---
title: "The World’s First Ford GT Review by Joey Tribbiani Airs This Sunday"
description: "New episode of Top Gear airs this Sunday."
date: "2017-03-31"
modified: "2017-03-31"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8835/the-worlds-first-ford-gt-review-by-joey-tribbiani-airs-this-sunday"
categories:
  - "News"
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  - "Ford"
  - "GT"
  - "king of the hammers"
  - "Matt LeBlanc"
  - "News"
  - "Supercar"
  - "Top Gear"
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---

# The World’s First Ford GT Review by Joey Tribbiani Airs This Sunday

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I think it's safe to say that *Top Gear UK* is a car show worth watching again. After a particularly strong showing [last week](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8629/the-next-episode-of-top-gear-uk-may-be-the-best-of-the-new-show-yet>) featuring Chris Harris bombing around a Dubai airfield in a gold Bugatti Chiron, *Top Gear* has another world-first drive in store for this week's episode: the 2017 [Ford GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8697/exploring-the-five-driving-modes-for-the-2017-ford-gt>). This time, Matt LeBlanc is in the driver's seat, taking the hotly-anticipated supercar through some epic looking roads and for a romp at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Other items include Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz participating in the [King of the Hammers](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/7547/watch-the-king-of-the-hammers-off-road-race-live-right-now>) off-road race, and cyclist/occasional race car driver Chris Hoy is the Star in a Reasonably Fast Car. Watch the trailer now:

https://youtube.com/embed/nl1ppxbL7AI

Although the 20-second trailer doesn't show us much, Matt seems to be impressed by Ford's new Ferrari-killer, with exclamations of "the real deal" and "enormous acceleration." Acceleration probably isn't quite as enormous as last week's Chiron—or the first episode's [Ferrari FXX-K](<https://www.topgear.com/car-news/chris-harris-drives/chris-harris-daytona-speedway-and-mad-laferrari-fxx-k#1>) for that matter—but "the real deal" sounds about right considering the GT's twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 pumps out 647 hp and 550 lb-ft.

The new episode of *Top Gear UK* airs Sunday, April 2nd, at 8 p.m. GMT on BBC2.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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