The Ford GT thrills with its wild looks, race car design, and twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6. For 2020, it’s even more thrilling thanks to more power, a new Liquid Carbon limited-edition variant, and tweaks to its already track-ready handling. The 2020 Ford GT supercar made its official debut Thursday at the Chicago Auto Show. Engine upgrades boost its horsepower from 647 to 660 this year and give the V-6 a broader torque curve. The engine calibration is changed, and the engine now uses gallery-cooled pistons and higher-energy ignition coils. Ford says these tweaks came from knowledge gleaned form the limited-edition, track-only GT Mk II. In addition to extra power, the engine is better cooled in 2020 with new buttress air ducts that bring in 50 percent more air and larger intercoolers that reduce charge air temperatures. And increased damping in Track mode should improve handling with better body control, especially in quick changes of direction. One of the GT’s biggest issues c...
Volkswagen North America's most current executive says the automaker is prepared to have a fabulous time with execution variations in its lineup, including growing and Golf R variations. "Damn right," VW North America Chief Operating Officer Johan de Nysschen revealed to Motor Authority on Thursday at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show. "Prevailing upon the hearts and brains of eager assessment pioneers in their own hover of partners (is acceptable), and individuals who are vehicle nuts will in general be attracted to those more optimistic models… If you have them in your portfolio, at last you raise brand request," he said. De Nysschen a year ago joined Volkswagen of America after spells driving Cadillac and Infiniti down comparative ways with elite models. Since his arrival to VW as COO, a job he said he made with VW North America manager Scott Keogh, de Nysschen said he has shuffled the undertaking of building the brand's SUV lineup and recovering client...