Ford has been playing the slow game with the all-new GT. The car first debuted just over two years ago, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Today, we finally—finally—get to find out some important numbers on the third revival of Ford's world-beater: Horsepower, torque, weight, and top speed.

Ford's claiming 647 horses and 550 lb-ft of torque from the GT's 3.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V6. As a reminder, the GT uses the same aluminum engine block as the 3.5-liter EcoBoost you can get in the Ford F-150, among other products. All that twin-turbo power motivates a vehicle with a dry curb weight of 3054 lbs. to a top speed of 216 mph.

Ford is quick to compare these numbers to two exotic competitors, the McLaren 675LT and the Ferrari 488GTB. When we tested the McLaren, we weighed it at 2982 lbs ready-to-drive; the 666-hp and 516 lb-ft of torque produced by the 675LT's 3.5-liter twin-turbo V8 move the McLaren to a top speed of 205 mph.

Ferrari claims the 488GTB weighs in at 3252 lbs—add about a hundred to that number if you want yours with vital fluids. It makes 660 hp, 561 lb-ft, and maxes out at 205 mph. So the Ford beats the competition on top speed, despite landing in the middle on weight and working with a horsepower deficit.

How does the GT, made of such exotic materials—and with a passenger compartment nearly four cubic feet smaller than an Alfa Romeo 4C's—still manage to top 3000 lbs. dry? Blame the trick active-adjustable suspension and aerodynamics packages, both of which operate hydraulically using the same pump that powers the old-fashioned steering rack.

"We achieved a lot of weight savings with the carbon fiber monocoque and aluminum structure," Raj Nair, Executive Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer at Ford, told Road &Track. "But as we did the simulations and some of the testing with the mules, we thought it was worth reinvesting some of that [weight savings] into the active aero and the active suspension. We were faster by putting the systems in. So we felt it was worth reinvesting it into getting the lap times. We would have been right there on dry weight without that."

Ford Performance director Dave Pericak told R&T that adding vital fluids but leaving the fuel tank empty brings the GT's weight up to 3173 lbs.

And despite what you might expect from an engine with this name, the EcoBoost in the new GT is quite thirsty. The EPA measures the Blue Oval supercar at 11 mpg city, 18 highway—far shy of the Ferrari and McLaren, which make 15 and 16 mpg respectively in the city, 22 on the highway.

Blame the GT's anti-lag. "We certainly could have gotten more fuel economy," Nair told R&T, "but we tuned it for horsepower and throttle response." In three of the GT's five drive modes, anti-lag programming kicks in, sending fuel through the engine even when the throttle's closed to keep the turbos spinning. "We completely looked at the performance metrics," Nair told us. "The fuel economy is what it is."

Ford also published comparison lap times with the 675LT and 488GTB. At Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada, on the same day, with the same driver, same fuel source, and fresh tires, the GT turned a 2:09.8 lap, besting the McLaren's 2:10.8 and the Ferrari's 2:12.9.

"Anecdotally, I would say our car is pretty easy on its tires," Nair told R&T. "We can get a lot of laps on our tires where some of our competition burns them up pretty quickly. Even with the race cars—sometimes we'd like to get a little more heat in the tires. Generally we're making a lot of downforce, so we're not scrubbing our tires as much."

You can view the full spec sheet released by Ford below. As for other performance metrics, like 0-60 and 1/4-mile times? We'll have to wait until a later date to see what the GT is capable of.



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