2005 Ford GT for sale

[Bill Bayard]

The DuPont Registry has a 2005 Ford GT listed for sale.

No price, accepting best offer. Anybody care to hazard a

guess on how much it will sell for?

They also have a new Porsche Carrera GT listed for only

$649K! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

This must be one of the prototypes. What colour is it Bill? And does it quote a chassis number?

When the first prototype, the white car, chassis No.10, was sold by Christies for $557,500 including auction fee in August this year, the launch of the production car was still planned for Spring 2004. Now that it's planned for 2005, ie a year longer wait, any prototype will still command a mighty premium over list.

I'm surprised it's not being auctioned. Jay Leno did some great work on stage to increase the bids of the first car.

Rob

 

[Bill Bayard]

Rob,

The seller doesn't specify color or chassis number, which

leads me to believe that he has a guarantee of receiving a

GT from Ford, but but no chassis number has been assigned

yet. The guy is probably a high ranking Ford executive, if

he can advertise a car for sale with certainty at this

point in time.

As the advert says, best offer. The seller will likely see

quite a few offers, before accepting the final one. Auction

or not, I'm sure it will command a premium price.


Bill

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

Well, the first one sells for the most, so someone can say they're first, and I would expect the prices to drop from here. Then again, I had low expectations of the car itself, and it's looking much better than I thought it would, so maybe the price will go up. It sounds like someone is selling their position- my guess is that it will go for 250-350K. Not to me, though, or anyone else here.

 

[Jim Glickenhaus]

My guess is that it's bullshit.

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Rob,
The car sold at auction was not a prototype, it was the lace for the car that was being built after the first cars went to the Ford Execs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

My guess is that once testing was done, they used the prototypes that we originally saw on road tests as crash vehicles. Better to use them than one a 150K /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Brett

 

So, does the guy who paid $557k at Christies for a car he was expecting in 2004 now have to wait 'til 2005? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Rob

 

Maybe not. In Fridays Atlanta paper there was an artical saying that there will be a few available in mid 2004.

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Rob,
It works like this.... currently if you are buying a Ford, you are probably buying a 2004.5MY, so by mid year you would expect a 2005.. hence 05. Which would be in line for the global roll-out.

Brett

 

[Howard Jones]

My God the car I could build with 300 grand! And a shop to do it in.

 

[Jim Rosenthal]

Hear, hear; as a matter of fact, I think I could own just about ALL the cars I wanted for $300K. Well, most anyway.

 

[DON SILAWSKY]

Every new "hot" car starts out this way: Viper, Ferrari 360, Porsche Turbo, Mercedes SL55, etc. etc. The "gotta have it now" guys pay WAY over sticker for the privilege of losing 25+ percent of the car's value over the first 2-3 years. Actual example: in 1990 dealers were getting $20K-$25K over MSRP (which was in the low $60K range, I think) for the new "King of the Hill" Corvette ZR-1. I waited until March 1992 and got a brand new ZR-1 for $23K UNDER sticker. Now, 13+ years out from their introduction, ZR-1 Corvettes can routinely be had for 25 percent of original MSRP, and even undriven garage queens do not bring original cost.

I don't see any reason why the market for the Ford GT will behave any differently. As many others have already said on this forum, the Ford GT is a production car, and at 4500 units a pretty sizeable run at that.

 

I have read that Ford has to stop production in 2005 because the new regulations go into affect and they would have completely redesign the GT for 2006. If this is true and they only have a few available this year and can only produce 1500 a year that cuts the total units way down from what you claim to be 4500 total cars produced. If what I say comes true the new GT should hold their value, or increase as a collector item.? If they are a collector item that can't hurt guys like us and the "REPRODUCTION" market. Joe

 

[Jim Glickenhaus]

IMHO the one that sold at auction is not a real price as any amount over MSRP was tax deductable. They are not stopping in 05. There is already a second version in the works. They will fill demand. This has already changed the replica market as the Kirkams aren't pushing ahead because of the new one.

 

[Ron Earp]

I think the Kirkams made the wrong decision. An ally bodied GT40 would be well received and could sell well. There are lots of Cobra nuts out there (me included) that will be moving to a GT40 for their next project. The car that is of high quality and affordable will take home the bacon. I think the market has some fantastic cars now, but I think there is room for a true to original mono and aluminum bodied car.

 

[Brett James-McCall]

Joeseph,
What are the regs exactly? I thought the fuel tank had been moved into the centre tunnel to ensure that it would meet regs plus ensure a better placement of weight in the vehicle? Is there anything else?

Brett

 

[Mark Worthington]

[ QUOTE ]
There is already a second version in the works.

[/ QUOTE ]

Jim, can you tell me where you heard this?

 

Brett, Don't know what all of them are. The artical was written about a year ago and I think that 2006 was the year with the next major government regs. to go into effect. Joe

 

[Jim Glickenhaus]

From the chief engineer who also said that the first one would blow away the 360 and the next version would be even faster.