In 1966 Ford produced a new race car called the GT40. At this time Ferrari was the defending champion of the 24 hours of Le Mans. That would soon change. From 1966 to 1969 the GT40 won 4 straight times. 36 years after the GT40's last win, Ford produced the GT, celebrating not only the GT40, but Ford's 100th anniversary. The headlights are actually designed to look like a 100. The GT is amazing. It has one of the lowest horsepower to price ratios among supercars. It also has one of the best horsepower to top speed ratios. It has 550 horsepower coming from it's 5.4L supercharged V8. It goes from 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds, which is faster than the Dodge Viper SRT-10 with 600 horsepower, the Porsche Carrera GT with 612 horsepower, and the Chevy Corvette ZR1 with 638 horsepower. It has a top speed of 205 mph, which is the same top speed as the Carrera GT and the ZR1. And all of this just goes to show, you can't judge a car by it's horsepower.
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