Ford GT for Europe

GT(40) will come to Europe. 'Team RS' to look after it

The Ford GT (GT40 ) is coming to Europe and eighty luckily customers will have the chance to buy one from 2004.

No price has yet been announced for the Ford GT but it has been indicated that it will go on sale in the US for around $150,000. The Ford GT programme for Europe will be managed by ‘Ford Team RS’, a new organization being formed within Ford of Europe’s Product Development group.

Ford Team RS will combine the resources of Ford Special Vehicle Engineering (SVE) and Ford Racing. The heads of those existing organisations, Jost Capito and Martin Whitaker will share engineering expertise from Ford’s World Rally Car and Formula One programmes and into future road-going Ford performance cars.

European customers who want to register their interest in purchasing one of the limited number of Ford GTs can do so via www.FordTeamRS.com

European customers for the Ford GT will need to be a very patient though as the car does not go into production in the US until Spring 2004. Deliveries in Europe will not start before the fourth quarter of 2004. The total production run for the Ford GT will not to exceed 4,500 cars.