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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15616043" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>The GT is extremely labor intensive and time consuming to build. It's also very expensive to produce. Ford isn't Ferrari. Ford isn't known as a supercar company, and they can't just scale up production on a supercar and hope all the inventory sells. I would imagine the profit margin on the GT is pretty thin relative to its MSRP.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Considering every single allocation was pre-sold, there was no point in letting the market dictate. What if they end up with a lot of buyers like the other guy in this thread who was going to buy one, had a bad experience with the dealer and couldn't get it, then went off in a hissy and bought something else from another brand? In other words, a lot of people that shop in that price range are the I-want-what-I-want-when-I-want-it type people. They might not be able to get one <em>today</em>, but can get one in, say, 60 days. Rather than be patient and wait for that next allocation, they just walk and buy the competition. Why should Ford risk the hassle? Like the saying goes, a bird <em>in the hand</em> is worth two in the bush.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15616043, member: 121775"] The GT is extremely labor intensive and time consuming to build. It's also very expensive to produce. Ford isn't Ferrari. Ford isn't known as a supercar company, and they can't just scale up production on a supercar and hope all the inventory sells. I would imagine the profit margin on the GT is pretty thin relative to its MSRP. Considering every single allocation was pre-sold, there was no point in letting the market dictate. What if they end up with a lot of buyers like the other guy in this thread who was going to buy one, had a bad experience with the dealer and couldn't get it, then went off in a hissy and bought something else from another brand? In other words, a lot of people that shop in that price range are the I-want-what-I-want-when-I-want-it type people. They might not be able to get one [i]today[/i], but can get one in, say, 60 days. Rather than be patient and wait for that next allocation, they just walk and buy the competition. Why should Ford risk the hassle? Like the saying goes, a bird [i]in the hand[/i] is worth two in the bush. [/QUOTE]
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