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De Macross GT1

De Macross GT1 – Click above for high-res image gallery

Just when you thought all Canada was good for was affordable health care and civil political discourse, our neighbors to the north surprise you with a creation like the De Macross GT1. The brainchild of Jahong Mur, the supercar boasts a host of exotic materials and more than a little tech borrowed from the hive mind at Formula One. That includes the vehicle’s suspension system, which uses the same Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve dampers that Multimatic cooked up for various F1 outfits. The four-way adjustable pieces can crop the vehicle’s ride height by over an inch to allow for both a street and a track set up.

A mid-mounted 5.4-liter Roush Yates supercharged V8 engine provides thrust. The mill dumps 800 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque onto the rear wheels only via a six-speed-manual transmission. The company says the gear is good enough to scoot the GT1 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds while dusting off a standing quarter mile in 11.5. That’s mighty quick by anyone’s measure.

There’s no word on how much this machine will cost you, but we’d bet a nickel it won’t be cheap. Hit the jump for the full press blast.

Gallery: de Macross GT1

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Oh, Canada: De Macross GT1 supercar is welcome to come across the border originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Truck, Government/Legal, Work, Ford, Off-Road

U.S. Border Patrol Ford Raptors being delivered – Click above for image gallery

What the U.S. Federal Government wants, the U.S. Federal Government gets. And what the Customs and Border Protection division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wanted were at least 10 Ford SVT Raptor pickup trucks to patrol the area where Arizona borders with Mexico. Only problem is that Ford puts a standard leather interior in all its Raptor trucks, which is evidently against the ordering preferences of the Feds.

So, what to do? Put in an extra-special order with Ford, make a few phone calls (give us what we want… or else…) and patiently await delivery – a truckload of specially liveried pickups that Autoblog reader Matt happened photograph and send in to us. We went ahead and contacted Ford to be sure that it managed to deliver the authorities the Raptors it wanted, and we got an affirmative… sort of.

Ford would need the actual Vehicle Identification Numbers of the trucks to confirm individual equipment levels, and we’re not about to march on down to Southern Arizona to grab them. But Ford says the Feds did order Raptors without leather and that the Blue Oval Bosses complied. So we’re going with a definite probably. Have a look for yourself below. Thanks for the pics, Matt!

Gallery: U.S. Border Patrol Ford SVT Raptor shipment

Reader Spy: U.S. Border Patrol finally gets its leatherless Ford Raptors originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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