No pricing announced. My best guess is probably close to 1/4 mil. I have nothing to drive that other than gut.
No pricing announced. My best guess is probably close to 1/4 mil. I have nothing to drive that other than gut.
singleslammer wrote: In reply to ultraclyde: I am seeing very little similarity. The end shares very little and the rest of the car is WAY different.
There's just enough similarity in the front (mainly the lights and hood vents) to hint at heritage without being "retro". I consider that a good thing.
In reply to Thinkkker:
I read in one article that they anticipate it being in the $150k-ish range.
Javelin wrote: [Cars with round taillights]
All of those are recessed or close to flush except the Thunderbird.
I'd guess it will be $150k-$200k...but then I thought the Toyota FT1 would be $35k-$45k and it's apparently going to be around $60k.
Ian F wrote:singleslammer wrote: In reply to ultraclyde: I am seeing very little similarity. The end shares very little and the rest of the car is WAY different.There's just enough similarity in the front (mainly the lights and hood vents) to hint at heritage without being "retro". I consider that a good thing.
I am completely with you. Clyde had said it looked like a Lexus LFA, which I am not seeing.
Good news for me. My wife, who's dream car is a Ford GT, doesn't like the new one at all. After I told her that Ford GTs don't really depreciate, she found a wrecked one on Ebay going for $200k. I think that cured her desire to ever want a Ford GT unless she wins the lottery.
T.J. wrote: Good news for me. My wife, who's dream car is a Ford GT, doesn't like the new one at all. After I told her that Ford GTs don't really depreciate, she found a wrecked one on Ebay going for $200k. I think that cured her desire to ever want a Ford GT unless she wins the lottery.
You could build a lookalike kit...maybe even one with a big American V8 that performs well. I wonder if a GT40-looking shell would fit over a FF GTM?
In reply to GameboyRMH:
I imagine that the proportions aren't right. However, there are a few kit manufacturers that make GT40 copies. They aren't cheap though. Last I checked, the cheapest kit was something like 50K before assemble and paint.
Has it been mentioned yet that the tail lights are also where the waste gates dump?
In reply to Javelin:
Thank you for doing the leg work to help illustrate that the way they appear to protrude really does seem to be an exclusively Ferrari based design cue...Using them for the wastegates is pretty novel though.
Ill stick with my 250k figure till announced....
Man I hope its closer to 150k. Though I really am not sure how I can even afford that!
Moray Callum, Ford's Vice President of Design said: Still, don't expect a car for the masses. The 2005 version of the Ford GT started at $140,000, but often sold for much, much more at dealerships. "It's going to be more exclusive than the last one," says Callum of the new GT. "Less numbers and more expensive."
I keep hoping for 170K-180K with the major options like the big stereo if they did it like before. Over 220K is my guess and at that point I would have a hard time buying it over a used 458 or if dodge gets their act together and makes a decent ACR.
ok, just shut up about the pricing. You guys suck. I can't afford $1,800 for a car let along $180,000.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: No comments on the awesome air tunnels through the body?
Now stop what you're doin', because I'm about to ruin the images and style that you're used to
This on pricing from Top Speed:
"Pricing for the new GT successor will likely be competitive with the Audi R8 and lower 911 models. Expect a price in the $125k range. It should undercut the rumored Zora ZR1 mid-engine Corvette, but cost more than an optioned up Z06."
Knurled wrote:Adrian_Thompson wrote: No comments on the awesome air tunnels through the body?Now stop what you're doin', because I'm about to ruin the images and style that you're used to
I'm reall not understanding this?
bravenrace wrote: This on pricing from Top Speed: "Pricing for the new GT successor will likely be competitive with the Audi R8 and lower 911 models. Expect a price in the $125k range. It should undercut the rumored Zora ZR1 mid-engine Corvette, but cost more than an optioned up Z06."
I will eat my hat if that's the case. With absolutely no knowledge whatsoever I'm betting for the quarter mil mark
Yeah look at the hardware that went into making this thing, no way in hell it's gonna sell for under $150k.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
I don't think it will sell for less than the last gen for sure, but everything I have read indicates closer to $150k and than $250k, but I guess time will tell.
I guess this brings up the question of what are the GT's competitors? The price of those cars would be a good indicator. Honda is indicating that the new NSX will be priced around $150k.
bravenrace wrote: I guess this brings up the question of what are the GT's competitors? The price of those cars would be a good indicator. Honda is indicating that the new NSX will be priced around $150k.
IMHO, other than a handful of people who are actually shopping for this kind of car, there isn't any competition.
When you are putting down that much money, there's more ego involved than there is reality. So if you want a Ferrari, you are not going to cross shop a Porsche any more than you are going to cross shop a Ford. Nobody is going to get an NSX when they want a small Lambo.
Basically, my impression of this market is that there are Ford, Honda, Toyota, Ferrari, etc buyers, and all you need to do is make them happy.
If you are getting both it's not because one is better than another, it's that you want both. Both being whatever two models you get.
There are going to be less than 1000 of these cars, and I'd bet that 80% of the buyers are already lined up.
In reply to alfadriver:
Good points. But any manufacturer still needs to price their vehicles so that people will actually buy them. Supercars from Ford/GM/Acura, etc... If priced too high will drive people to the more ego satisfying Ferraris/Lambos.
The only reason to compare cars in a price range is when you expect one to do more for the money, to bring a higher value. That implies actually using the vehicle as intended so that differences in use matter. So I would figure less than 10% (generously) of the supercar buyers will look at performance or option information and then comparing price because how the car drives is totally secondary. Hence, you end up with the buyers alfadriver referred to. The 10% that think "I could get better cornering out of a used 458 for the same money" are probably all GRM readers. WearyMicrobe.
In reply to ultraclyde:
So you think buyers are willing to pay the same for a Ford as they would for a Ferrari? Doesn't that go against the whole "ego" philosophy?
bravenrace wrote: In reply to Adrian_Thompson: I don't think it will sell for less than the last gen for sure, but everything I have read indicates closer to $150k and than $250k, but I guess time will tell. I guess this brings up the question of what are the GT's competitors? The price of those cars would be a good indicator. Honda is indicating that the new NSX will be priced around $150k.
I have a feeling that the sources you have read that in are the same ones who thought the first Ford GT would be sub $80k and be worthless within 3 years.....
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