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Originally posted by TampaFla
Can't see Ford limiting production to fewer than 10,000. Just the painting facility they built for the GTs cost $20 million And the robotic welding system designed strickly for this car must have cost even more. Certainly there is a limited market but they have the capability to build many times 3000 just in a single year and as long as each one built produces a profit while the rest of the company is losing money...............
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The Company announced that they will make 4500. I saw a press release later that quoted 3000.
I think they will hold production to 3000-4500 to protect the owners of the GT. The GT will not meet the new federal regulations after the 2006 model year.
The rumor mill has them building the Shelby GR-1 at this plant after the GT production is complete. Some are speculating that the GR-1 concave tail was inspired by the Cobra Daytona Coupe. The GR-1 may have the V-10. George Saridakis designed the GR-1 at the Ford California studio.
I suspect that the GR-1 will be replaced by another supercar. It is part of Ford's image-car program. It keeps the gearheads watching threads like this. It's free marketing at it's finest.