Motor City Mad Man
Enthusiast
I read it in Autoweek, Ford never copyrighted "GT40". A builder of GT40 parts bought the name. Ford started to make the new "GT40" (this is how you can tell which is a concept or production- look on the front lower part of the rocker panel). Ford inquired about buying back the name, and the business owner wanted too much for it. So Ford is sticking with the "GT" nameplate.The NEW Ford GT is NOT a GT-40. A GT-40 was a racing classic with it's crosshairs sighted on a prancing pony back in the mid 60s.
Todays car may look like a GT-40, but it's not. I would much rather have the sound of 6 carbs sucking air like a banshee 8" from my head and the the sound of 6K RPM from those bundle of snakes than an EFI airconditioned road car. Call me crazy, but it lost too much of it's racing history in the new incarnation.
As for these punks.. that will be the closest they come to any car above 20K LOL
MM
I know the whole story behind all this naming deal and Ford not owning rights to the name "GT-40" anymore. It's just that when I think of a Ford GT, I think of a Mustang so I keep using the name GT-40 so no one gets confused. They should have called it the Ford GT-44 since it is 44" high and the original GT-40 was 40" high, hence its name. GT just sounds stupid.