As part of the Ford Motor Company centennial celebration, the company debuted the retro-styled GT as part of their North American International Auto Show display. A modern homage to Ford’s racing heritage, the GT celebrated the highly successful GT40 program of the 1960s, which won Le Mans an impressive four consecutive years from 1966 through 1969. Production of the new GT began in 2004 with release slated for the 2005 model year.

The new Ford GT featured impressive performance, the likes of which had not been seen from a production car built in Detroit. Powered by a 5.4-liter DOHC V-8 engine and equipped with a Lysholm twin-screw supercharger, the GT is rated at 550 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque. The engine is paired with a Ricardo six-speed manual transmission featuring a helical limited-slip differential. This driveline allows the Ford GT to achieve a 205-mph top speed and zero to 60 sprint of 3.3 seconds. These extraordinary performance figures put the car in competition with other supercars of the time, such as the Porsche Carrera GT and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Exceedingly popular since its debut, the GT was produced for just two model years, 2005 and 2006, during which time only 4,033 examples were built.

For the final model year, 2006, Ford introduced a limited-production Heritage Edition. Finished in Heritage Blue with Epic Orange stripes, the cars featured white roundels to which the owner could add a number of their liking. The rare livery was inspired by the John Wyer Gulf Oil back-to-back Le Mans-winning car of 1968 and 1969, GT40 chassis number P/1075.

This Ford GT was built at Ford’s Wixom plant in August 2006. It left the factory outfitted with three options: Gun Metal Grey painted calipers, BBS forged lightweight aluminum wheels, and, of course, the Heritage livery finished in Heritage Blue with Epic Orange GT stripes with four white roundels. It was shipped to Circuit Ford Lincoln in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and later sold new on 28 February 2007.

Today this GT Heritage Edition has covered just 661.8 miles at the time of cataloguing and remains in largely original condition throughout. The factory blank white roundels give the next owner the opportunity to add a number of their choosing. This GT Heritage Edition is accompanied by owner’s manuals with pouch, Ford GT certificate, and Deluxe Marti Report.

One of just 343 Heritage Editions produced for 2006, this low-mileage, three-option GT is a wonderful representation of what was referred to in period as Ford’s “pace car for an entire company.”