Ford Performance Vehicles GT & GT-P Part 7

Extras

Starting with the sub-$60k GT, the entire family gets 'leccy windows, heaps of leg, head and shoulder room, not to mention a single-CD stereo with steering wheel controls.

The stereo is same item fitted to the XR6 Turbo and is good, but not a patch on the GT-P's premium setup, with woofer, amp and more speakers and 6-CD in-dash stacker.
Both FPV sedans get cruise control [with steering-wheel mounted controls], a trip computer, air-con, drilled alloy pedals and the hallowed GT (or GT-P) crest on the seats, floor mats and door sills.

The single in-dash CD player of the more cost-effective GT is adequate, but the stereo distorts at higher volumes. Both cars get 60:40 split fold rear seats, so you can throw long and unwieldly stuff in the boot, and the steering wheel adjusts by tilt and reach, which is good.

There's also suede covering the central storage box/front arm rest in both models, power steering, traction control, ABS, EBD, plus drivers, front passengers and front side (thorax) airbags.

The GT-P get's everything the GT has, plus it gets a fancy central control unit that displays what is often a confusing amount of telemetry, such as outside temperature, distance to empty, average fuel consumption and so forth.

Our test GT-P had all the bells and whistles, with a good GPS-based sat nav system and the premium audio option. We also had a rather sketchy blowout on the Great Ocean Road, but this was the result of a well-hidden and fairly deep pot hole, which easily scarred the low-profile tyres. Ergo, the full-sized spare was a godsend.