America and the UK.

Sources: Ford, Multimatic