The Ford GT90 is a high performance concept car that was developed and manufactured by American car maker Ford. It was unveiled in January 1995 at the Detroit Auto Show. [2] [3] As of 2025, the car is owned by Hajek Motorsports Museum, Ames, Oklahoma. [4]

Sep 10, 2024 · So, what drove Ford to create this mechanical marvel? The GT90 was intended as a spiritual successor to the legendary Ford GT40, a race car that had its heyday in the 1960s. The project was a clandestine affair that took a mere six months to complete.

Jul 16, 2024 · The GT90 was a technological and engineering test bed and the debut of a new design language that was built in just over six months by the Ford Special Vehicle Team. It was the first car to feature Ford's "New Edge" styling, which used a mixture of flat planes, sharp angles, and intersecting arcs and was applied to a variety of production vehicles.

Dec 16, 2024 · Jack Telnak, Ford’s Vice President of Design at the time, conceived of a "new-edge" styling ideal featuring soft aerodynamic shapes mixed with harsh angular planes and distinctive lines. Consider the looks of the Mustang, Explorer, Cougar, and Puma around the turn of …

Nov 17, 2023 · One of the most remarkable concepts to bear the Blue Oval, the Ford GT90 was a 720-horsepower beast. We take a deep dive into what made it so spectacular.

May 25, 2020 · The Ford GT90 story begins in 1994, when the head of the SVT Special Vehicle Team, John Coletti, assembled a small team to build a hypercar to bring the original GT40 into the competitive 1990s.

Oct 20, 2022 · By the early ’90s the company design was at a low point—in every market. Thankfully for Ford, its competitors were producing similarly bland jelly-bean cars that often looked so indistinguishable that owners could barely tell which was their car on a dark night in a Sainsbury’s car park.

May 11, 2024 · Back in the 1990s Ford developed a concept car that turned heads, both with its looks and with its engine, but it never went into products. Here's why.

Dec 1, 1995 · When Ford unveiled the GT90, it hinted strongly at a production future and even the possibility of a return to Le Mans with a race version.

Ford GT90 concept car. Using Ford’s new “Edge” design philosophy, the car incorporated advanced technology with a mixture of flat planes, angles, glass and triangular shapes that seemingly all collided together.