There is plenty of historical precedent for the flying buttress: the Maserati Merak, Ferrari 599 GTO and even a previous Ford GT40. “The GT40 MkI has a very subtle version of that,” said Todd ...

The Ford GT stunned everybody when it debuted at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of secrets to still share about this upcoming supercar. We had a chance ...

HOT ROD was given an exclusive look at the 2016 Ford GT, and an exclusive interview with the designers. ... [IP] pours down and echoes the flying buttress, but the structure of the IP is key.

The 2017 Ford GT is a high-tech tour-de-force, and Ford does it all with a gasoline engine, ... Air enters the channel beneath the flying buttress to eventually hit the Ford GT’s active wing.

The Ford GT is a uniquely American approach to an idea dominated by European thinking. ... It looks like nothing else, all teardrop cabin and outrigger fenders and flying buttresses in between.

Narrator: This is the second-generation Ford GT, ... The flying buttresses, or the tunnels, help channel air around its teardrop shape and over the spoiler. This creates downforce in the rear.

The flying buttresses linking the roof to each rear fender may appear flat, but they are in fact curved in section. This is because they're really wings—cut them in half, and they're airfoil-shaped.

The big flying buttresses hide their own improvements, too. Revised air ducts allow 50% more air to funnel through. ... 2020 Ford GT gets an all-carbon-fiber look, updated retro livery ...

Finally, the Ford GT is ready for the road, and it's Dearborn's most audacious car, ever. Search. About Us; ... nestled between rear-wheel pontoons and the GT’s signature flying buttresses.

What's better than owning a 2005 Ford GT ... rapidly close in around the passenger cell while leaving space for large air intakes and a cold air runner through the GT’s dramatic flying buttresses.

New cooling intakes in the flying buttresses help keep the engine cooler. Aaron Turpen/New Atlas. 4 / 10. The 2020 Ford GT gets a small horsepower boost over last year's model.