Ford has created a 800HP supercar so hardcore that it would never be possible to be street legal

After a long and spectacular career, the Ford GT was retired in 2022.

Initially conceived as a blue-collar hero to win American hearts and more importantly Le Mans races, the GT evolved into a very, very expensive supercar.

And also very powerful.

This was the last hurrah, and it was so powerful it wasn’t even street-legal.

The rise and rise of the Ford GT

We have to remember that the GT40, the original icon, had no ambition apart from winning Le Mans.

The automaker wasn’t planning on putting it on sale; they just wanted to beat Ferrari.

They did, and then, decades later, the American manufacturer unveiled the new GT as a road-going tribute to the racetrack icon.

It was first introduced in 2005 and then retired just one year later.

Close to two decades later, they unveiled a second generation with upgraded styling, a new V6, more power, and an insane price tag.

Then, in 2022, the GT was discontinued again.

But the automaker decided to honor it with this, the Mk IV

This is a tribute to Le Mans

Rather than bowing out quietly, they chose to build the most extreme, track-focused variant in the nameplate’s history to honor the GT.

Developed in close partnership with Multimatic, the Mk IV paid direct homage to the legendary 1967 race car that claimed overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

To achieve this, Ford ignored public road regulations, emission laws, and bumper heights, which automatically made this car a track-only vehicle.

The updated 3.8-liter V6 made 800 horsepower, and the vehicle also featured a long-tail wheelbase, upgrade aerodynamics, and massive wing.

The result a monumental 2,400 pounds of downforce at 150mph, scaling up to 4,500 pounds at 200mph.

The result was also no chance at all to ever be allowed on the road.

Then again, this wasn’t the point.

This is one of those Fords you can’t buy unless the automaker says you can

Just like the ‘regular’ Ford GT, the Mustang GTD, and a few other models, the GT Mk IV is a car you can only buy if the manufacturer says you can.

Production was strictly limited to just 67 units, each with a starting price of $1.7 million.

They’re worth a lot more than that now.

And because it’s been well over two years, the no-resale clause no longer applies, which means any lucky owner can potentially sell their Mk IV and make a small fortune.