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february 08, 2018 - Ford
First European Customers Receive Their Ford GT Supercars
In April 2016, 6,506 car enthusiasts from around the world applied to purchase one of the first 500 production #fordgt supercars. Now, for one lucky applicant in Scandinavia, the wait is over after receiving the keys to one of the very first #ford GTs to be delivered to a customer in Europe.
Jason Watt, a racing driver from Denmark, is now the owner of a new 347 km/h (216 mph) #supercar. In race car form the #fordgt was designed to take on the Le Mans 24 Hours and win, a feat it achieved at the first attempt in 2016. In road form, the #fordgt uses a carbon fibre body, 655 PS 3.5‑litre EcoBoost V6 engine and technology including Drive Modes to deliver a road-legal experience that’s as close to a race car as it gets.
Jason’s new #fordgt is the first in his home country of Denmark, and the whole of Scandinavia. And just like the previous generation 2005 #fordgt that he used to own, this #fordgt is being modified so that it can be hand-operated by Jason, who was paralysed from the chest down following a motorcycle accident in 1999. A roof rack will be fitted so that Jason can easily transport his wheelchair.
“My #fordgt is probably the world's fastest car that can park in disabled parking spaces,” said Jason, at the handover event in Copenhagen.
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