Ford GT40

youngvr4 · #1 10-21-2003, 12:28 AM

ford gt40

i'm all the way impressed, i just found out not only did it rape the modena on the test that evo did, but the people who got together on this car amazes me, they had john colletti (director of svt) jack roush and saleen. that makes me like the gt40 even more now.
there were other people involved also like metro technologies, who made the chassis

i wonder if the car would be any diff if they would have got shelby in the mix

carrrnuttt · #2 10-21-2003, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by youngvr4

ford gt40

i'm all the way impressed, i just found out not only did it rape the modena on the test that evo did, but the people who got together on this car amazes me, they had john colletti (director of svt) jack roush and saleen. that makes me like the gt40 even more now.
there were other people involved also like metro technologies, who made the chassis

i wonder if the car would be any diff if they would have got shelby in the mix

It's not called the GT40 anymore. It's just the GT now. The GT40 moniker was bought by the company that supplied GT40 parts to Ford tuners after the car went out of production. They were going to give the name back, only after a HUGE amount of money, which Ford wasn't willing to pay, so there.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...2_0303_fut_gt/

youngvr4 · #3 10-21-2003, 01:00 AM

well thats gay, car is still tight though, regardless the name.

HiFlow5 0 · #4 10-21-2003, 04:12 AM

Nice car, WAY too expensive though for my tastes!

YogsVR4 · #5 10-21-2003, 12:28 PM

Yeah - considering the price tag on that bad boy, it better perform like a champ.

GTStang · #6 10-21-2003, 01:42 PM

Not too expensive for my tastes.... just my wallet!

jon@af · #7 10-21-2003, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GTStang

Not too expensive for my tastes.... just my wallet!

How it always goes for some odd reason.

youngvr4 · #8 10-21-2003, 03:23 PM

well from what i read its well worth the price considering its priced along with the nsx and viper, and would own either of them and less then the modena, wich it already owned. its nasty, that car pumps fear into alot of super cars.

Layla's Keeper · #9 10-21-2003, 07:02 PM

I have absoultely no respect for the GT until Ford puts it on the race track to challenge for the GTS class title.

Real sportscars race. Pure and simple. Ferrari races. Lamborghini FINALLY races. Audi races. Porsche races. Maserati races. Tiny little TVR races. What's the matter Ford? Blew too much money dying Eddie Irvine's hair?

flylwsi · #10 10-21-2003, 07:03 PM

do you know about the history of the new GT?

first, it's in the 150K price range. far less than the ferrari, but more than the viper/nsx, which it dominates.

second, the car is superior than the 360 on many levels, mainly b/c ford bought a couple 360's to take apart and study so they could build a car that was not only competitive, but superior to, to the modena.

so that's no surprise that it's better in nearly every aspect.

it's not your typical ford, that's for sure.

i'd take one. without a doubt, if i had the money, i'd have bought and paid for it a while ago.

GTStang · #11 10-21-2003, 07:08 PM

Do you really think Ford is scared of Ferrari or Lamborghini?
You do know what the original GT40 was designed for?
Ford did it once if they are motivated they'll do it agian.

TatII · #12 10-21-2003, 08:24 PM

i love that car. normally i would pick a skyline GT-R over any other car except maybe a F40 and a tommy kaira ZZII, but this one is another amazing machine. i'm in love with this car. i can't help but go look at the official website atleast once a day. its gorgious. its very weird for me to gwark at a U.S car like htis. but this is just a amazingly car.

flylwsi · #13 10-21-2003, 08:33 PM

let's not get into the "what's better than a skyline gt-r" argument.

there's far more superior machines than the 2 you mentioned, the Ford GT included...

for what it is, there is nothing that can top the GT really...

and that's not b/c i'm a supporter, but simply b/c it's true... you're not going to find much, especially for that money, that's as well designed and as good a car as the GT is.

TatII · #14 10-21-2003, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by flylwsi

let's not get into the "what's better than a skyline gt-r" argument.

there's far more superior machines than the 2 you mentioned, the Ford GT included...

for what it is, there is nothing that can top the GT really...

and that's not b/c i'm a supporter, but simply b/c it's true... you're not going to find much, especially for that money, that's as well designed and as good a car as the GT is.

i know those cars will absolutely destroy a GT-R and that includes a modded one. but since i'm very biased torwards nissan. that is suppose to my dream car. but since i'm soo much in love with the GT that is why i said that. i know a F40 or any other super cars can take a GT-R. hell even a viper GTS and a F360 Modena can take the GT-R but just becuase the GT-R is not the fastest car in the world how come it can't be my favorite car?

flylwsi · #15 10-21-2003, 09:18 PM

i didn't say it couldn't be.

but the simple fact is that there are tons of cars that are at the very least, comparable, or better, than the gt-r. i'd love to have one, but i'd rather have quite a few other, less expensive (in the US right now) cars...

that's my point.

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