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Old 09-09-2011, 10:58 PM   #11
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I was talking with Sean and I agree with him... why invest all the money in a 2 seater when you may only sell about 30K units a year? Not saying I would not want it but I see why not.
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Old 09-10-2011, 12:29 AM   #12
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I was talking with Sean and I agree with him... why invest all the money in a 2 seater when you may only sell about 30K units a year? Not saying I would not want it but I see why not.
Why'd they build the GT then? It can be a Halo platform. As for total units globally, it could be higher. Remember Ford has more cache in Europe than GM does, especially in the UK. They would NEVER buy a Vette in any real numbers, but if Ford did a good job, and it would have to be a good job, the Brits would snap them up too. In short, I think the business case for 30k units globally seems arbitrarily tied to typical Vette sales.
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Old 09-10-2011, 12:43 AM   #13
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They made the gt for nostalgia
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Old 09-10-2011, 02:04 AM   #14
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They made the gt for nostalgia
In a sense perhaps. They made it to go after the F430 (AIR) in a sort of celebration of the famous Ford/Ferrari kerfuffle surrounding Ford's bid to buy Ferrari and Le Mans. That was an interesting time.

The point is they spent some scratch on a halo car that definitely brought some prestige to Ford.
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Ahh what would have been if ford bought ferrari
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Ahh what would have been if ford bought ferrari
Well, their best years weren't exactly just after the 60s so my guess is they would've been sold at some point along the way when it was clear Ferrari wasn't exactly a good fit with Ford. Consider the more recent, and more plausible Aston Martin. Basically, all Ford did was modernize Aston Martin. There's some funny stories about that.
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