A 57-year-old electrician who worked at a General Motors for 37 years has purchased a $175,600 Ford GT, the Associated Press reported late last week. Wearing jeans and a worn t-shirt, David Leeder strolled into a Boucher car dealership to pickup his limited edition 550 hp tungsten silver Ford GT. The price tag? $175,600. He said he fell in love with the car when he first saw photos of it, and later decided to buy it as an investment and for pure joy. While a typical car is rarely an investment, the Ford GT is not only a supercar, it was also recently prematurely discontinued — two factors that could make it a collector’s item one day.
“It will probably shock a lot of people that I know,” he said — his wife included. “Oh, she’s a wonderful woman. She’s very understanding … But maybe not about this.”
He said the price is three times what he paid for his house.
The car can reach 60 mph in just 3.3 seconds, and has a top speed of 210 mph.
