Ford GT LM Edition 2022

Honoring America's handiest Le Mans-prevailing supercar that consists of wins in 2016 and the anciental 1-2-three podium sweep in 1966, the 2022 Ford GT LM Edition celebrates Ford GT's worldwide race-prevailing success."With revolutionary materials, layout and engineering, the Ford GT is not like some other manufacturing supercar," stated Mark Rushbrook, worldwide director, Ford Performance Motorsports. "As we near this bankruptcy of the avenue-going Ford GT, the GT LM Edition gave us a hazard to inject even extra coronary heart and soul from a podium-completing racecar, furthering the tribute to our 2016 Le Mans win."The Ford GT stays exclusive, and those very last 20 unique-version supercars will upload to its collectability. Deliveries of the 2022 very last model-12 months Ford GT LM Edition start in fall 2022 with manufacturing wrapping up later withinside the 12 months.
Race-livery outdoors, uneven designed indoors
With its carbon fiber frame proudly lacquered in Liquid Silver outdoors paint, the limited-version Ford GT LM is uniquely completed in both a purple or blue topic throughout, honoring the purple and blue race livery of the Le Mans prevailing No. sixty eight Ford GT.For a completely unique appearance, clients can pick out from uncovered purple or blue tinted carbon fiber that underscores the decrease aerodynamics of the supercar.

This consists of tinting the ultra-light-weight fabric at the the front splitter, facet sills and door sills, plus engine bay louvers, replicate stalks and rear diffuser. Exposed gloss carbon fiber 20-inch wheels with corresponding purple or blue inner-barrel accents, plus titanium lug nuts and Brembo® brake calipers lacquered in black to in addition modernize this package.Unique to the Ford GT LM is a 3-D titanium-published dual-exhaust that capabilities a cyclonic layout withinside the pointers and guidelines on the twin-faster 660 horsepower EcoBoost® engine. Above the pointers, a titanium GT LM badge is likewise 3-D published.
Inside, the Ford GT LM Edition's indoors capabilities particular appointments consisting of Alcantara®-wrapped carbon fiber seats with an identical purple or blue driver's seat, and Ebony passenger seat with accessory sewing that suits the driver's seat color, in addition to the engine begin button.The tool panel is wrapped in Ebony leather-based and Alcantara, even as pillars and headliner are wrapped in Ebony Alcantara. Carbon fiber consists of into the cabin, acting at the console, vent registers and decrease A-pillars with a matte end.

Podium-completed crankshaft floor down and shared in all 20 GT LM Edition cars

Making the Ford GT LM Edition a unique very last tribute, the Ford Performance group searched for methods to embed the Le Mans podium-completing spirit into every avenue automobile.
The result: the group placed the 1/3-location 2016 Ford GT (No. sixty nine) racecar's engine that changed into disassembled and shelved after the race, floor down the crankshaft right into a powder, and evolved a completely unique bespoke alloy used to 3-D print the tool panel badge for every of the 20 unique-version supercars.
Honoring Ford GT Le Mans efforts, Ford v. Ferrari 50 years later
The 2022 Ford GT LM Edition will pay tribute to the 1/3-era supercar's basic win and the No. sixty eight Ford GT of Sébastien Bourdais (FRA), Joey Hand (US) and Dirk Müller (GER) who crossed the end line on the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Similar to the epic 1966 Ford v. Ferrari battle, the No. sixty eight Ford GT took the lead for the very last time withinside the twentieth hour of the race after going one-on-one with the No. eighty two Ferrari. Hand changed into at the back of the wheel at the 3 events that the Ford surpassed the Ferrari, rekindling a 50-12 months-vintage competition among the 2 automobile manufacturers.
The No. sixty nine Ford GT of Ryan Briscoe (AUS), Scott Dixon (NZ) and Richard Westbrook (GB) joined the winners at the podium after scoring 1/3 location. The Nos. sixty six and sixty seven Ford GTs completed in fourth and 9th places, respectively.
The 2022 Ford GT LM additionally honors the herculean attempt and power from the Ford Chip Ganassi group that converted the auto right into a Le Mans winner in only over one 12 months (395 days).