Has anyone owned a 2005-2006 Ford GT?

I have a 2006 with 7,000 miles, maintenance 3 oil changes $100.00 each 2 tires $300.00 each. As for parallel parking you can get a backup camera. Doors are a problem but you learn to crawl out.

 

I'd love to get 1 in Gulf colors or white w blue stripes

The roadsters are hot too

 

One of my ZR1 friends just wrote me to say he has a late production one in Graphite Metallic which he special ordered WITHOUT the stripes. Haven't seen it yet, he is in Houston, but I'll bet this is a good (and different) look for this car.

 

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Heres a Roush GT in black

A Millen GT

and the GT's cousin the Saleen S7
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www.fordgtforum.com is made for Ford GT owners... and they aren't afraid to tell you all the nuances they've had with their cars either Good guys!

 

This is such a great car one of my faves. Why did Ford stop making them?

 

Because Fords going bust, and need $$$ ASAP; this is the reason for getting rid of Land rover, Jaguar, and Aston Martin. Ford Gt cost much more then the ~170,000$ it sold for, to make, so Ford was selling them at, and loosing money on every one.

 

That front air Dam on the 3rd pic, just does it right....Can am in the 60's

Who makes that thang..

Chaparell baby!!

 

Nope, they werent gonna pass some 2007 test. I forgot what it is but DBK can tell you all about it.

 

I heard that crash testing killed the Salleen S7 but I thought they were exempt as only 78 were made.

 

That was it.

 

The GT's production run was planned out from the beginning.

 

Ford intended on following the GT with a roadster or Convertible, then "other things" in the "project maranello" ... somebody high up canned it a while ago because of the much adu-about nothing controller arm recall.

The GT would've also continued production longer, if crash standards for 2007 had not been altered. If a passenger was not buckled, they would've hit their head on the front of the cabin's roofline... possible neck injury etc. .... if they weren't buckled! It's law anyway to wear a seatbelt!!!!!

There are numerous Ferrari owners on that site too Ask Tim Cantwell what he thinks, or Bony

 

I think the real reason is Ford hates making good cars. Something about the corperate culture. I think they could have made a lot of money on it if they had kept it long term. It could have been thier 911. Make the same car for 30 years and refine it.

American auto makers realy need to learn to play politics like they did in the 50's. If they were in the loop they could have gotten an exemption for the Ford GT. About the only american industry that knows how to play politics is Wall St.

 

Keep posting as if you are smarter, and know more than people who are involved, and more people will believe you.

With this post you made, you prove you are so far detached... and have "preconceived perceptions" against the brand, or the US industry as a whole.... rather then a jugged analysis based in reality.

 

The Roush GT looks amazing in the all-black. I also love that Kool-Aid-esque orange on the Millen.

 

Keep posting as if you are smarter, and know more than people who are involved, and more people will believe you.

With this post you made, you prove you are so far detached... and have "preconceived perceptions" against the brand, or the US industry as a whole.... rather then a jugged analysis based in reality.

I like the Ford GT and was rooting for Ford to keep a good thing going. They had other products that people want to buy like the Focus SVT and they stop selling them in the US. You have a product that people are passionate about and that build community and then you kill it. Why do you stop production on something that people want to buy? They could sub out production to a specialty manufacture and they could find a way to make it profitable. Ford spends more on bad ad campains on Ophra than it does on the Ford GT.

I like GM V8 motors and think that the Corvette and the new Caddillac CTS V are some of the best cars made outside of Ferrari. I have owned a lot of American cars in the past.

I lived in Washington DC for several years and was amazed how the politicos hate the folks in MI and the US auto industry. It seems strange that there is a disconnect between one of the countrys largest industries and the career politicians. Very few of the senators and congress men that lived in my nieghborhood drove american cars. They drive Volvos, Mercedes, Honda and BMW. What do German politicians drive? One of the reasons we have some of these stupid laws and regulations is because of this disconnect between government and the auto industry. If you are making a low volume high performance GT you should be exempt from some safety and fuel economy regulations. I think Ferrari has gotten exemptions.

You folks in Detroit need to wake up to reality that politics is a factor of production.

 

SVT Focus didn't sell that well, and was in the middle of quite a few chassis recalls... 6 major ones in a row. The ford of 2000-2004 is very different then the Ford that is making cars today.

I agree very much so. However, Cadillac had approved production of the V16 in limited numbers. In addition to the V16 being canned; the next gen Cadillac v8 was also put in the can due to the new CAFE regs passed by both houses, and signed into law.

I have been saying virtually the same thing for quite some time. It's sickening really ..... But, our politicians are just showing the same thing that a large portion of the country feels... Screw the industry that put the USA on the map as a world economic power.... the car is the personification of freedom; and there has been a huge disconnect from what the car really is. People love "Sticking it to the auto industry" for being dinosaurs unless congress mandates change. Those people, quite frankly, don't get it. That is a large reason why the Auto Lobby is a fraction as powerful as it once was. The truth of the matter is, that if they don't wake up; 1/2 the country is going to go into the worst recession since 1928.... all while China begins buying the remnants of the domestic market. It's already begun in the heels of the collapse of Rover in the UK. This is going to start happening at Chrysler within 10 years, and likely closer to 5 years... as the investment group begins selling off it's assets.

I have to apologize, as this post is far more intelligent then the one I had previously quoted

I have no clue what the hell happened in 2006.... but 2008 will deliver a series of far different results. The question: Who will actually run for office here? We had a series of very qualified people in 06, and far too many of them lost the political race that November.

Mullalay is fighting the good fight Washington, as is Bob Lutz.... Chrysler's act to bring in the former Home Depot CEO is the biggest cock up the industry has seen since the fall of Packard in 1957. That man.... mr. Rob Nardelli doesn't have race gas in his blood; and it shows.... on top of that, his history is rather questionable.... supposedly stealing 100's of millions...

When will we wake up? Leaving the state isn't going to be an eternal option as manufacturing is killed as an industry...

.... and John Dingle is "supposed" to represent Michigan.... and "supposed" to represent the industry in his district... aka... FORD

 

My take on keeping the Ford GT and other niche products is from my own experience. Niche products like the Viper and Ford GT even though they loose money make money in other ways. I own a manufacturing business we build custom guitars. We also build basses. Every bass we build I lose money on. I send a $400 check in reality to every customer that buys a bass. But customers love the basses I make. Each bass I make at a loss sell at least 3 guitars. So over all it helps the company. Just my experience and some things I learned from Leo Fender and Enzo Ferrari.

I guess I should put my money where my mouth is and start a Ford GT factory.


mr. Rob Nardelli doesn't have race gas in his blood; and it shows.... on top of that, his history is rather questionable.... supposedly stealing 100's of millions

Nardelli does not have a clue But when Chrysler falls will the US govt. bail them out like they did Bear Sterns and friends. I don't think so. That is sad

 

To take an off topic discussion even further off topic.... how much do you think it would cost to re-fret a custom rosewood fret bord scalloped neck ?

 

Try contacting Kinetic racing

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