2006 Ford GT1000 Twin-Turbo by Hennessey

Exterior and Interior

Despite the overwhelming efforts in giving the Ford GT a monstrous improvement in performance output, Hennessey pretty much left the car’s aesthetics largely unchanged. Needless to say, the race version of the GT that dominated Le Mans in the 60s shares nothing in common with the production version, despite carrying the same ’GT’ moniker.

For one, the production version is 18" longer and 4" taller than the race version. Likewise, the front fenders curve over the 18" front wheels with the doors of the car cutting into the roof as an ode to the set-up of the race version. The production version also comes with a super-plastic-formed aluminum body panels, roll-bonded floor panels, a friction-stir welded center tunnel, a “ship-in-a-bottle” gas tank, a capless fuel filler system, one-piece door panels, and an aluminum engine cover with a one-piece carbon-fiber inner panel. On top of that, you’ll find functional cooling scoops on the rear quarter panel while the accent line from the front cowl rejoins and finishes the car’s profile at the integrated ducktail spoiler.

Performance and Supercharged Upgrades

Hennessey’s Supercharged Upgrade for the GT1000 Twin Turbo includes, twin 67 mm ball bearing turbos, a stainless steel turbo exhaust, stainless steel turbo down pipes, a billet throttle body upgrade, twin wastegates, a fuel system upgrade, an improved mass air sensor, polished turbo inlet and intake pipes, an HPE Engine Management Calibration, gaskets, fluids, and hardware, road tuning and testing, a special Hennessey GT1000 exterior badging, serial numbered dash and engine plaques, and a 1-year / 12,000-mile limited warranty.

With all the supercharged upgrades in tow, the GT1000 Twin-Turbo’s 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 engine now produces 1,000 horsepower at 6,600 rpm with a 0-60 mph time of 2.8 seconds, a quarter-mile time of 10.6 seconds at 142 mph, and an increased top speed of 245 mph.

Pricing

A few years ago, a Ford GT1000 was being sold on eBay for a price of $229,500, which is a significant bump up from the car’s base price of $139,500. The $90,000 increase could be attributed to the installation of Hennessey’s GT1000 Twin Turbo supercharged upgrade. We think that whoever was selling that probably just needed the money, because if you ask us, this car will sell much, much higher if you wanted to buy one today - probably even north of half-a-million greenbacks.

Competition

The standard Ford GT has an output of 500 horsepower with a 0-60 mph time of three seconds and a top speed of 205 mph, but once you put in Hennessey’s supercharged upgrades, the Ford GT1000 reaches the stratosphere of some of the most powerful vehicles on the planet. We don’t know about you, but we’re chomping our nails at the thought of this 1,000-horsepower GT once again throwing down against Europe’s finest supercars, including the Bugatti Veyron and the Koenigsegg Agera R.

We’re pretty confident that Henry Ford II would love to see that too.

 One of America’s iconic supercars never gets old
 1,000 horsepower. ’Nuff said.
 Little design changes is actually a good thing

 It’s going to burn multiple holes in multiple pockets
 Not too many are out there
 Competition is ripe for supercar supremacy