The new 2017 Ford GT super car, will be built in Markham, Not., in partnership with the privately-held Toronto based company Multimatic. Joe Henrich, president of the Americas for Ford Motor Co,. and former president of Ford Canada, told the press Thursday a the Canadian International Auto Show. There was some speculation that Ford would build the supercar with an outside supplier.
The two-door supercar, developed secretly before being revealed at the Detroit auto show in January, will feature lightweight carbon-fibre design, rear-wheel drive, a two-seat cockpit, upward swinging doors, and “a mid-mounted, next-generation twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 producing more than 600 horsepower,” Henrich, in animated voice, told a gathering of media on press day at the Toronto show.
A privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Multimatic designs and develops lightweight composite automotive system at manufacturing and engineering facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. The company engineered and built the Aston Martin CC100, contributed to GM’s Camaro Z/28, and has worked with Ford for about 30 years.
