I can't lie, I'm a gambler. The Ford GT threads here from 10-11 years ago turned out to be amazing entertainment as they aged. I can't pass up the opportunity to make that magic happen again. And thank you, I try to make the best of my limited abilities.
Just supposition, basing it on the limited production and spillover from the bull market on previous generation GT's
Im almost done with my application. Need to make my video now. Do you think my 400+ posts on here make me a significant public influencer? I'm tots including this in my creds. I can't wait to track this thing when get it... I love my GT350 btw.. it's tits... and that's even after owning my 488 and my speciale. Image Unavailable, Please Login
your probably right. If the GT does well at Le Mans this year, that could help. They struggled with reliability at Daytona IIRC.
Timely: Ford Wants Buyers to Actually Drive the New GT - WSJ WSJ: Ford Wants Buyers to Actually Drive the New GT Company seeking enthusiasts who will take car on the road, not keep it under a cover Kudos TheMayor, on a job....done.
So Ford is doing some social media and PR geared towards a younger crowd with the GT. So what? Everything about exotic cars is an exercise in PR. Do you think Ferrari sells $300K car solely on merit? Ferrari and Lamborghini do seriously lame **** all the time. Is the video idea kind of goofy? Maybe, but I'd rather make a YouTube video than buy endless Ferraris I don't want just to be able to get the one I do, and in reality, I don't even have enough money to buy all the Ferraris required just to buy the one I can afford. I'd be broke when it came time to write the check for the car I want. At least there is a chance I could get an FGT as opposed to absolutely, 100% no chance I'll ever be offered a limited Ferrari. The FGT is waaaay oversubscribed and they are doing something rather reasonable as far as who they'll pick. It's not entirely a lottery, it's not entirely based on customer loyalty, it's not entirely based on what ultra rare Fords you own, it's not entirely based on you being a VIP or Jay Leno. Is it F1-weekend-in-Monaco style marketing? No, it's "We sell millions of pick-up trucks and muscle cars" style marketing. And honestly, I like that, because I've never given a **** about brand cachet. I buy cars, not culture. I'll buy a $400K Hyundai as long as it's awesome. You can win F1 and LM 10 years in a row and I'll still think the sport is boring and lame to watch. And Ford definitely wants people to drive the **** out of them. Ford is spending a lot of money on this car for a halo marketing effect, not to build a reputation as an exotic manufacturer or build a customer base for future line of exotics. Ford wants eyeballs, not residuals. The average Ford owner knows nothing about the residuals of these kinds of cars. They merely know they're expensive and cool. Tell them it went from $400K to $1M or $400K to 100K, and it won't make a difference.
Bull shoot PR crap. Can't you see that? Sorry man, Ford LOST it when it asked potential owners to post clips of themselves on Youtube so they could "judge them" ad their loyalty to Ford -- Oh and also use the clips to help promote Ford's brand LAME. Like Ultra lame.
Well, you said I said that Ford should stick to making Mustangs and Trucks. I didn't. Ford can build a spaceshuttle for all I care if they think they can make money in it. But this car is a PR stunt. Ford has no interest in the long term market of making exotics. McLaren, Ferrari, Pagani, Porsche, and Lamborghini do. When this car is out of production they will not make a new model for another 15 years, and then stick a stupid "ecoboost" logo on it to promote their econo-boxes -- as PR stunt. "Look! My Focus has Ecoboost -- just like the Ford GT!" I'm not saying this isn't going to be one amazing car. It is. But it's a PR stunt that has gone to the point of forcing people who want one to make a stupid video and post it online so they can be "evaluated" as being "useful enough" to have the opportunity to buy one. Next they'll make the game show 'Let's buy a car!" and put it on the Velocity channel right after All Girls Garage.
Even as a Ferrari lover I have to admit, when a GT shows up to a car meet or a track day, the crowd goes wild, it is a show stopper like no Ferrari can match... no, not veen an Enzo from my experience. It is just something about the history, the time less design that makes it so special. The new one will be even more so in all aspects! As a Ferrai owner and lover I still have to give cudos to Ford for building probably the most aggressive designed car yet, If one would show up in my door mirror I would **** my pants
Right. What is Ford thinking? Why would they use the GT to promote engine technology across its entire vehicle lineup when they could engage in serious marketing like whoring the name out for a theme park?
Again, you can argue this until you're blue in the face, but it's not going to change the fact that Ford wants the GT to go to those who will drive the car as intended, and proof positive that you've driven your last Ford GT (and other performance cars) rather than bubbled it is a substantive factor in the allocation process. This is not an opinion. It's a fact. Just out of curiosity, and because I'm a glutton for punishment: Why do you think the application asks what your annual mileage on your last GT is? Why do you think the application asks if you've ever driven your Ford GT on a race track? Why do you think the application asks what kind of events you've participated in with your Ford GT? Why do you think the application asks if you're a competition license holder? Note - nowhere on the application does it say "Is your garage heated, and if so, does it have the requisite electrical outlets necessary to power the fans on a carcoon?" Please quote me on that. (hint - you won't be able to) Let me help you here. On the application there are a number of questions that *require* answers. These are mandatory, and if not filled in, you can't proceed. The final section includes space to provide link to a video or picture. Before these spaces, the applicant reads the following language: I eagerly await hearing how the language above is "forcing" people to do so, but they are indeed optional, and you can leave them blank. In Mayorlandia, expressly telling the world you want people who will drive the cars and tailoring the application to find them is a front for really wanting them to stay in bubbles and trade at high prices on the secondary market (this still cracks me up that somebody believes Ford cares about this), and explicitly stating that the opportunity to submit a very brief video explaining why you'd like to own a new Ford GT is optional is actually "forcing people to make a stupid video." For the record, I skipped the video submission
Back to the original question, yes, I know someone who applied for one. He is a current Ford GT owner and also has a GT350 and a number of other exotics, all of which are driven regularly. I'm convinced that if he gets an allocation, he will drive his car and not just store or show it. He's probably got a better chance than most, I would think, especially if Ford will be true to who they say they want to get these cars. Is their process a PR stunt? Of course, but how else do you at least try to get your limited production car into the hands of enthusiast drivers instead of 1) flippers in it only for the (potential) money; or 2) people who will shrink wrap them and sock them away so they are hardly, if ever, seen by the public?
I think a) this is a FABULOUS-LOOKING motorcar. Absolutely fantastic. Dramatic, innovative, unique and yet still paying homage to tradition. b) stick a Ferrari badge on it and those currently criticising the design would be overflowing with sycophantic fawning. c) It looks better than anything that Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren currently produce. d) don't like the way it sounds? I have an idea - go listen to a stock Cali T or a 488. Then you'll really know what disappointment means. e) The previous Ford GT was a wild, visceral, unrestricted, manual supercar. If you can once again put aside your badge-snobbery, it was a much more exciting car than the 430/599 or indeed any other of F or L's products at the same time. Scary too. Didn't have TC/ASR to nanny you. You had to DRIVE it. f) This application is endearing. Fords interesting approach is the difference between real enthusiasts getting a car they love, and will drive and enjoy VS Ferrari's big spenders who put their special models in their "collections" and then clean the car with toothbrushes, only to wheel them out once a year for a show. Well done Ford! Oh yes, and by the way, I've been a Ferrari owner since 2005.
Sorry the Aventador blows it away. And you can buy one today. AND its a V12. And its got an Italian interior. As a former owner of a Ford GT I can say kudos to Ford for building a beautiful advanced sports car. But to say its prettier than anything produced by them today? BS. Aventador is prettier and more powerful Speciale is prettier and better sounding The Ford GT is a great car and the Ford GT New version is an even greater one. But it isn't prettier.
Agreed 100%. Post a video of yourself, for the "privilege" to buy a car ??? That's beyond pathetic. It's juvenile. I've owned (and continue to own) several 6 & 7-figure supercars, hypercars, exotics, etc ... including a brand-new Ford GT (purchased in October 2004), more Shelby GT500's than i can count, and a couple new Cobra Jet drag cars ... but I have ZERO interest in this publicity stunt.
arguing with DBK about the FGT is incredibly cute. so adorable. you precious children. so innocent...
