Ford GT

Al Paladini had one not to log ago. Know nothing about them, wait 3 years and you probably can get one for 50grand. Im assuming here on the 50 grand part.

 

So many better options for the money...

 

Our dealer will be getting one in september up here in northern ontario and they are a great car. Faster than a 360 in everyway and lower running costs, sounds like a good deal to me.

 

Interesting. Do you have any links? According to www.fordgtprices.com they are still selling above msrp (not by much though).

 

I would also like to know the answers to Clax's questions. Each time I inquiry about purchasing a Ford GT in Canada at our local dealership I get some nonsense answer.

I'd love to order a black one, or better yet as Clax mentioned, import one and do the modifications, if it wasn't cost prohibitive.

 

that interesting. I was not aware that they are not legal in Canada. Maybe the rumour i heard of one coming to Winnipeg this summer is false. Although the guys at the Ford dealer seemed to have confirmed it when asked if there was one coming. They said that it should be here this summer.

 

There was one at the Auto Show here in Calgary...I'd assume they are legal in Canada then.

 

They have been legel in Canada Since 2005.

 

This is the same stupidity that they started with during the initial launch in the U.S. I recall an article with Jay Leno laughing about it....

Sadly, although the Ford GT is a nice car, you'd have to be mentally impaired to buy one at $300,000. I believe they'll have enough problems just selling them at MSRP...even the very first. In the $200,000 plus league, you need more than just looks and speed...you need the name. Ferrari and Lambo have it...Ford does not....

Yes, some people did pay premiums in the States when the car was initially released, but don't forget the "buy American" philosophy that might have affected some of those purchases. Also, the C6 Z06 can perform nearly as well, at just under half the price...this car wasnt around when the GT was released in the US , now it is. Also, Im not exactly sure what it was, but there was a huge recall of the initial batch of GTs in the U.S., although that problem might have been fixed by now...

Unless your a Ford nut, I cant see why anyone would choose this car over a simialrly priced lambo or Fcar. Yes, its mighty mean looking, but so is any 430 or Murci. At the end of the day, its a FORD. At MSRP, Im sure a few will be sold, some people just have to have something unusual...but those values will not hold long.

Just M.H.O

 

$300K? What a ripoff. I'd put that towards a REAL GT40. One with REAL history and presence.

I fell in love in Michigan 2004 when I saw her ...
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300k you got a long way to go, i know of one for sale right now one of the original 13....asking price.....$3million u.s...the ones your thinking of are not "real" gt40's...a guy named thorpe of Safir enigineeing, bought all the tools,stamps etc from ford and started reprodcuing them to factory specs...so in a way real in a way not.
btw i just found this out the other day.

 

Then I'd hate to be the guy who just paid 270K euro for the right to own the only one in Ireland.

 

Hi James, I know which ones you are talking about. They do look real. Heheh, and I know $300K is a long way to go dude.

This one in the picture is real. It was taken at The Meadowbrook Concours D'elegance in Auburn Hills Michigan. I dont think they even let replicas sit in the parking lot. Hundreds of million-dollar cars. This GT40 was in a circle with cars like this Ferrari 250...

Actually, one of the guys judging this particular GT40 is the son of Luigi Chinetti...Coco Chinetti. Luigi if I am not mistaken was the man behind bringing Ferrari to America.
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I think the car is eminently worth the MSRP..........and if you could get one sooner, than what will be later, it would be worth it if it wasn't cost prohibitive.

Good question Clax.........wonder what the correct answer is.........

Personally I love the car and would not be embarrassed to own and drive one at all.

 

Clax....

If they register the car it technically becomes a used car and that's how they will get around the law. I would hope that the dealers recognized the reality being shown at FordGT prices.com...........

 

Yup, oldest trick in the book.

 

The GT's a decent car, but I don't think (and this is a personal thing) that it has the same presence as an F430. Plus, when you go to a party (or anywhere for that matter), what's going to get you in the door fast?
1) I drive a Ferrari
2) I drive a Ford

If I already had an F430 (which I don't), and I had the money for a Ford as well, I'd take one.

 

Our dealer ordered one from ford, only specific dealers are allowed one and we were fortunate enough to be on the list. We had to place an order requesting one of three colour choices not knowing which one we will get until it is to be delivered. We chose white with blue stripes, yellow with black and red with white stripes, its anyone guess which one we will get and I do know they wont sell it right away, they want to sit on and use it for advertising, attraction etc....but i get to drive it. Cool car but holding say $200K in my hand and the toss up was between a new GT40 and a daytona coupe, the daytona would win hands down.

 

I drove by a Ford dealer in Ottawa today and they were off loading a red GT. WOW, it looks wild in person, huge tires, wide body, very muscular. Looks quite intimidating for my small 348. but it still is a FORD, ok but not a Ferrari,........... ha!

 

What dealer was it?