[DeTomaso] NPC - New Ford GT Pricing

[Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar]

I've heard rumors of a 3 year production run at 250 per year. A total
production run of 750 cars justifies the higher price as does the all
carbon fiver body. Also doesn't hurt that Multimatic is doing the actual
building of the car.

The engine selection (TT V6 instead of a V8) also seems to be determined by
GT3 rules - no point using a big honking V8 if balance of performance
("BOP") kills any advantage in GT3.

Fingers crossed, I'll be getting one.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:07 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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   I've heard rumors of a 3 year production run at 250 per year. A total
   production run of 750 cars justifies the higher price as does the all
   carbon fiver body. Also doesn't hurt that Multimatic is doing the
   actual building of the car.
   The engine selection (TT V6 instead of a V8) also seems to be
   determined by GT3 rules - no point using a big honking V8 if balance of
   performance ("BOP") kills any advantage in GT3.
   Fingers crossed, I'll be getting one.

   On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Julian Kift
   <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

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