[DeTomaso] NPC - New Ford GT Pricing

[Don Franck]

I think it is a shame Ford made the car so expensive.  They should have
done what they did with the 05/06 GT and priced it high but reachable for
some.  ANYONE can build a car for $400,000

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>    We need a new NPC topic........ that surely can't get as bent out of
>    shape as recent ones.
>
>    <a
>    Racer Magazine daily bulletin Monday, 09 March 2015
>
>    "Ford has yet to release any official pricing information for its
>    upcoming Ford GT supercar. However, [1]Car and Driver reports that Ford
>    performance chief Dave Pericak indicated at the Geneva motor show that
>    it would be priced competitively with the Lamborghini Aventador, which
>    carries a base sticker price near $400,000. Such a price would make the
>    carbon fiber monocoque Ford GT [2]which will be built in Canada by
>    Multimatic the most expensive car ever sold under the Ford name.
>    C&D also quoted Pericak as saying production of the 600hp twin-turbo
>    V6-powered car would be in the hundreds, rather than thousands, making
>    it a far more limited-edition model than the previous Ford GT of 2004,
>    of which some 4000 units were built during a two-year production run.
>    That car carried a price tag of $150,000."
>
>    So with a $400K price tag it doesn't look like it will be replacing my
>    Pantera anytime soon. Truth is I'd probably opt for the 2005/6 Ford GT
>    anyway with it's much closer roots to the original GT40, capability to
>    tune to an easy 700HP and all important V8. Yes I'm old school, but
>    then if I wasn't I wouldn't have a Pantera or two.
>    image
>
> References
>
>    1.
> http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-new-ford-gt-will-be-really-really-expensive-and-there-wont-be-very-many-of-them/
>    2.
> http://www.racer.com/more/road-cars/item/113424-ford-confirms-multimatic-to-produce-ford-gt
>
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Don
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   I think it is a shame Ford made the car so expensive.  They should have
   done what they did with the 05/06 GT and priced it high but reachable
   for some.  ANYONE can build a car for $400,000

   On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Julian Kift
   <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

        We need a new NPC topic........ that surely can't get as bent out
     of
        shape as recent ones.
        <a
        Racer Magazine daily bulletin Monday, 09 March 2015
        "Ford has yet to release any official pricing information for its
        upcoming Ford GT supercar. However, [1]Car and Driver reports
     that Ford
        performance chief Dave Pericak indicated at the Geneva motor show
     that
        it would be priced competitively with the Lamborghini Aventador,
     which
        carries a base sticker price near $400,000. Such a price would
     make the
        carbon fiber monocoque Ford GT [2]which will be built in Canada
     by
        Multimatic the most expensive car ever sold under the Ford name.
        C&D also quoted Pericak as saying production of the 600hp
     twin-turbo
        V6-powered car would be in the hundreds, rather than thousands,
     making
        it a far more limited-edition model than the previous Ford GT of
     2004,
        of which some 4000 units were built during a two-year production
     run.
        That car carried a price tag of $150,000."
        So with a $400K price tag it doesn't look like it will be
     replacing my
        Pantera anytime soon. Truth is I'd probably opt for the 2005/6
     Ford GT
        anyway with it's much closer roots to the original GT40,
     capability to
        tune to an easy 700HP and all important V8. Yes I'm old school,
     but
        then if I wasn't I wouldn't have a Pantera or two.
        image
     References
        1.
     [2]http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-new-ford-gt-will-be-really-reall
     y-expensive-and-there-wont-be-very-many-of-them/
        2.
     [3]http://www.racer.com/more/road-cars/item/113424-ford-confirms-mul
     timatic-to-produce-ford-gt
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References

   1. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
   2. http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-new-ford-gt-will-be-really-really-expensive-and-there-wont-be-very-many-of-them/
   3. http://www.racer.com/more/road-cars/item/113424-ford-confirms-multimatic-to-produce-ford-gt
   4. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
   5. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com