WHAT WE'RE DRIVING

What first impresses about the GT is how easy it is to drive. Ingress is a little tricky over the wide sill, but once situated in the comfy driver's seat you use a strap to position the foot controls to your liking in a very cramped pedal box, and you have a few degrees of seatback angle to play with.

The 3.5-L EcoBoost twin-turbo-charged V6 erupts to life from what feels like just behind your right earlobe, but settles quickly in a buzzing idle. Like many competition-focused machines, the V6 has a lightened-crank eagerness about it, but the “automatic” gearbox prevents any uneasiness about getting underway. Thanks to the rear-wheel-drive GT's low and centered mass, the engine can mutter away at low rpm while easily bringing the GT up to traffic speeds.