Next, the owner and concierge move to the rear of the new Ford GT, where we get a look under the engine cover. This area houses the engine and the tiny trunk, with the special battery charger, the tool kit and a few important “switches”.
One of the tools looks like a tire iron, but it is actually the tool that you use to put the Ford GT in neutral when the engine isn’t running. Say that you run into mechanical issues or crash and the engine won’t run, the transmission will not shift into neutral to tow the car. Using the tire iron-looking tool, one person has to access a switch in the floor of the trunk to manually force the car into neutral, but it has to remain held in that gear, so you also need a second person to steer the car while the first holds the tool in place. Of course, the tow truck driver operating the winch is also needed, so it takes three people to tow an inoperable Ford supercar.
Also, towards the end of the video, we learn that if the battery dies, owners cannot open the doors or the trunk with the normal controls, so they cannot access the battery to charge it. When this happens, the owner has to remove the metal key from the fob, inserting it into a small key hole near the exhaust in the rear end. That opens the trunk, and once in there, a switch opens the driver’s door. Once the driver’s door is open, the latch for the front hood can be accessed and the battery can be charged.
Aero Talk
After talking about the front active aerodynamic bits early in the video, the latter portion takes a look at the huge rear wing of the Ford GT. This wing has three positions – down, up and braking. When down, it is completely flush with the rest of the rear body panels. When up, it is high in the air, with the active Gurnsey flap also elevated. Finally, in braking mode, the wing angles up to help slow the car from high speeds.
While talking about the rear end, the concierge explains how the center portion of the taillights are vents for the drivetrain coolers, while also showing us the rear diffuser and the other key features of the supercar’s sleek tail.
Finally, the video ends with the owner receiving a black folder with information on the car, the window sticker with a $504,000 price and pictures of the actual Ford GT being assembled in Canada.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
