2023 Ford GT Mk IV — Modern Track Programme

The modern Ford GT Mk IV was announced as the final and most extreme track-only development of the GT.

History and purpose

The modern Ford GT Mk IV was announced as the final and most extreme track-only development of the GT. Ford and Multimatic defined a complete programme of 67 hand-built cars, using the number to recall the original Mk IV’s 1967 Le Mans victory. Multimatic’s original release describes a specially engineered twin-turbocharged EcoBoost engine, a race transmission and a carbon-fibre long-tail body. Ford’s 2026 update still identifies 67 scheduled examples. This profile treats that figure as the programme limit, not as a reconciled completed tally. The modern customer track car is separate from the original 1967 race chassis and from the contemporary road-GT programme.

Design and engineering

The photograph shows a blue modern Mk IV with a substantial rear wing and an extended track-focused body. Those visible features help explain why it deserves a distinct programme record rather than a road-GT trim description. The original announcement sets an output target above 800 horsepower and identifies Multimatic’s Adaptive Spool Valve suspension. These are programme specifications and objectives; they do not establish a measured result for the photographed chassis. The long-tail structure is especially important in a catalogue because it changes the vehicle’s silhouette and aerodynamic presentation. The image documents a physical track car rather than a render or a historic replica.

Identifying the original configuration

Use Modern Track Programme with the Mk IV name and 2023 reference year. Mk IV alone can otherwise lead readers to the original 1967 GT40 family. The supplied file describes a later display of the modern car, so its photograph date does not reset the programme’s introduction. Customer chassis identification, delivery specification and track history should be documented separately. The 67-car limit belongs to the complete named programme, not a national allocation or one annual manufacturing batch. Do not assign the source image’s additional specification claims to the car when they are not supported by the reviewed constructor release.

Collector context and preservation

This Mk IV gives a collection an opportunity to explain the difference between road homologation, sanctioned racing and a customer track-only supercar. The original programme description is the starting point for its intended use; individual track activity belongs in a dated chassis file. Preserve delivery records and setup changes alongside photographs of the body, cockpit and identification. The manufacturer’s 67-car schedule remains a limit until completed production is reconciled. It also sits outside the road-GT parent programme, so the record must not borrow a road-car count or imply that an original 1967 chassis was newly manufactured in the modern series.

Reading the evidence for this profile

The original source links below identify the programme and the historical statements used in this article. The photograph has its own creator and licence record, separate from the manufacturer’s vehicle history. Keep both when transferring this profile into a collection catalogue. A manufacturing tally describes how many cars belong to a defined original programme; it does not measure how many survive, how many are publicly visible, or how many retain all their original components. Those individual questions require dated chassis and restoration evidence. The reference year likewise describes the programme’s introduction or named historic configuration, while the supplied caption states the photographed setting and any established individual identity. This lets future research expand the car’s history without blurring the scope of the record already assembled here.

Specifications and verified rarity

Frequently asked questions

What is the Ford GT Mk IV — Modern Track Programme?

The complete 67-car modern Ford GT Mk IV track-only programme introduced for 2023; separate from both original 1967 Mk IVs and the second-generation road GT.

What engineering defines this Ford?

Specially engineered twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6; target above 800 hp. Track-only race transmission; long-tail carbon-fibre body; Multimatic ASV suspension. These are the documented programme or preserved-concept specifications. Connect an individual vehicle’s installed components to its own dated records before assigning a factory configuration to that particular example.

Why is 2023 the reference year?

It identifies the introduction or original historical configuration described in this article. The photograph can show a later example or a later display of the original subject. The source inventory’s original heading remains an identity alias wherever the date or model name has been corrected.

How should an individual GT Mk IV — Modern Track Programme be documented?

Start with the chassis identity and connect it to dated construction, registration or custodial records. Keep exterior, interior, engine and underbody photographs together. Record changes to finish, equipment and mechanical specification as separate events, so the physical car’s history can grow without changing the definition of the original programme.

What rarity or archive scope is verified?

Complete modern Ford GT Mk IV track-only customer programme, announced for 67 hand-built cars. Ford’s 2026 update still describes 67 scheduled examples. Exact completed manufacturing tally unconfirmed. Separate from the original 1967 Mk IV and from the 1,350-road-GT programme.

Who took the supplied photograph?

Charles from Port Chester, New York via Wikimedia Commons, under CC0. The original file and licence links accompany the image. Retain that credit when the photograph is uploaded, exported or reused.

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Sources and photo credits

• Manufacturer, institutional or original custodial record
• Ford’s 2026 programme update

Photograph: Charles from Port Chester, New York via Wikimedia Commons original file, CC0. Source-provided photograph supplied without local cropping, retouching or text removal. A source thumbnail is used where available. Modern Ford GT Mk IV in blue at a later public display; no individual chassis number or completed-production tally inferred from the photograph.