The fort GT was a high performance sports car, and was the winner of twenty four hours of Le Mans, 4 times in a row. The car was built by an American company, in order to the win the overall event. This car was built against Ferrari’s in order to beat them in long distance races, and as a result of which the car won at least six times in the event. The name GT of the car came from the forty representing its over all height of forty inches, which was required by the race rules. Earlier the prototype cars were powered by 4.2 L, V8 engines and production models were powered by 4.7 L engines as used in the Ford Mustang. Five prototype models were also built with roadster bodywork.