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VIDEO: Gran Turismo PSP ad at Laguna Seca is art imitating life imitating art. Or something.

In terms of tracks, we'd guess that while the Nürburgring gets the most press, Laguna Seca is number two. And with good reason, as Mazda's Raceway is fast, technical, beautiful and challenging. Plus, because the famed track's in Caramel, California, you get gorgeous, picture postcard weather for ten months of the year. If not more. Then, of course, there's the famous Corkscrew, and all of the hijinks that it ensures. So large is Laguna's legend that Sony is now using to the track to sell its newly PSP ported version of Gran Turismo, ... Read more →

RM auctioning off two Ford GTs to benefit juvenile diabetes research Noah Joseph

Still grumbling over having missed the chance at buying a Ford GT when it was still in production? Well, if you've got the cash on hand, there are probably dozens of examples up for sale by owners ...

VIDEO: Exotic runway dancers prove that even now, the rich still have more fun Chris Shunk

If you own a Lamborghini Gallardo or a Ford GT for the sole purpose of being seen around town, it's a real shame. We fail to see why 500 hp is necessary to traverse traffic on the way to the ...

Ford GT designer, Camilo Pardo, leaving the Blue Oval Frank Filipponio

AutoWeek is confirming rumors that Ford GT designer, Camilo Pardo, is parting ways with Ford after a 24-year relationship. While no details were disclosed, Pardo confirmed he is leaving the Blue Oval ...

Matech clinches FIA GT3 title with Ford GT, developing GT1 contender Drew Phillips

A big part of us dearly wanted the Blue Oval to have a factory race program for the Ford GT. Visions of four straight Le Mans victories danced in our heads, and we're sure Corvette Racing would ...

Heffner Performance unleashes Camilo Pardo Edition Ford GT 12 months ago on Autoblog

We've become familiar with Jason Heffner's creations over the past few years, from his insanely powerful Lamborghini Gallardos to mindblowingly fast Ford GTs. For his latest project, Heffner has teamed up with Ford GT chief designer Camilo Pardo for a special edition version of the car that looks ...

SEMA 2008: Hennessey shows a pair of turbocharged Ford GTs 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hennessey is perhaps more closely associated with Dodge Vipers to most people, but they also do work on Ford's late, great supercar, the Ford GT, too. What Hennessey does with the GT is sort of up to you. One option they can do is a swap, wherein the factory supercharger is removed and a pair of ...

Steven Millen and his Ford GT ready to run in Dunlop Targa Rally 1 year ago on Autoblog

A little over two years ago we had the chance to spend some time at the track with Steve Millen and his race-prepped Ford GT before the team embarked on its fifth excursion to New Zealand to run in the Targa Rally. Last year, the team wasn't able to compete due to health issues with a member of ...

Ford delays 340-hp Fusion GT to 2012 1 year ago on Autoblog

Motor Trend is reporting in its October 2008 issue that Ford has decided to delay the Fusion GT, an EcoBoost-powered super sedan producing upwards of 340 horsepower. The original plan was to have the GT model arrive at the tail end of the current Fusion's product cycle as a low-volume, super niche ...

eBay Find of the Day: Steve Saleen's pre-production Ford GT 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of Saleen's pre-pro Ford GT The Ford GT went from concept to production in record time thanks to companies like ROUSH and Saleen that have niche manufacturing capabilities. Saleen handled the assembly of the GT in its 200,000-sq ft facility in Troy, MI, and whether ...

The one thing your Ford GT is missing... 1 year ago on Autoblog

On the long road from concept to production, some details inevitably fall off of show cars. We always hope the details that make a a concept a show-stopper carry over after the suits give the green light, and when we're talking about a six-figure halo supercar, we're usually not terribly ...

KEY FOR-D-GT kit fixes Ford supercar's only fault 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Ford GT is on the short list of coolest cars in the 21st century, with up to 600 horsepower, killer retro looks, and Ferrari F430-beating athleticism. Buyers were more than happy to accept a limited edition Ford supercar, but many owners were less than thrilled with Ford's corporate key and ...

eBay Find of the Day: 2006 Ford GT, untitled, signed by Steve Saleen 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above above for high-res gallery of this never-owned 2006 Ford GT It should come as no big surprise to any of our regular readers that this blogger is a big fan of Italian supercars. But although it was built to show up the Italian greats in tribute to a race car that did the same decades ...

Avro releasing limited-edition 720 Mirage Ford GT 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Brooklands-based tuning firm, Avro Motor Cars, has partnered up with Roush Technologies to offer up a run of ten limited-edition Ford GTs that not only get a fresh coat of orange metallic paint and a some matte-black details, but an extra helping of power. The 720 Mirage spells out its claim to ...

Ford GTX1 production comes to an end 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for hi-res gallery of the GTX1 Gennadi Dedign Group has announced that the end draws nigh for the company's limited-run Ford GT roadster conversion, the GTX1. Over two years of production, the plan was to make 600 total cars available. 100 would be SEMA Edition replicas of the Valencia ...

Spied! Saleen developing all-new sports car 1 year ago on Autoblog

click image above to enlarge var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Spied_Saleen_developing_all_new_sports_car'; We managed to get our hands on this photo that shows a clay model of what inside sources tell us is the initial design of an all-new car being considered for development by ...

VIDEO: twin-turbo Ford GT tops 222 mph in the standing mile 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image to view the embedded video Anything that can top out above 200 mph is a pretty fast car, but one that can do it from a standing start within a mile is an insanely fast car. This twin-turbo Ford GT modified by Jason Heffner of Heffner's Performance not only does that, but exceeds 222 ...

All we want for Christmas is a Ford GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Ford GT has always been badass. When it went into production in 2003, all of those kit cars from back in the day suddenly paled in comparison to a genuine GT40-inspired supercar. It was a relative bargain, too. Of course, when we say relative bargain, we mean expensive. Always willing to ...

Ford GT gets the Geiger-treatment, 0-60 drops to 3.5s 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for over 20 more pics. Germany's GeigerCars is responsible for some ungainly creations, normally turning up the wick on vehicles that have no business being fast in the first place. But when the firm directs its resources towards exotic American muscle, it's the automotive ...

Saleen 550 offers GT owners a matching daily driver 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image above for high-res gallery of the new Saleen 550. During this year's Ford GT National Rally II, specialty manufacturer Saleen showed off a new limited edition model. Called the Saleen 550, it is a tribute to Saleen's involvement with the development and production of the Ford GT. Based ...

Ford GT National Rally II stops at Cars & Coffee event 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click above image for large high-res gallery from the National Rally II stop at C&C. One year ago, in August 2006, there was a huge gathering of Ford GT owners in Michigan. The group descended on Dearborn from all over the world to tour the Wixom and Saleen Special Vehicle plants where the GTs ...

Matech Ford GT wins its first race in FIA GT3 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for 45 more desktop wallpaper-size pics No doubt followers of FIA GT3 racing were surprised at how well the Ford GTs from Matech ran in the first two races at Silverstone earlier this month. No one, however, was prepared for the can of whoop ass they opened up in Bucarest last ...

Roush 600RE launches in Europe 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge Look! It's a Roush....and it isn't a Mustang! Roush Europe has pulled the wraps off its new Ford GT-based 600RE for Europe and the UK. It's super-limited -- only 10 will be built, and on the technical side, the conversion includes a pulley upgrade for the blower, Tubi ...

More on the Ford GT entrant to GT3 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above to see more images of the Matech Ford GT The Ford GT may already be out of production, but it's just getting started on the European race circuit. Last month we told you that three Ford GTs were being raced by Matech, and after its first test at Dijon, Ford's most premium ...

Ford wants Mustangs to race in Europe, will face the Ford GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-res photos of the FR500C and FR500GT for your desktop As we've said in the past, the Mustang is Ford's ace in the hole. The current model is a bonafide smash hit, being recognized and revered the world over. So it makes perfect sense that if fans in other parts of the ...

Super Bowl XXXVIII - Ford GT "The One" 2 years ago on Autoblog

Before Bold Moves, Ford did cool stuff like this. Opening with a sweet burnout and filled with a minute's worth of eye and ear candy, we followed this red Ford GT around the track with big grins on our faces (which we simultaneously stuffed with chips & salsa and whatever the hell else we had ...

Nicolas Cage donates Ford GT to UTI 3 years ago on Autoblog

Having worked through a two-year automotive technology degree, I have worked on my fair share of donated vehicles. Most came in the form of 165,000-mile woody station wagons that weren't worth the value of the tires they rolled in on. Nicolas Cage was apparently impressed by the program at ...

The last Ford GT rolls out of Saleen's Troy, MI facility 3 years ago on Autoblog

The end is nigh for the Ford GT, as the last production car has rolled out of the Troy, Michigan Saleen facility where most of the car's final assembly was completed. BlueOvalNews.com was on hand to cover the occasion, which saw Ford's Fred Goodenow, SVT Design Engineering Manager for the GT, pose ...

Ford GT passing performance torch to GT500 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: commercial added Production of the Ford GT will come to an end later this month when the last 2006 model is assembled at the company's plant in Wixom, MI. At that time, the Shelby GT500 will become Ford's performance flagship and the company is commemorating the transition with a ...

Crazy fast Kiwi: Steve Millen preps a Ford GT for New Zealand road rally 3 years ago on Autoblog

Spent a good part of the day at Willow Spring's Streets of Willow course on Friday. Had to get up at 4:30 to make the 2 hour trek north into the vast wasteland above L.A. but it was worth it. We got a chance to watch a professional racer run his new car ragged trying to get it dialed in for an ...

Ford GT vs GT500 mural adorns cover of Winding Road 3 years ago on Autoblog

Credit goes to the folks at Winding Road for really stepping it up a notch lately. Their latest issue features a cover designed by Ford GT designer, Camilo Pardo, who painted it on the bare wall of a building at Ford. He even added Le Mans racing stripes to the GT500 convertible, which, for those ...

Wanna win Alan Jackson's Ford GT? 3 years ago on Autoblog

Not a big fan of country, but I have been known to slap some praise on the hood of the Ford GT. Country singer Alan Jackson also likes the Ford GT, enough so that he used his own personal GT in the video for his song Talkin' Song Repair Blues. That same car is now being raffled off with all proceeds ...

30 minutes with a Shelby GT500 3 years ago on Autoblog

Recently Ford stopped by to give us a ride in the company's new second-in-command supercar, the 500-horsepower Shelby GT500. We say second-in-command because if anything bad were to befall Ford's fastest product, the 550-horsepower Ford GT, well, the GT500 could assume command as the Blue Oval's ...

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren captures London Land Speed Record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Weekly British automotive mag Autocar recently shut down the London City Airport because they wanted to find out what car was the fastest in London. Amidst a field that included hometown hero Bentley's Continental Flying Spur, as well as a Ford GT (it lost to the British-built SLR by nary 1.4 mph, ...

Reunited, and it feels so good 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford reunites GT40 trio that swept Le Mans in '66 click for high-resolution version 2006 marks the 40th anniversary of Ford's 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 1966. Born out Ford's desire to be beat Ferrari at its own game, the historic victory came courtesy of three GT40 Mark II ...

Ford bringing Gurney, GT40 to Goodwood 3 years ago on Autoblog

With less than a week to go before the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the announcements from participating marques continue to roll in. Ford will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its 1-2-3 finish at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans and its 4-year win streak at Circuit de la Sarthe by sending one of ...

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