Thursday, February 1, 2007

Ford GT


When people think super cars they often think of ones that come from Europe, but there are also a few that come from the United States as well. One such car is the Ford GT. This car started production in the summer of 2004 for the 2005 year and continued until 2006 when production stopped. Only 4200 of these cars were ever produced so demand for them is very high.

This car features a supercharged V-8 that displaces 5410 cc. This provides the car with 500 BHP at 6000 RPM's. This allows the car to travel from 0-60 in 3.8

The GT features many new technologies unique to this car alone. These include super-plastic-formed aluminum body panels, roll-bonded floor panels, friction-stir welded center tunnel, and others.

The breaks on this are massive four piston aluminum Brembo calipers with cross drilled and vented rotors at all four corners.

When the car first came out people paid significantly more than its suggested retail price of 140,000 to 157,000 dollars depending on optional equipment. The first ever sold was at a charity auction where it sold for 500,000 dollars to a retired Microsoft executive. Ford Then recognized the ongoing demand for the car and raised the base sticker priced by 10,000 dollars to 149,995 in late 2005.

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