The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada and made by Ford UK in 1970 for use in the World Rally Championship. It was meant to compete with high-speed rally cars such as the Porsche 911 and Renault Alpine, and had a mid-mounted engine with rear-wheel drive. Len Bailey, who had been chief engineer on the Ford GT40 project, helped design the bodywork and chassis. The first cars used the 2.6-litre Cologne V6 from the Capri RS2600, developing 240 brake horsepower, and one car run by Ford France later swapped it for a 1.6-litre Cosworth BDA straight-four to lower the centre of gravity; the bodies were fibreglass to save weight. The GT70 had little success in rallying because of a frame that was not stiff enough, a cramped cockpit and a V6 whose centre of gravity was too high, and rule changes in the championship together with the promise of the Escort platform led Ford to abandon it in 1973. Only six were ever built, and the sixth chassis became a concept car bodied by Ghia in Turin and shown at the 1971 Turin Auto Show.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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Rule changes in the World Rally Championship as well as the fact that the already developed Escort platform was showing more promise caused Ford engineers to abandon the platform, and in 1973 the GT70 program ended.
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Only six GT70s were ever built.
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with the first ones being fitted with the 2.6-litre Cologne V6 from the Ford Capri RS2600 developing 240 bhp (179 kW).
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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The Ford GT70 was a limited production sports car designed by Ercole Spada, made by Ford UK in 1970 and intended for use in the World Rally Championship.
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