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For Ford Motor Company, the 2017-22 GT downforce with gravitational authority. As if that
supercar has been a rolling showcase of the wasn’t enough, the original purchaser loaded this
company’s engineering prowess and competitive GT with $35,500 in options.
spirit. It is, for all practical purposes, a street-legal Ford introduced the GT Carbon Series for the
race car, capable of 200+ mph top speeds while 2019 model year. Carbon fiber was already used
delivering otherworldly levels of handling. It can extensively throughout the Ford GT, and the
achieve 0-60 mph in 3 seconds or less and blazes Carbon Series took the benefits of this material
through the quarter-mile in the 10-second zone. to their logical extreme. When seeking ten-tenths
It is the fastest Ford production car ever built. Its performance, cutting weight is as effective as
introduction to the world was with a win at the adding power, and the Carbon Series shaves
2016 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LM GTE Pro nearly 40 pounds off an already trim car thanks
class with Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand and Dirk to carbon-fiber wheels, a polycarbonate engine
Müller behind the wheel. The win came 50 years cover with additional venting, a titanium exhaust
after Ford’s first Le Mans victory, making it an (that by itself took off nine pounds of weight)
especially sweet achievement. and titanium lug nuts. Ford even eliminated the
“The GT is always the ultimate expression of Ford cupholders and driver’s-side seat storage bin to
racing innovation, and as we know from the 1966 eradicate every superfluous ounce. The Carbon
Le Mans through today, that means constantly Series truly was the lightest car in the GT lineup.
raising our game for our customers as well as It has unique styling elements as well. The Carbon
earning the checkered flag,” said Ed Krenz, then Series featured two exposed carbon-fiber stripes
Ford Performance chief program engineer, upon with matching exposed carbon-fiber A-pillars
the introduction of the 2020 model GTs. and lower body panels. Customers had a choice
The 2020 Frozen White Carbon Series GT featured between four accent colors for the center stripe,
here, offered with No Reserve at Barrett-Jackson’s Brembo brake calipers and mirror caps, and this
2023 Scottsdale Auction, January 21-29, is the example has the Carbon Blue Graphics Package.
very embodiment of that philosophy. The Carbon Among the options on this GT are the exposed
Series was engineered for maximum performance, carbon-fiber side-view mirror caps.
all wrapped in an aerodynamic shape that delivers

LOT #1390 - 2020 FORD GT CARBON SERIES - NO RESERVE
GRAVITATIONAL

AUTHORITY

THIS 2020 FORD GT CARBON SERIES SHOWS HOW CLOSE
TO THE EDGE A STREETABLE SUPERCAR CAN TRAVEL

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