Mansory reveals their take on the Ford GT

The jury is out on luxury car modifiers, Mansory. If you’re not familiar with their work, they are sort of a West-Coast-Customs meets the Kardashians meets an open cheque book sans Xhibit and true to reputation, partitions the car community in a biblical like way with their latest creation dubbed “Le Mansory”.

One side being new money/new world and the other...your purist anorak die-hards who believe any fiddling with the status quo falls nothing short of sacrilege, akin to pissing on holy ground. Myself, I’m divided on it and perhaps I can warm up to it. One part I respect the art and the skill that goes into this type of work. The other part, sympathetic to the rancorous views of the old guard and their treasured respect for the simpler life.

I’ve not yet been gifted the opportunity of a physical inspection of a Mansory product yet, only the digital versions but from where I’m positioned, despite your take on the work they do, it is an art and the process that goes into creating bespoke pieces like the latest Le Mansory falls nothing short of being provocative and that is what art needs to do.

The Ford GT with its rich racing history dates back to Le Mans 1966 ending Ferrari dominance, where 50 years later in 2016 went on to win it again. A win which was more for the marketing department than the accountants, but worthy of a sacrifice to exalt. We were fortunate enough to be there at Le Mans on this day to witness the winning number 68 Ford GT of Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand and Dirk Müller crossing the finish line. Then treading on such precious soil is sure to ruffle feathers four years later.

The latest Le Mansory is supplemented by being recreated in a full carbon fibre body, newly developed LED Lights, increased power to 522 kW/840Nm from the standard 482kW/746Nm out of the 3.5 litre EcoBoost V6 engine. In addition, there a special “Bleurien Race” colour that each of the limited production run of three will be delivered in.

My opinion on the matter is that we need companies like Mansory for the reason that change is good. It invites others into the circle. Others that fall outside of the standard circle of influence the car community currently has and if that’s the only thing that transpires out of this then I’m willing to sacrifice the odd Veyron and 812 but as for the Ford GT...I guess eventually I’ll come around.

Thinking about going to Le Mans one day? Then check out my story on the time we went in 2016.

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