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Here's how Ford secretly developed the FGT
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<blockquote data-quote="DBK" data-source="post: 14683699" data-attributes="member: 4088"><p>It's not a $200k car, or close. Just look at what's in the car. I've posted it before but find the cars that check all these boxes:</p><p></p><p>Full CF construction (CF passenger cell + CF body)</p><p>DCT</p><p>Pushrod suspension</p><p>Fixed Seating</p><p>Active Aerodynamics </p><p>And the engine is basically a piece of race hardware. The old GT motor was about $36k to replace and I guarantee you this 3.5L is going to be well north of that.</p><p></p><p>Then you have to factor in that this will not be a 4,000 unit car like the 05/06. Significantly lower. Between the exotic construction and the low production volumes, it's going to be a expensive car. </p><p></p><p>You also have to factor in that Ford isn't stupid. They are aware that the market value of the old car hovers around $250k and sometimes trades between $300-500k depending on mileage and options. It's unrealistic to think they would release a way more sophisticated, much higher performance, low-volume specialty car ten years later at a significant discount to the market value of the last one. If they did, that would just ensure dealers add on $150-200k right off the bat, which I think is likely anyways. </p><p></p><p>Look at the overall market as well. It's easy to find 650S cars with MSRP around $350k. Same for Speciale. Even though they are not similar in intent, the Aventador shares some construction commonalities with GT and they eclipse $450k all day. Hell, even a Nismo GT-R is $150k and a Porsche Turbo S now starts at ~$184k. Ford GT is going to be a long, long way from that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DBK, post: 14683699, member: 4088"] It's not a $200k car, or close. Just look at what's in the car. I've posted it before but find the cars that check all these boxes: Full CF construction (CF passenger cell + CF body) DCT Pushrod suspension Fixed Seating Active Aerodynamics And the engine is basically a piece of race hardware. The old GT motor was about $36k to replace and I guarantee you this 3.5L is going to be well north of that. Then you have to factor in that this will not be a 4,000 unit car like the 05/06. Significantly lower. Between the exotic construction and the low production volumes, it's going to be a expensive car. You also have to factor in that Ford isn't stupid. They are aware that the market value of the old car hovers around $250k and sometimes trades between $300-500k depending on mileage and options. It's unrealistic to think they would release a way more sophisticated, much higher performance, low-volume specialty car ten years later at a significant discount to the market value of the last one. If they did, that would just ensure dealers add on $150-200k right off the bat, which I think is likely anyways. Look at the overall market as well. It's easy to find 650S cars with MSRP around $350k. Same for Speciale. Even though they are not similar in intent, the Aventador shares some construction commonalities with GT and they eclipse $450k all day. Hell, even a Nismo GT-R is $150k and a Porsche Turbo S now starts at ~$184k. Ford GT is going to be a long, long way from that. [/QUOTE]
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