I agree. Just because "celebrities" are by nature famous, they got a lot of attention getting allocations. They were a trivial amount of the overall pool. The majority of people who got cars were GT owners. Period. This is public information. One could expect that as additional cars are allocated, Ford will wade even deeper into the enthusiast pool.
Breaking Announcement:
I'd like to confirm that I will be the first person to receive the new AMG Project One hypercar. I will make the first example I am slated to receive available at just $100k over list. This compares favorably to Europe where it is being offered at €500k over list.
Seriously, ask Tobias Moers. Totally legit.
I have the guaranteed first ride at Limerock, and it's not for sale, even at 50K over!!!!!Im going to drive mine every chance I get! I already have friends booking rides at Limerock and Watkins Glen!
Let's hop in the wayback machine.
The original 05/06 GT was hot. Then not as hot. Then Wallace Wyss wrote his "super headache" article in Car and Driver claiming that the GT was a disaster. The GT lost in a comparison test to a regular Gallardo and a regular Ferrari F430 (ha). People started going into dealerships saying "look, the prices of these are tanking fast" and dealers panicked and dumped them. Lots of idiotic arguments were made on the internet that the GT was a shitty Ford with a cheap interior, a leaky transaxle with a ghetto speedi-sleeve patch, and control arms that would break at speed and kill you. It was no faster than a Z06 that cost less than half as much money blah blah blah. Near the end of production they sat in dealerships under MSRP.
Then they went out of production and were unavailable, and they got cooler. The "shiniest new object" crowd dissipated and GT retained a really cult following of loyal owners. Lots of people had lots of fun out driving them for the sheer enjoyment of it and they started to appreciate as guys wouldn't part with them. Then dudes were constantly updating auction results. People were claiming Heritages would be $1 million shortly, to be followed imminently by all other GTs. Here we sit today and a Heritage just hammered at auction for $327k with low miles.
Point is, people are going to ride the same rollercoaster of dumb shit with this car because that's what the internet is for. I assure you. It's coming.
Buy what you like, enjoy your time with it and have fun. If you're GT long, it's all static.
I did not know about the article written by Wyss on the Ford GT's very interesting that Car and Driver would print anything he wrote. He is known for getting his facts wrong in the Cobra community and considered a "hack" writer by most of those folks. He has approached me a couple times trying to pedal his books and even proposed writing a book about my car once. I told him I would take legal action if he did because I knew of his reputation for embellishing or just making stuff up.
Thanks Dave,
That article shows how he plays fast and loose with facts.
He is known for getting his facts wrong in the Cobra community and considered a "hack" writer by most of those folks.
To this day, most amusing thing I've ever seen was Wyss trying to sell a book of his outside Rally 2, Bony grabbed his signage and smashed it over his knee and threw it in the garbage. :lol
Yeah, there were several inaccuracies identifiable at the time, but it's hard to convince people C&D is wrong. To this day, most amusing thing I've ever seen was Wyss trying to sell a book of his outside Rally 2, Bony grabbed his signage and smashed it over his knee and threw it in the garbage. :lol
Yeah, there were several inaccuracies identifiable at the time, but it's hard to convince people C&D is wrong. To this day, most amusing thing I've ever seen was Wyss trying to sell a book of his outside Rally 2, Bony grabbed his signage and smashed it over his knee and threw it in the garbage. :lol
To this day, most amusing thing I've ever seen was Wyss trying to sell a book of his outside Rally 2, Bony grabbed his signage and smashed it over his knee and threw it in the garbage. :lol
I remember that. It was my first rally & got me hooked. I'll never miss a rally. That rally was also when Gerisch drove Piana's GTX on the auto-x course at the end of the day. He drifted it until the tires were down to the cord! We took a limo to the Peterson Museum & stopped to pick up two rear tires for Piana & had to hold them on our laps for what seemed like hours! We did meet Carroll Shelby at the museum though! It would take hours for me to tell you all the things that happened. Boy, was it fun!
Ed