September22
Production of the Ford GT supercar has ended. The last car was built late Thursday at the Wixom Assembly Plant, for a total run of 4,038 units. Ford announced it would be discontinuing the GT as part of its “Way Forward” plan earlier this year. The GT was first shown in concept form in 2002, and a production version was readied within 15 months. Power comes from a 550 horsepower V8, with a top speed in excess of 200 mph. Zero to 60 mph is accomplished in 3.3 seconds. The MSRP for the car was $150,000, thought buyers typically paid as much as $175,000. Commemorative gallery after the jump…
you cant appreciate this car until you are next to one on the street. beautiful car. good job ford. sorry to see it go. now make a smaller lighter version and put a ~250hp I4 in it. make it look just like this and price it $25k and watch the money come rolling in.
Long live the GT. May you always be remembered as Ford’s first step in the right direction to recovery.
Stunning. Legacy.
You can still get exceptional replicas of the GT40.
a true piece of american muscle…
This car has so much more impact when you see it in person. Just curious, does anyone think the car had a halo effect for Ford?
Being a Ford salesperson, I don’t think the car had a halo effect for sales. But it did have a great effect on the image of Fords peformance to the consumer. It gave us salespeople something to talk about and showoff. It probably also brought up the spirits of the UAW and other Ford employees.
Once Ford gets back on it’s feet it will be able to compete in this segment again.
A very impressive car, and for the money, one of the best exotic cars in the world.
Did they make a profit on the GT operation ?
Any “halo effect”?
In a word, No.
A lot of Ford “glorifies the past when the future dries up” (from U2’s “God Part2″)
Viper did so much more for Dodge than this expensive retro toy did for Ford.
Now back to going forward for the folks in Dearborn.
Amazing car. One day it’ll return.
Where exactly does LLN get its info.
How can the 3.3 time for 0-60 be true. The most optimistic I have heard is 3.5
Ford is Lame.
1c3d0g- one day it will return……AGAIN hahahaha soon i hope
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who cares about the 0-60 time, its fast as hell. Too bad the last Ford car id buy is now. (not trucks of course)
A good car, the only Ford car that I can say I genuinely like/liked.
…or truck for that matter.
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy corvette dominates the road by its self now
chevrolet
camaro
corvette
and the whole ss lineup
Of all the cars to cut from production I really have to wonder why they HAVE TO stop building the Ford GT. It’s an excellent halo vehicle. Whatever they want to say about exclusivity, it would be better to retain this supercar in their lineup.
The Shelby Mustang GT500 just went up several notches, and it’s got nothing on this car.
Don’t forget the Viper…
as long as america has the corvette we will still be the best=)
I’d say no halo effect at all. It’s an amazing car, but it shows a lack of imagination. The guys who built the original GT40 were some bad mofos and whipped some Ferrari ass at LeMans.
This thing is a toy for rich old guys to drive their trophy wives around in and relive the “good old days”.
The sad fact is nobody is interested into stepping into a Ford dealer unless they are:
A-Soccer mom looking for SUV
B-billy bob looking for pickem-up truck
C-mullet wearer looking for Mustang
D-rental fleet buyer (ok I know they don’t go through dealers but you get the point, ford’s lineup is B-O-R-I-N-G.)
I think Motor Trend put the GT at 3.2s
mblommel, though your comments are HUGELY generalized and stereotypical, I would totally agree with the mom/SUV statement, the pickup statement (though not necessarily a hick buying one, since it seems like everyone who doesn’t need a pickup these days have them), i’d agree with the mustang statement but only in that they sell well, not necessarily to hicks again, and definately the rental fleet comment, as everyone knows, ford makes a lot of money on rental fleets selling cars that noone would buy otherwise.
1c2d0g, you’re as blatantly biased against japanese products as he is against american products, don’t be a hypocrite.
Damn. If I could afford this car I would have bought one. One of the few Fords that I thought were really something. Shame about the poor rearward visibility, though.
LamboZ: and with good reason! You won’t be ever seeing me in a jap crap, I’d rather WALK my way home, boy.
DON’T you question my Patriotism because it’s as strong as ever. Now, America makes great cars. Stop reading the bull**** jap-loving magazines spew every time they make a so-called “review”. Yes, I agree the American auto industry might not be up to German standards, but then again, you only pay half as much. You get what you pay for. But to call all of them crappy is out of line.
And you don’t question mine. Blind support is a bad as treason in my book. It only makes us weaker.
Not all American cars are crappy, just most.
Yes, most are crappy mblommel, you are 100% correct about everything you said about 1c3d0g, he’s ignorant, biased, and totally out of touch with reality when regarding the car industry, he ignores the facts and is basically a conspiracy theorist when it comes to him defending his precious and altogether crappy american cars.
omg dis car is my fav car, u guys better make more duoode im not joking either cuz ill buy 1!