Ford GT statistics span several distinct populations: modern road cars, limited Heritage Editions, the track-only Mk II, and the historically separate GT40 racing program. The figures below identify their periods, geographies, units, and whether they are reported observations, plans, estimates, or derived sums.
Key Ford GT Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- Approximately 1,350 modern Ford GT customer cars were planned worldwide for the 2016–2022 production program.
- Ford’s initial modern Ford GT plan covered 1,000 cars over four years.
- 80 Ford GTs had found owners in Europe by October 2018.
- The modern U.S.-specification Ford GT reached 347 km/h (216 mph) in Ford’s 2017 performance release.
- The 2017 U.S.-specification Ford GT engine was SAE-rated at 647 horsepower.
- The same U.S.-specification road car produced 550 lb-ft of torque in the 2017 release.
- Ford reported a 2.14 kg-per-horsepower power-to-weight ratio for the 2017 U.S.-specification Ford GT.
- The 2006 Gulf Livery Heritage Edition comprised 343 cars.
- The 2017 ’66 Heritage Edition comprised 27 cars.
- The 2018 ’67 Heritage Edition comprised 39 cars.
- The 2019 and 2020 Gulf Livery Heritage Editions each comprised 50 cars.
- Ford limited the track-only Ford GT Mk II to 45 vehicles in its 2019 announcement.
- The Ford GT Mk II had a $1.2 million starting MSRP in 2019.
- The Ford GT Mk II engine was rated at 700 horsepower in the 2019 announcement.
- Ford achieved a 1-2-3 finish at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- Ford’s 1966 Le Mans factory effort entered eight cars.
- The improved 1966 GT40 engine consistently produced 485 horsepower at 6,400 rpm in Ford testing.
- Ford tested the 1966 GT40 engine for durability up to 48 hours, twice the race length.
Contents
- Key Ford GT Statistics
- Ford GT Production and Customer Demand
- Modern Ford GT Performance Statistics
- Ford GT Heritage Edition Production Data
- Ford GT Mk II Track-Car Statistics
- Ford GT40 Racing Statistics and Le Mans Results
- Ford GT Engineering and Durability Statistics
Ford GT Production and Customer Demand
The modern Ford GT road-car program changed scale over time. Ford initially announced 1,000 cars over four years, then extended the program to approximately 1,350 customer cars worldwide for the 2016–2022 production period.
Ford GT Production Extended to Satisfy Exceptional Demand reports these as company plans, not a verified final registration count. The expanded program included production beginning in December 2016 and newly selected European customers for 2020–2022.
| Measure | Figure | Population and period |
|---|---|---|
| Initial production plan | 1,000 cars | Modern road-car program, four years |
| Expanded customer plan | Approximately 1,350 cars | Worldwide, 2016–2022 production program |
| Reported European owners | 80 cars | Europe, October 2018 |
The 80 European owners figure is a company-reported regional ownership count. It does not represent all worldwide deliveries, and it should not be used to calculate a global delivery share.
Ford also described demand as exceptional in the same release, but the supplied evidence does not provide a separate quantified demand total. The modern road car used a 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6, an engineering specification rather than a production-volume measure.
Modern Ford GT Performance Statistics
Ford’s 2017 U.S.-specification performance release gives the clearest compact set of modern road-car performance figures. The measurements are manufacturer-reported and describe the production Ford GT configuration for that release.
Ford GT Delivers Highest Top Speed, Fastest Lap Times on the Track of Any Production Ford Ever reports the following:
| Specification | Ford-reported figure | Period and geography |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum speed | 347 km/h (216 mph) | 2017 U.S.-specification road car |
| Engine output | 647 SAE horsepower | 2017 U.S.-specification road car |
| Peak torque | 550 lb-ft | U.S. specification, 2017 release |
| Power-to-weight ratio | 2.14 kg per horsepower | U.S. specification, 2017 release |
| Displacement | 3.5 litres; 3,497 cc | 2017 model specification |
Ford described the 347 km/h result as the fastest production-vehicle speed in its 2017 release. That is a historical manufacturer comparison, not a current model-year ranking or an independent test result.
The same technical specification lists a 9.0:1 compression ratio, a 57.5-litre fuel capacity, 11.3 litres of cargo volume, and 1,226 litres of passenger volume. Passenger volume is an interior-volume measure, not seating capacity, while fuel capacity is not a claimed driving range.
It also lists a 12.2-metre kerb-to-kerb turning circle. These specification values describe the 2017 road car and should not be transferred automatically to the GT40 or the track-only Mk II.
Ford GT Heritage Edition Production Data
Ford’s Heritage Edition series connects limited modern production runs with specific GT40-era milestones. The counts below are edition build figures, not total Ford GT production for their model years.
Ford GT Pays Homage to Its Origins with Limited-Run Heritage Edition Celebrating 1964 Prototypes lists six supplied edition counts:
| Heritage Edition | Build count | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 Gulf Livery | 343 cars | 2006 model year |
| ’66 | 27 cars | 2017 model year |
| ’67 | 39 cars | 2018 model year |
| ’68 Gulf Livery | 50 cars | 2019 model year |
| ’69 Gulf Livery | 50 cars | 2020 model year |
| ’66 Daytona | 50 cars | 2021 model year |
The six listed counts total 559 cars, an arithmetic sum of Ford’s separately reported figures. The 2019 and 2020 Gulf Livery editions together account for 100 cars, while the 2017 and 2018 editions together account for 66 cars.
The 2017 ’66 edition commemorated the GT40 Mk II’s 1966 Le Mans overall win, and the 2018 ’67 edition commemorated the GT40 Mk IV’s 1967 Le Mans victory. Those race outcomes explain the year-linked names; they are historical results rather than modern production measures.
The source record notes that the 2022 Heritage Edition page redirected on Ford’s current site after being accessed through a live Ford result. The preserved evidence supports the stated edition counts, but later editions whose final count was not stated are excluded from the 559-car sum.
Ford GT Mk II Track-Car Statistics
The Ford GT Mk II was a distinct, track-only population rather than another road-car trim. Ford’s 2019 announcement limited it to 45 vehicles, with a $1.2 million starting MSRP and a 700-horsepower 3.5-litre EcoBoost engine.
Limited-Edition, Track-Only Ford GT Mk II Unleashes the Next Level of Ford GT Supercar Performance identifies the price as a starting MSRP at announcement. It excludes taxes, options, and later market prices, while the 45-vehicle figure is an announced production limit rather than an independently audited delivery count.
The announced Mk II limit equals 3.2% of the approximately 1,350-car modern Ford GT customer plan when the two announced program limits are compared. This is a derived ratio using unlike populations, so it indicates relative announced scale rather than a share of one unified production program.
The Mk II’s 700-horsepower rating also should not be substituted for the 647 SAE-horsepower rating of the 2017 U.S.-specification road car. The configurations, uses, and measurement contexts differ.
Ford GT40 Racing Statistics and Le Mans Results
The GT40 racing program is historically distinct from the modern Ford GT road car. Ford’s historical accounts provide race-entry, finishing-position, and lap-time figures for the 1966 campaign, along with the failed first Le Mans attempt in 1964.
Ford vs. Ferrari: The Le Mans Committee – Victory in 1966 reports that Ford fielded five teams at the 1966 Daytona 24 Hours and that its GT40s took the first three places. The race distance had been increased from 12 hours to 24 hours, and the victory became the GT40’s first 24-hour endurance win.
At the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ford’s factory effort entered eight cars. The field included 11 Ferraris, including three 330P3s and four 385P2s; the model subcounts do not identify every Ferrari in the field.
Ford cars occupied the first, second, third, fifth, and eighth positions at one point during the race. That is an in-race snapshot, not the final classification; the final result was a 1-2-3 Ford finish.
Ford’s teams changed pace from roughly 3:30 per lap to 3:50 per lap during the 1966 strategy change. These are approximate lap times from Ford’s historical narrative, and the source does not specify an exact lap-length convention.
Ford GT Engineering and Durability Statistics
The 1966 GT40 engineering effort emphasized endurance as well as speed. Ford’s improved engine consistently produced 485 horsepower at 6,400 rpm, and Ford built 12 engines to that improved test-engine specification for the 1966 Le Mans cars.
The development target was durability for up to 48 hours, twice the length of the race. This was a test or target duration, not an average engine service life.
Ford’s 1966 Mark II used a four-speed manual transmission. Ford’s account says the higher torque made a five-speed gearbox unnecessary, but the four-speed count describes the race-car transmission rather than the modern road car.
The earlier program shows how quickly the first GT40 was developed and how sharply initial results differed from later success. Ford vs. Ferrari: Entry and Failure – 1964 states that the 1964 design was lowered to 40 inches in height, that Ford had roughly ten months to prepare the first car, and that all three Ford cars were out of the 24-hour Le Mans race after 12 hours.
The first 1964 GT40 was described as completed by April, roughly ten months after the initial program brief. Ford’s early narrative also says the first seven vehicles used VINs beginning with “Ford GT,” while later vehicles used “Ford GT40” prefixes; that seven-vehicle VIN group is not a complete production total.
The 1964 cars led for part of the race before all three retired by hour 12. The GT40 program was established to build a race car for events including Sebring and Le Mans, while the 1966 victory came three years after Ford was rejected by Ferrari.