Special Vehicle Team

The Special Vehicle Team ( SVT abbr. ) is a branch of Ford Motor Company, which emerged from the former Special Vehicle Operations range from Ford. It is responsible for the development of the most powerful Ford vehicles and thus comparable with AMG of Mercedes -Benz or the BMW M GmbH. Currently Hermann Salenbach is used as a conductor.

Generally

Mainly produces SVT tuned versions of Ford vehicles. The best-known model here is the Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 However, arise and stand-alone vehicles, such as the GT supercar, which was developed together with Saleen. SVT was founded in 1992 by several members of the marketing and management division of Ford. Previously existed SVO (Special Vehicle Operations ). Here, between 1984 and 1986 Mustang SVO produced with a 2.3 -liter turbo engine was born. In addition, SVO presented various tuning parts available. After the founding of SVT took "Ford Racing Performance Parts ' ( FRPP ) this task.