Interesting article on the Ford GT's Transmission

[VoodooBoss]

Not sure why it costs so much compared to the others but no surprise to me it's shared with other cars. No way it shows up in the GT500.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cu...tm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=100118

 

[302BOB]

When your paying $500K for your car, you don't sweat the basics.....The GT500 will be fine..............

 

[Grant 302]

But it only built 138 Ford GTs in 2017 and will likely only build 1,500 GTs over the whole model run, so the small quantities could be a factor. In comparison, Ferrari built thousands of 458s and Mercedes-Benz sold more than 4,000 AMG GTs just in 2017.

This is the answer. And also one of the many reasons it can't show up in the GT500. Primary being it's a transaxle.

I'm always surprised that someone who writes articles for a major magazine wouldn't *know* something like that.

 

[VoodooBoss]

I got a good laugh out of the rumors that the new GT500 would have the same DCT as the GT.

 

[TMSBOSS]

It would not be the first attempt to put a transaxle in a front engined car.
I believe there are a few plastic cars running this system.