And I bought a 2016 911 TTS coming in July, just around my Bday!
The difference between lust, infatuation, and love. Lotta lust and infatuation over this car. They fade and/or move on to another object.
I don't think it is possible to have true love for the FGT2 without at least a few dates. :lol
I think that everyone needs to remember something, the car is designed to race in a class and have the ability to win that class. The street version is a necessary evil that is required to participate. Why would they care about allocations, who gets what, options etc when it is not the primary objective. The street cars will no doubt sell out no matter what is offered. If this were a serious effort to build the best super car it would have a turbocharged direct injected flat crank Coyote engine and a bunch of very expensive options. It is a merely a very competitive race car that has to meet minimum sales volumes to race.
I think that everyone needs to remember something, the car is designed to race in a class and have the ability to win that class. The street version is a necessary evil that is required to participate. Why would they care about allocations, who gets what, options etc when it is not the primary objective. The street cars will no doubt sell out no matter what is offered. If this were a serious effort to build the best super car it would have a turbocharged direct injected flat crank Coyote engine and a bunch of very expensive options. It is a merely a very competitive race car that has to meet minimum sales volumes to race.
Your right, it seems that they don't care about allocations (customers). Something awesome happened with the 05/06 GTs era and they are turning their back on that it seems. Maybe it will change for the good but as it sits right now I am very disappointed.
The allocation arrangements are pretty straightforward. You are not getting one.
How so? Nobody even knows how the cars will ultimately find their way to consumers! :lol
I also think that this is by far the best way the GT could return for the 50th Anniversary. It's a totally different car than the last one with a totally different mission (which largely dictates production volume), which is a good idea for Ford and it works out well for people happy that their 05/06 isn't just "another" GT. Different eras, each special for their own reasons. I'm quite certain that there would be a whole lot of meltdown going on if Ford had brought out the new car at a 4k unit run for $250k. Hell, over the last 6-7 months I watched around the internet as a number of GT owners careened towards a meltdown simply at the prospect of the name coming back for fear of what it would do to the value of their car.
Whether I end up getting one or not, I'm just glad it exists, for the same reason I'm glad LaFerrari, P1, 918, etc exist.
I'm jumping the gun a bit, but many current GT owners have had issues getting dealers to have the technical service/knowlege skills to currently look after them.
How the hell are the new 2016> owners going to have techs on the job with this new animal? 1/1,000,000 cars Ford sells will be this big dollar GT.
Can't think of a car company that has such squeed ratio of basic to extreme.
Stuart
Whether I end up getting one or not, I'm just glad it exists, for the same reason I'm glad LaFerrari, P1, 918, etc exist.