Chassis Number: 2FAGP9DW7MH200099
Russell Sims, an emerging Ford design-team engineer, was selected for a top-secret project code-named “Phoenix.” Operating out of the “Batcave,” the basement of the Ford design studio, to keep things as quiet as possible, Russell and team began designing the components for the 2016 Ford GT that would take on the notorious 24 Hours of Le Mans. Once finished, Sims and the other members of the top-secret project accompanied Bill Ford and other executives to France to watch the Ford GT take home a historic first-place finish. With a storybook ending, the next task was finalizing the production Ford GTs that would revolutionize the supercar class.
A few years later, Sims would be given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and granted an allocation for one of the most exclusive Ford GTs one could obtain. Serial number M099 was hand-selected as an upside-down homage to the Ford GT40 that won Le Mans in ’66. This example is finished in the sinister shade of Shadow Black with the Carbon Series exclusive gloss carbon-fiber package. The exterior is further enhanced with a $20,000 Carbon Red graphics package that adds a single red stripe, red brake calipers and matching red mirrors that few Ford GTs possess, as it resembles that of the 2016 Le Mans-winning Ford GT.
Coming in at an astonishing 40 pounds lighter than a base Ford GT, the body panels, bonnet, bumpers, doors, front splitter, rear diffuser, shell, underbody shield, retractable wing and 20-inch gloss exposed wheels are all constructed of modern-day carbon fiber. Adding to its weight reduction, this example left the factory with equipment Group 600A, which consists of titanium lug nuts, a titanium exhaust, a lightweight Alcantara steering wheel and a lightweight titanium tow hook. Ford balanced the mix of performance and driver comforts by equipping this vehicle with air conditioning, an adjustable steering wheel, adjustable carbon-fiber Alcantara-wrapped Sparco seats, a radio, and the Sync 3 Apple CarPlay technology pack.
This Carbon Series GT is accompanied by its original order documentation, window sticker, photos from the build at Multimatic, exclusive design-team-only Autodromo Ford GT watch, and Multimatic team-exclusive “1,000” Ford GT poster.
The next owner will also receive a Ford GT order kit, which the current owner is also responsible for designing while working on the Ford design team. The exclusive Ford GT order kit comes in a latching carbon-fiber case that includes exterior color samples, one of which is a one-of-one master paint sample of the Heritage Edition Ford GT, interior material swatches and miniature replicas of various wheel and brake caliper options.
Carrying merely 1,800 miles from new, this Ford GT presents itself as one that can be thoroughly enjoyed now and still gain value in the future.
