Driving the Ford GT40, arguably the world's first supercar - car pictures of the week | Evo

In Evo’s issue 346, the Ford GT40 anchors a feature that traces the origins of the supercar and includes a drive of what it calls the earliest example: the Ford GT40. Commissioned by Henry Ford with input from Carroll Shelby, the MkIII GT40 is framed as the race car that beat Ferrari in Le Mans during the 1960s and also influenced road-legal orders at the time. The article says the GT40 being driven is a road-spec MkIII, detuned to 306 bhp, with a 5-litre V8, narrow grippy tyres, sub-ton kerb weight, and an H-pattern gearbox. It notes a cramped cockpit and a 40-inch-high body, and compares its power-to-weight ratio to a Porsche Cayman GT4. The feature is sold as part of Evo 346, alongside drives in the Bentley Blower, Mercedes 300 SL, and Lamborghini Miura.