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Ford GT supercar priced at 139,995 US dollars
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| Wed, Dec 31, 2003
Posted on 12/31/2003 10:49:16 AM PST by presidio9
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:49:16 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Gimme gimme.
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:58:16 AM PST
by
angkor
To: presidio9
Not a Ford fan, except for Powerstroke pickups. But the GT is SWEET!
To: presidio9
It's good they didn't price it at $140,000, beyond the reach of many people.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:00:08 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: presidio9
I wonder if those two indentations in the hood are for collecting rainwater?
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:07:50 AM PST
by
xrp
To: BikerTrash
When Ford Motor Co.s much-anticipated rival to Ferrari goes on sale next summer, it will debut with a 139,995 US dollar price tag. For an extra $250m, why not go with the real thing?
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:09:09 AM PST
by
presidio9
(protectionism is a false god)
To: presidio9
Why should only the rich benefit from this type of vehicle?
It's important for all us to share in the benefits that only America can provide.
I propose the introduction of legislation that will price this car within the means of the average American!
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:11:07 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: presidio9
Buld your own
repli-car right now for only $54,900 :)
oh....ya gotta add your own engine. Just a minor detail.
To: presidio9
The best relicas are from ERA, CAV, Roaring Forties.
All are better than this new Ford and cheaper.
I still remember my first time driving one at 100mph. It took a month to wipe the smile off my face.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:23:20 AM PST
by
Zathras
To: presidio9
I guess presidio9 is in line just behing Bill Ford?
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:23:54 AM PST
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Excellence In Posting Since 1999)
To: RightWhale
It's good they didn't price it at $140,000, beyond the reach of many people.I agree. This will be beyond the means of the working poor. We need a Gov't program.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:25:16 AM PST
by
TomServo
("This can't be Wisconsin! There aren't any signs for Tommy Bartlett's water show.")
To: presidio9
Whew, after tabulating our Christmas bills, I told Missus Lincoln that the most we can spend on a new family vehicle is $140,000! Boy, we really cut it close!
Lando
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:25:50 AM PST
by
Lando Lincoln
(The Vermin had vermin)
To: presidio9
Why pay so much more for a car that only an Italian mechanic can fix? ;-)
Actually, the Ford GT vs. Ferrari rivalry of the 1960s was quite similar. The Ford vehicle, despite costing less and using less exotic engines (though the dry-sump 427 ain't what I'd call mundane), soundly thrashed Enzo's best.
The FoMoCo beancounters must've been swigging Maalox for months now, but they'll sell all they can build, even at that absurd price. There *are* people around who will plunk down serious dough for a flashy set of wheels. I just saw one such gentleman earlier today, driving along in his Lamborghini Miura. That was the first one I'd ever seen outside of the pages of Hemmings Motor News.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:26:19 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: TomServo
We in Alaska would also need more garage space to store the beast in Winter next to the red Corvette and the [severely-chrome] Harley Sportster.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:27:18 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Leroy S. Mort
Put in a Chevy. It'll last longer that way.
To: TomServo
I agree. This will be beyond the means of the working poor. We need a Gov't program. And that's without even getting into the fact that women will be statistically less likely to own this car.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:33:31 AM PST
by
presidio9
(protectionism is a false god)
To: Charles Martel; presidio9
Correct about the thrashing. If memory serves, the original GT placed 1-2-3 at Lemans.
To: Leroy S. Mort
oh....ya gotta add your own engine. Just a minor detail. The engine is easy enough to obtain, but the ZF transaxle is another story. Figure on $8K for a new one, maybe half that amount if you luck into finding a Pantera that's being parted-out.
There is allegedly a Renault transaxle which will hold up behind a Ford small-block in the GT kit car, but I don't think I could bring myself to use a Renault part in a GT-40 replica. It just seems so... wrong.
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:36:44 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Landru
Have you driven over a Ford lately?
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posted on
12/31/2003 11:37:22 AM PST
by
BraveMan
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