These photos are proof that your Ford GT will make a perfect winter beater

[Titan ;x]

These Ford GT prototype winter testing photos, taken somewhere near Toronto, raise more questions than they answer.

Most importantly, is it already snowing in Ontario?

Apparently not; we have at least a few days of fall before the North is plunged into icy misery. So why did imgur user slippy11 wait nine months, give or take, to get the photos online? And is this one of prototypes that recently got busted flouting the speed limit in Colorado? The matte green-grey paint job seems to suggest it.

At least the yellow Ontario license plate makes perfect sense: Based on the road signs in the background, the car was spotted not far from the Markham, Ontario, Multimatic facility where the Ford GT will be assembled. And while the photos don’t tell us anything we don’t already know about the carbon-fiber-bodied, turbocharged V6-powered supercar’s specifications, they do demonstrate that the lucky few who will be able to buy one now have absolutely zero excuses not to slap on a suitable set of winter tires and use their $400,000 instant-collector car as daily driver through the nastier months of the year.

You can see the rest of the photo set here. Can any tire nerds tell us what tires the car is equipped with based on this tread pattern closeup? To us, it doesn't look quite like the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber that it will wear from the factory.