Revealed: How Ford Kept The New GT Secret For 14 Months

In an age where almost everybody has a smartphone in their pocket and spy photographers literally camp outside carmaker HQs, it is frankly astounding how Ford was able to keep the new GT supercar a secret until the very moment of its Detroit unveiling.

Rumours had been circulating, but the bombshell that was dropped at Detroit was like no other.

Few predicted it would have a twin-turbo V6 in lieu of an atmo V8, and fewer still had actually laid eyes on its radically buttressed bodywork before the show opened.