I bet that most enthusiasts have looked at the magazines and manufacturer websites and wondered what happens to the R&D cars that are purchased each year to design parts and test for the new model year. The answer to that question would depend on how the car fared with the R&D treatment. If you spied Vortech’s blown 2010 R&D car on the forums, the company site, or anywhere else the car may have surfaced, you can now own the ride.

Vortech purchased the 2010 GT with an automatic transmission to do the work needed to get its centrifugal superchargers on the market for the forced induction crowd to enjoy. The 2010 GT was different enough under the hood that many companies had to reroute cabling and intake piping to make the blower fit, even though the 2010 GT had the same 3V 4.6-liter V8 that the GT has had since 2005. Many a 2010 GT owner has found, much to their dismay, that parts for 2009 and down S197 GT’s just don’t always fit.

The Vortech car appears to be silver in color and has a leather interior. The car has 9,000 miles on the clock, and you can bet with it being an R&D car that many of those miles were hard ones on the track and spinning the dyno rollers. The car looks to be in fantastic shape though. Vortech strapped one of its V-3 Si-Trim 10-11psi charge-cooled blower kits to the 4.6 and called it a day. The car has 492 horsepower and 432 lb/ft of torque at the crankshaft according to Vortech. I know this car has been on a dyno many times; I wonder why they don’t offer a dyno sheet and wheel horsepower ratings on the car. If you want to add the Vortech GT to your garage, the car is listed at $27,500 or best offer.