Given the numerous challenges faced by the auto industry today as it tries to meet future fuel economy and CO2 emissions standards, one might wonder why Ford is expending resources on a low volume supercar like the GT.  From the perspective of Ford, the Le Mans-bound GT is both a marketing brand builder and more importantly a real-world testbed for the technologies and features that will help mainstream models like the Focus and Fusion meet those daunting challenges. Hau Thai-Tang, Ford group vice-president for global purchasing identified powertrain, aerodynamics and mass reduction as the three critical areas in developing the GT with glass-maker Corning making an important contribution to the latter.

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