The latest edition of Classic and Sportscar magazine in the UK says a 2005 Ford GT sold at the Barrett Jackson auction in America for £328,966 - that's pounds! In the same mag there is a dealer (in England) offering three Ford GTs in various colours for £140 grand each. I just don't understand why anyone would pay so over the odds for one... or are second hand ones really rare in the States?
More money than sense...
- Thread starter Ken Mason
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Dutton
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Ken,
A local fellow (retired Microsoft executive) who lives down the road a few miles ponied up USD$550,000 for the right to own the first 2005 Ford GT released to the public. If I'm not mistaken, this first GT is chassis #11, as the first ten were kept by Ford as test/R&D vehicles.
T.
A local fellow (retired Microsoft executive) who lives down the road a few miles ponied up USD$550,000 for the right to own the first 2005 Ford GT released to the public. If I'm not mistaken, this first GT is chassis #11, as the first ten were kept by Ford as test/R&D vehicles.
T.
Howard Jones
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I have seen MANY new GT's in publications like autoweek for sale well under 160K USD. I even saw one "early" 2005 for 99.6K USD that had something like 45K miles on it. I think it was in one of the car mags in the last few months. Road & Track ?
The orginal price of $ 139ish was in hindsight fairly close to the mark I would say.
The orginal price of $ 139ish was in hindsight fairly close to the mark I would say.
