Thursday 18th October 2018

Ford GT production run extended to 1,350

Demand for the Blue Oval's supercar has outstripped supply six to one, so it's added 350 cars to the total

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It appears that not even Ford expected demand for its GT to outstrip supply by six to one, because when the Blue Oval brand launched its supercar, it intended to make just 1,000 examples over four years. But having now recieved around 6,000 orders, it has decided to add a few more to the run. 350, to be exact.

Ford will re-open the GT application process from November 8th, before picking its new, additional customers from the list by determining who deserves one most, like it did with the first production batch. Factors include whether they'll actually drive it, so that means zero-mileage car collectors should be excluded, praise be.

The expansion of the production run may annoy some early GT buyers who've been bragging to their mates about having one of only 1,000 GTs on the planet. But, by and large, it'll make almost no difference to the scenario, because there'll still be around 4,650 unhappy customers with no GT to look forward to. And that's not including any additional people who have more recently developed a GT itch.

It is, at least, a great success story for the GT, which is unashamdly a Le Mans racing car first, road car second. It's been so popular out of the box that Ford's class win at the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours with the GTE version has probably had less of an effect on sales than predicted. That the car looks and performs so excellently, thanks largely to its aerodynamically-motivated bodywork, is probably the better explanation.

[WCZ]

doesn't seem quite as cutting edge as it did imo

people seem to have waited forever for theirs!

[Leggy]

Why turn away 4000+ customers? Unless they make a loss on each?

[IanJ9375]

Leggy said:

Why turn away 4000+ customers? Unless they make a loss on each?

Some reading for you, might help you get your head around it - https://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/want-to-buy-a-ferra...

The perfect number to make of any car is N-1in reality

[Maldini35]

Got to be good news this. I certainly want to see more of these out and about.

[CitySlicker]

This has become the norm for all manufacturers & their halo cars. They need to cash in on the frenzy despite the market being on the way down.

[Onehp]

IanJ9375 said:

Leggy said:

Why turn away 4000+ customers? Unless they make a loss on each?

Some reading for you, might help you get your head around it - https://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/want-to-buy-a-ferra...

The perfect number to make of any car is N-1in reality

Ford isn't actually a supercar manufacturer, these cars are made by hand by a, now Ford owned, racing car manufacturer. Ramping up production even more would probably be very costly, and once they are made, there probably won't be a next model to produce. And of course N-1 makes more sense too, making too many would devalue the whole enterprise also.
Anyhow, cool they are making a few more.... And hope to see them being used too.

[Gandahar]

CitySlicker said:

This has become the norm for all manufacturers & their halo cars. They need to cash in on the frenzy despite the market being on the way down.

Just as Ferrari did with the F40. What a complete clunker as a result, you can pick them up now in the classifieds less than a ram-raided Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 !



A good car will always be a good car, people on here are obsessed with ££ over just what it is like to drive.

Edited by Gandahar on Thursday 18th October 23:12

[wfarrell]

A fitting tribute to Chris Svensson who designed the 2016 GT but sadly passed away earlier this year.

[Cold]

Gandahar said:

Just as Ferrari did with the F40. What a complete clunker as a result, you can pick them up now in the classifieds less than a ram-raided Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 !



A good car will always be a good car, people on here are obsessed with ££ over just what it is like to drive.

Is the value/cost of this car in 30 years time of any interest to Ford today?

[unsprung]

wfarrell said:

A fitting tribute to Chris Svensson who designed the 2016 GT but sadly passed away earlier this year.

"It's Svensson's role in shaping the Ford GT that he'll be most remembered for. The GT project was undertaken in complete secrecy at Ford, with designers shaping the now-iconic supercar in a little-used basement room at the automaker's design center in Dearborn."

"Even some top-level Ford executives were barred from seeing the vehicle before its 2015 debut."

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a22520142...

[Ninja59]

Onehp said:

IanJ9375 said:

Leggy said:

Why turn away 4000+ customers? Unless they make a loss on each?

Some reading for you, might help you get your head around it - https://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/want-to-buy-a-ferra...

The perfect number to make of any car is N-1in reality

Ford isn't actually a supercar manufacturer, these cars are made by hand by a, now Ford owned, racing car manufacturer. Ramping up production even more would probably be very costly, and once they are made, there probably won't be a next model to produce. And of course N-1 makes more sense too, making too many would devalue the whole enterprise also.
Anyhow, cool they are making a few more.... And hope to see them being used too.

Yep they don't have a production line as such at multimatic (canada) as they are predominately setup as a racing team.

[Jonesy23]

So they found another 350 social media nonentities & C-listers they deem worthy?

[IanJ9375]

Jonesy23 said:

So they found another 350 social media nonentities & C-listers they deem worthy?

Must be gutting for all those Premier League footballers hey....

[AmosMoses]

Wonder if John Cena will be getting another

[David87]

Think I might apply to get one in the hope it’ll spur me on enough to be able to afford one by 2022.

[Plug Life]

Jonesy23 said:

So they found another 350 social media nonentities & C-listers they deem worthy?

You mean like Jeremy "The Neanderthal" Clarkson?

[Jon_S_Rally]

Jonesy23 said:

So they found another 350 social media nonentities & C-listers they deem worthy?

Not that you're bitter or anything...