Cape Advanced Vehicles has taken the legendary Ford GT40 and created a mad, mad restomod called CAV GT Mk II. It is an 800 hp monster that can be tamed with a manual gearbox.
Visually, the inspiration is pretty obvious. The low-slung stance, wide body, and race-bred proportions all point to Ford’s original Le Mans icon. But this isn’t a nostalgia piece. It comes with modern elements such as LED lighting, and it’s bigger too.
Built on a lightweight aluminium and carbon fibre structure, the GT Mk II has the heart of an Audi – 4.2-litre V8 – but heavily reworked. Twin centrifugal superchargers force-feed the engine, pushing the output to a staggering 800 hp at 7,800 rpm, with a screaming 9,000 rpm redline and 649 lb-ft of torque.
While this restomod comes with a 6-speed single-clutch semi-auto transmission as standard, Cape Advanced Vehicles is offering a dual-clutch transmission and even a proper manual gearbox as an option.
As for performance, the Ford GT40-inspired GT Mk II has all-wheel drive, adjustable suspension, massive Brembo brakes, and a screaming Inconel exhaust. No wonder it can do 0-62 mph in just 3.0 seconds, while its top speed is 204 mph.
Why would you ruin an iconic beautiful design with a larger, and definitely uglier redesign. This is a degraceful and failed attempt that completely loses sight of what made the original the way it was.if your actually going to restomod a gt 40, please actually have someone beyond age 8 actually do it.
This guy gets it
If you look closely and note the clue the article gave, it’s an R8 chassis, with new front n rear.
If you’d ever tried getting into, or out of, a GT40, you’d understand the dimension growth.
Styling is subjective, but agree it lacks cohesiveness in this case.
How did they manage to make it look like ass?
The proportions are incredibly wrong. It looks like a GT40 body kit applied to a generic fwd coupe.
The front slumps off into an overbite, their are no hips. The greenhouse is as wide as the body. This is ugly.
Its not a Ford without a Ford motor!!, Totally disgraceful.
Looks like it was measured in a house of mirrors. Hard pass.