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The American automaker Ford created and produced the high- performance concept automobile known as the GT90. At the Detroit Auto Show in January 1995, it was unveiled. In Ames, Oklahoma's Hajek Motorsports Museum, the automobile is currently on exhibit.
Even by today's standards, the nearly 30-year-old GT90 is wild and futuristic, and while it clearly has some heritage elements from the original, it was created before the retro trend and had a distinctly modern, angular appearance. What lay beneath the carbon fibre body panels, which gave it a jet fighter-like appearance, was just as exotic.
Ford built a 5.9 litre, 48-valve, DOHC V12 engine by extending the modular V8 engine's fundamental architecture by four cylinders. Ford didn't stop there; a V12 engine produced by Ford alone would have provided the GT90's objectives with the necessary power and unique heritage.
The ultimate output was 720 horsepower and 660 pound feet of torque, supercar levels even by today's standards and astounding by 1995 standards. Next, they fitted not one, not two, but four Garrett T2 turbochargers. Ford claimed the GT90 would reach a high speed of nearly 250 mph and complete the quarter mile in 10.9 seconds, making it one of the fastest road vehicles ever created at the time.
Pushing a button next to the door will open the door to the interior. It's similar to entering the Ford logo; all that stands out from the deep blue is a square centre console made of carbon fibre and an exposed shifter mechanism. The GT90 never progressed past the concept stage, but it nonetheless made a mark and became a "dream automobile" of the 1990s, being replicated as scale models, Hot Wheels diecasts, and being depicted on numerous '90s kids bedroom posters.
Therefore, even if the wild GT90 of the 1990s was never made available for purchase, its legacy has produced some pretty remarkable things. It may perhaps rank among the top American concept vehicles of the contemporary period, despite never being produced. It opened the door for later Ford vehicles and kept the market buzzing.