Ford unveils even faster GT at SEMA 2018

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
31 Oct 2018
1 min read

Ford's twin-turbo supercar, the third-generation GT, has a nasty new brother thanks to the introduction of the lighter, meaner Carbon Series model.

Launched at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas the limited-edition boasts swathes of carbon-fibre and titanium to drop 18kg over an "ordinary" GT. Power figures from the twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 remain the same, at 482kW (647hp)/746Nm.

The Carbon Series is designed as a street/track model, with fewer luxuries than the standard GT (no cupholders!) but is road registerable unlike the Competition Series GT Ford released previously.

What's your favourite stripped-out supercar - Ford GT Carbon Series, Ferrari 488 Pista, Lamborghini Huracan LP 640-4 Performante? What? Tell us in the comments below.

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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