Al Engel

From "Autoblog', Ford is hinting the retail price for the Ford GT will be about SIX TIMES the average retail price of our C7 and about 5X the pricing of the Z06. Such pricing demonstrates how amazing of a value GM is providing with the C7... in my opinion.

Al Engel "Save the Wave"

Autoblog story follows....

New Ford GT to carry $400k-price tag


by: Noah Joseph

The last time Ford made a GT, it built more than 4,000 of them and sold each one for around $150,000. Judging by the premiums at which they later traded, they were evidently worth a lot more than that. But this time, the new Ford GT will be far more expensive and far more scarce.

Official performance, production and pricing figures have yet to be released, but upon the new American supercar's European debut in Geneva, Ford performance chief Dave Pericak indicated it would be priced competitively with the Lamborghini Aventador – which carries a base sticker price approaching $400,000, Car and Driver reported. Combine that with production expected to number in the hundreds, not the thousands, and you're not likely to be seeing any of these Blue Oval halo cars in your neighborhood anytime soon.

The question then becomes: will the price tag will be justified? With carbon-fiber construction and more than 600 horsepower on tap, it very well could be. And if speculators are going to drive up the actual sale prices, we don't see why Ford shouldn't get what the product is worth. But whether the world is ready for a $400,0000-Ford is another question entirely.

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NoOne

I do not think it has anything to do with C7 value and I think their pricing department is out of their minds. Someone in marketing got a bit too excited over the values of the original GT and is trying to cash in on it.


People who bought Ford GT's got the automotive investment of a life time if you consider their value today and extremely limited age compared to other cars that took decades to appreciate like that.


I will be very interested to see sales here in the US. I'm sure in the Mideast where to some over there dropping 400K on a car is like buying a nice shirt they will move a decent amount of cars to a select few who have to have one just because..


But everywhere else you could have a Ford GT or Ferrari 488GTB at what I suspect will be 100K less.


I just do not see it.

dvilin

If the production numbers are accurate with less than a thousand being produced they will be quickly sold out at the estimated $400,000.00.
A quick buck for Ford taking advantage of the rich but not so smart.

LIStingray

Why is it not so smart?
Ford's goal is to create a truly world class, super-low-volume, limited duration production run exotic car with a price to match - it is a great plan if the vehicle is well received and the primary goal is market hype, which in Ford's case it is.
Ford has no desire to create a mass-market two seat sports car to compete with the Corvette, Porsche (911, Boxster & Cayman), Nissan GTR, etc.

bapd77

My guess is $250k

Corgidog1

Ford vs. Ferrari may be a battle Ford cannot win regardless of the car they produce.

Crabbers

There are two ways to sell cars; High volume low price, and low volume high price. If Chevy only made 800 Corvettes, they would be $400k+ too.

dvilin

Referencing the person spending 400k not the plan by Ford.

z28lt1

Ford will have a car that will be on the cover of all the car magazines. They also need it so they have something to enter at Le Mans, and other sports car racing series (Tudor/WEC). This is a good way to get press and brand recognition -- And make some money in the process.

W88fixer

I’m pleased to see an American car company try to compete on the exotic car market but this one had better be a superior performer to competing foreign cars of similar price. Not on my wish list. Don

bapd77

From the specs it very well could be worth the 400k price tag when you compare similar cars of similar performance.

FLS2K

I saw the new GT at the NAIAS this year. Possibly the best looking, modern-day car I've ever seen. It's simply stunning and pictures don't come close to doing it justice.

OC Sadler

All Ford (or Chevy or Audi or Pontiac) needs to do is kick the feces out of everyone (including Ferarri) at LeMans and it will sell out of a 3-400 copy supercar at $400,000 or more!

nmerhaut

I still rue the day back in 2005-6 that a local Ford dealer offered to sell me a new GT for $145000. It would have been a stretch for me but I could have done it.

I didn't and now those cars are listed locally for $250000-300000.

Oh well, I probably would have put a gazillion miles on it by now.

Had an opportunity to have a track friend, instructor and excellent driver take me for several laps in his a few years ago. Wonderful car. Pretty much same performance stats as my '09 Z06. I always was puzzled by that huge radio speaker between the seats.

quick04Z06

Indeed. Perhaps a version will be a homologation special for a Ford Le Mans entry. This is all good. If you want to play in the big leagues, then, by all means, play in the big leagues.

To Ford's credit, they have always done more and better racing than GM has. GM has never won in the top level at Le Mans, and the GT40 did it several times; GM has never won the World Sports Car title, but Ford/Shelby did it; The Ford Cosworth F1 motor is still one of the winningest engines of all time in F1. Ford has excelled in all levels of motorsport, and they are to be commended for it; also, when Ford gets into a series, they stay with it until they win it. GM needs to learn something about that, as they bailed out of their P1 Le Mans effort with the Cadillac P1 entry before making even a dent in the competition.

C7DriverOnt

Some might not want it if it wasn't $400k. They want the ability to say look at the car I can afford, it is special so I am special. Price points have little relation to value, hell look at what stars will pay for a purse or a pair of shoes, $500 for a pair of jeans. Most of us get "value" but there are some that just live in another universe. Value is definitely one of the reasons I appreciate my C7, besides the looks, the way it drives, the wind in my hair Even if I could afford a $400k dollar car , and I probably could at this point, I wouldn't buy it , just not my nature.

bapd77

I feel the only reason people are questioning it is because it is a Ford. Its a name thing. People dont question value of Ferraris and Lambos. If it is what they say it is its worth $400k

thegame

I heard they said 400k and can't help but think without a DOUBT

Aventador > Ford

alienranch

Glen e

I htink it's a hugely smart idea and is a "halo car" - nothing more....lotsa mfrs of products do it.

And the industry thinks a lot of the C7...I hear it all the time within the industry. At a recent Porsche dealer meeting back in sept, the pres of Porsche took time out of his "look at the industry" segment to dwell on the fact that GM now had a "real "player" in the market. The C& sales bar chart he showed for 14 towered over the competition And he also emphasized that if any of the dealer sales guys were blowing off the C7 when a customer came in and mentioned it, he said "DON'T - that's a real stupid move"...