Ford to end production of $500,000 GT supercar with special edition

DETROIT — Ford Motor volition extremity accumulation of its $500,000 GT supercar aboriginal this twelvemonth with a peculiar variation exemplary paying tribute to the vehicle's racing heritage.

The Detroit automaker connected Wednesday said the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition volition beryllium the past exemplary of the third-generation car, which was resurrected successful 2016 aft being a decennary retired of the market.

Ford said lone 20 of the GT LM Edition cars volition beryllium produced. Deliveries are scheduled to statesman this autumn with accumulation wrapping up aboriginal this year, according to the automaker.

"As we adjacent this section of the road-going Ford GT, the GT LM Edition gave america a accidental to inject adjacent much bosom and psyche from a podium-finishing racecar, furthering the tribute to our 2016 Le Mans win," Mark Rushbrook, planetary manager of Ford Performance Motorsports, said successful a release.

The GT is simply a collector's car steeped successful racing history. This GT LM Edition pays tribute to the third-generation supercar's wide triumph astatine the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours arsenic good arsenic Ford sweeping the podium to bushed Ferrari — arsenic portrayed successful "Ford v. Ferrari" successful 2019 — astatine the celebrated French contention successful 1966.

The current-generation GT was a surprise reveal astatine the 2015 North American International Auto Show successful Detroit. Ford kept the car a concealed adjacent wrong the company, lone allowing prime executives and employees to enactment connected it successful a nondescript basement country successful a gathering adjacent its office successful Dearborn, Michigan.

Only 1,350 of the third-generation GTs — powered by a twin-turbocharged, 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 motor with 660-horsepower and 216 mph apical speed — were produced by supplier and declaration shaper Multimatic Inc. of Markham, Ontario, successful Canada.

A Ford spokesman declined to remark connected the anticipation of a fourth-generation GT successful the future. He besides declined to remark connected pricing of the latest constricted variation model, saying GT pricing has started astir $500,000.