The
Ford GT40 is a high performance American-British endurance
racing car, built and designed in England (Mk I, Mk II, and Mk III) and in the United States (Mk IV), and powered by a series of American-built engines, which won the
24 Hours of Le Mans four consecutive times, from
1966 to
1969 (1966 being the Mk II,
1967 the Mk IV, and
1968-1969 the oldest chassis design, the Mk I), Including a 1-2-3 finish in 1966. In 1966, with
Henry Ford II himself in attendance at Le Mans, the Mk II GT40 provided
Ford with the first overall Le Mans victory for an American manufacturer and the first victory for an American manufacturer at a major European
race since
Jimmy Murphy´s triumph with
Duesenberg at the
1921 French Grand Prix. The Mk IV GT40 that won LeMans in 1967 is the only car designed and built entirely in the United States to win the overall title.