This summer, we had a GT for a whole day, and all of Los Angeles and the mountains nearby were our playground. Would this track-bred, track-raised machine hold up on real-world roads?
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ALEX KIERSTEIN: I'm going to shut up and let the GT do the talking.
[CAR REVS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We're on our way up to Angeles Crest Highway, the mountains above Los Angeles, and we're driving a Ford GT, the limited production supercar that I'm sure you're aware is completely sold out. We're in the softest mode right now. We're in normal with the comfort setting on for the suspension. Very relaxed situation for the GT to be in.
And just listen to how much noise we're getting, just driving it normally. I'm going 50 miles an hour. We're just having a Sunday cruise and letting the transmission shift for itself. And boy, it sounds wild.
[CAR REVS]
It's not just one thing. It's not solely exhaust or induction noise. There's dual-clutch gearbox crackle and grind. There's turbo whistle. There's the carbon fiber chassis sort of shaking over bumps. You can't forget for one single second that you're in what is, essentially, a race car, dialed down very slightly for street use.
OK. We're in sport mode now. I'm just going to open it up and let you hear what it sounds like.
[CAR REVS]
[LAUGHS]
Oh, the brakes are just so powerful. It's so stable under braking, it's unbelievable. And they're not grabby when they're cold. I mean, I haven't really been using them. Oh.
Despite the car being so wide and so powerful, and its limits are so high, a narrow, twisty little road like that didn't really hold the car back. We still had plenty of fun, you know, hitting as hard as was prudent. So I think that really speaks to this car's entertainment versatility, I guess you could say. It's remarkably entertaining on a lot of different types of roads, and that's not something you get with a lot of supercars.
A lot of supercars thrive on the track, and on a regular, twisty little road, they feel like they're crawling. That really speaks to the GT's versatility. Although that being said, where this car comes alive-- clearly, we're not on the track today, but just everything about this car says, I want to be on the track.
[CAR REVS]
After driving this car all day up here on Angeles Crest, I have to say there's a couple of things that really surprised me about it. For one, I wasn't expecting a car with this much motorsport DNA to be this versatile on these public roads. And actually, the GT is kind of a sweetheart. The other thing is the way it sounds. The soundtrack here is 100% motorsport. It's mechanical. It's raw. It's not really pleasing sounds, but something about the way it works together when you just rev the heck out of it-- I couldn't get enough of it. I don't want to stop driving this car.
[CAR REVS]
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