Why did Ford Stop the GT Production Early

[Pat]

I just read an intreresting article by Jay Leno that the reason Ford stopped the new GT production at 4,038 (short of the 4,500 planned units) was because of government regulation making future cars non-compliant. This is something I've never heard before. Any insight on it?

 

[Rick Muck- Mark IV]

Production was behind due to the control arm issue early on. Thery lost several weeks of production while revised arms were manufactured. The new federal crash regulations would have required considerable re-engineering and investment so the last of the cars went to Canada/export I recall. The line was wound down before the "4500" units. BTW, I sat in on a video meeting with Ford before the cars release and they refused to confirm the total production number. I understand that the commonly quoted "5000 units" was never given nor confirmed by FoMoCo.

 

[Pat]

Thanks for the insight.