January 23, 2025

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2021 Ford GT Heritage Edition celebrates 1966 Daytona victory

Ford pulled the addresses off the 2021 Ford GT Heritage Edition this weekend, impressed by the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona-winning GT40 Mk. II pushed by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby. Even relaxed motorsports lovers probably try to remember that Ford’s GT system defeated the almighty Ferrari at Le Mans that yr, but the 24-hour Daytona race was just as important of a milestone in the car’s history.

The 2021 Heritage Edition is a tribute to the race-winning vehicle, painted in Frozen White with asymmetrical black (in this fashionable scenario, exposed carbon fiber) and pink accents. The amount 98 is emblazoned throughout the doorways, and just one-piece Heritage Gold twenty-inch forged-aluminum wheels enable pink Brembo monoblock brake calipers peek as a result of. Red and black Alcantara fabric addresses considerably of the interior, together with the seats and steering wheel. A Heritage Up grade Deal adds carbon fiber wheels with gloss pink interior accent barrel and carbon fiber doorway panels.

In addition to the Heritage Edition, Ford also declared a customizable Studio Collection graphics package deal for the 2021 GT. “The combination of the stripes and accents invokes the emotion of speed and draws your eye to some of the most popular capabilities of the GT,” says Garen Nicoghosian, structure head at Multimatic, the enterprise that assembles the GT for Ford. “The fuselage, buttresses and signature capabilities on the headlights give visual anchors for the graphics, guiding your eye throughout the auto.”

Only 40 Studio Collection GTs are planned for the 2021 and 2022 product decades. See the Heritage Edition in the gallery up over, and a variety of probable Studio Collection schemes just down below.