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Video: New Matech Ford GT for GT1 racing looks and sounds gloriously evil

wickedstangs

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><small><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/"><img width="630" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="350" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/2010fiagt1matechfordgt.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>2010 FIA GT1 Matech Competition Ford GT - Click above for video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/">after the jump</a></small></em></strong></div>
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It wasn't that long ago that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/">Ford</a> was selling a genuine supercar, one that made no excuses as it took on the world's best. The Ford GT had one foot in the past and one foot in the present, with its '60s GT40 good looks and somewhat more modern 5.4-liter supercharged V8. Altogether, some 4,000 or so GTs were built during its production run. Sadly that program ground to a halt in 2006 and nothing has come along from the Blue Oval to replace it. Still, the GT lived on as a great platform for tuners and racers.<br />
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One race team that has grown particularly fond of the GT is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/search/?q=matech&invocationType=wl-auto">Matech Competition</a>, and the Swiss team has already raced it to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/21/matech-clinches-fia-gt3-title-with-ford-gt-developing-gt1-conte/">championships in FIA GT3</a> racing in Europe. The retro roadcar was never intended for racing, but like its forebearer, it is once again hunting <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ferrari/">Ferrari</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/porsche/">Porsche</a> racers on Europe's most famous tracks. After successes in GT3, the GT has shown it might be ready to move up in class. While the small independent <a href="http://www.robertsonrace.com/mainmenu.html">Robertson Racing</a> has run a GT in the GT2 class of ALMS for a few seasons with mixed results, it's Matech once again that will take on the next challenge - GT1.<br />
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For 2010, Matech has developed their GT1 version of the car that builds on lessons learned during the 2009 campaign when the team ran a prototype in the same class. Although similar in overall looks, Matech tells us that the two cars share no parts whatsoever. With an all-new formula for 2010, that's not very surprising, but 2009 was a development year for the teams. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/">After the jump</a> you can read the press release regarding the car's initial outing, and better yet, there's a video of it in action. The clip is painfully short but will give you goosebumps when the car sprints away. Besides its wonderfully melodic tone, the car looks plain badass, definitely up to the challenge being brought by GT1 competitors like the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/15/introducing-the-first-ever-autoblog-weekender/">Nissan</a> GT-R, <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/14/reiter-engineering-developing-gt1-spec-lamborghini-murcielago-sv/">Reiter's Murcielagos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/aston-martin/">Aston Martin</a> DBR9s, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/maserati/">Maserati</a> MC12s, and our local boys the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/corvette/">Chevrolet Corvettes</a>.</font> No wonder the clip is titled "Matech Symphony No.1."<em> Top tip, Johannes!</em><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztKJSBrKPc">Matech Competition</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Video: New Matech Ford GT for GT1 racing looks and sounds gloriously evil</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/">Video: New Matech Ford GT for GT1 racing looks and sounds gloriously evil</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19348922/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/video-new-matech-ford-gt-for-gt1-racing-looks-and-sounds-glorio/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>


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spdpilot

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Wow! Thats more like Auto Porn, after watching that video I think i might have to check my shorts for a wet spot before I stand up.
 
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