2005 Ford GT Photos & News

StangFlyer · 08-21-2003, 06:07 PM

For those who would like to see more of this bad boy... We just posted 246 photos of the 2005 Ford GT supercar today! You can see them in the Media Center.

Also, the pre-production Ford GT went up for public sale at Christie's auction house and fetched $557,500! [Read Article]

MTU 50 · 08-21-2003, 07:49 PM

Damn, that's a beautiful car.

Thanks for putting the pics up.

mustangII460 · 08-21-2003, 08:15 PM

I think its sweet.

But realistically, you'll see a UFO cruising the strip before one of these.

Hope they didn't raise the cost of a Mustang to finance this thing.

MTU 50 · 08-21-2003, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mustangII460
I think its sweet.

But realistically, you'll see a UFO cruising the strip before one of these.

Hope they didn't raise the cost of a Mustang to finance this thing.

Maybe in Tennessee (no offense), but I bet I'll see some around here over the next couple of years.

And I don't think the Mustang price will go up, because the GT is going to cost at least $130,000.

I'm glad they are doing a high performance, high dollar car. Why not? They have the talent, the name (well, most of it.....40?), and the resources to pull it off. I say go for it. I'm glad Dodge built the Viper, although the GT looks a hell of a lot nicer than a Viper, inside and out.

vertcrazy · 08-21-2003, 09:44 PM

I have actually seen one of the GT's cruising the strip all ready.Honest.I am a student at Ford Technical Institute here in Dearborn.The "Experimental Garage" as it is dubbed at school is right around the corner from me.One of the engineers had one out cruising down Republic Dr the other day right before school.He pulled out of the Roush building and jumped on it a little.That thing moves.Another guy from school said he saw the 2005 Mustang rolling down I-94 the other day.It had bra's all over it but you could tell what it was.I still hav'nt seen one of those out on the road yet.We are supposed to be getting a tour of that facility here in a couple of weeks.It's kinda nice being on the inside of the Ford facilities.You get to see alot of neet stuff.I am new to this site.Is there alot of people from MI here??

James

mustangII460 · 08-21-2003, 09:59 PM

Id rather build one for 40k. Then I could drive it without having a panic attack. And if I had that kind of money, Id buy a original Cobra Roadster.

Id rather see Ford build a Daytona Cobra, than the GT40. Of course Carroll would not like that too well. Or even a early Mustang Fastback.

Didn't quite understand the Tennessee comment. Ford not selling them here?

93calcobra · 08-21-2003, 10:18 PM

ford gt is a nice car

StangFlyer · 08-21-2003, 10:50 PM

vertcrazy - I am a Michigander also and I live in Farmington Hills... Mustang Works is based here, just 20-25 minutes from Ford World Headquarters.

There are several members in the area. In fact, our Corner Carver's moderator, Darius Rudis, also lives here in Livonia and works at Ford Motor Credit. In addition, I am also a member of the FME Club (Ford Motorsports Enthusiasts), which is largely made up of FoMoCo employees.

MTU 50 · 08-21-2003, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mustangII460

Didn't quite understand the Tennessee comment. Ford not selling them here?

Simple. I know that chances of me seeing one in the Detroit area is a lot greater than you seeing one in Tennessee. I think the Detroit Metro area has something like 5 million people and a lot of them are car enthusiasts.

How many Vipers do you see ?
How many Z-8 BMW's ?

Again, not making fun of you. Just Curious.

StangFlyer · 08-21-2003, 11:20 PM

MTU 50 - I was driving through Bloomfield recently and had a Ferrari Testarossa pull up next to me. In the spring I was driving down the lodge and I had a Ferrari Spider pass me. I've seen a Lamborgini going down US23. And, was out last month on Woodward down by 9 mile and there was a Ferrari parked in front of one of the clubs... Two weeks ago I was driving down I-96 in the Lightning and had a Viper pass me. Some young kid with his hottie girlfriend smiling away. An obvious "out in his daddy's car" incident, but I still gave him the thumbs up... After which, he proceeded to lay into it to "impress" me. As you said, it's not that hard to spot stuff like that in the metro area.

The Deuce · 08-22-2003, 01:47 AM

Just a question, but how did you score the pictures in the proving grounds.

I've seen that bank from the Greenfield Village knowl, but you'd have to have one heck of a zoom lens to make anything out.

StangFlyer · 08-22-2003, 02:45 AM

They were provided by FoMoCo. Mustang Works is a well established media publication that has been around since 1995, and we are also registered with Ford's Media Department. Ford sends, or provides on request, various materials to legitimate media and news outlets on a regular basis.

69fastback · 08-22-2003, 10:21 AM

That is an awesome car. I have loved the orginal gt-40s ever since I was a little kid. I can't wait to see one of these things in person. I gotta get me one.

If you want to see alot of expensive cars just take a trip down the 405 in LA toward Beverly Hills and all that crap and all you see is Hummers and porsches and ferraris even see a bunch of rolys royces. I used to love blasting down rodeo drive in my 69 mustang the looks i got where pretty funny.

MTU 50 · 08-22-2003, 11:05 AM

Yeah, I've seen 2 Ferarri's this summer. One was a Magnum PI style and I'm not sure what the other one was, but it was newer. The other day I saw a guy in a Rolls. It was a two tone convertible with white on top and purple on the bottom.

I have only saw a couple of Vipers this summer, two new Cadillac XLR's, a couple of the new F-150's already. Today in fact, I saw the new Mercedes SL. I think it has something like 550hp and 550 lb-ft of Torque. Nice looking car.

I don't live in a high class neighborhood or anything, but driving around town you see a lot of nice cars. Plus there is a TON of old Muscle roaming around. I saw a real nice 69' Stang yesterday. All white, with a single blue stripe down the middle and wide tires in back. It was sweet. And thankfully, we don't have too much rice. I don't think I could take seeing that crap everyday.

When I was at the Ford Romeo proving ground in May, they had one of their prototype GT's out there testing. It was only a 400 hp version and not the production 500 hp. They were out on the flat test surface doing braking runs. That thing stopped pretty quick from my vantage point.

mustangII460 · 08-22-2003, 03:40 PM

quote:
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Originally posted by mustangII460

Didn't quite understand the Tennessee comment. Ford not selling them here?
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Simple. I know that chances of me seeing one in the Detroit area is a lot greater than you seeing one in Tennessee. I think the Detroit Metro area has something like 5 million people and a lot of them are car enthusiasts.

How many Vipers do you see ?
How many Z-8 BMW's ?

Again, not making fun of you. Just Curious.

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More people, more cars, thats a no brainer. Odds on seeing more of any given Hot Rod, I doubt it. A new GT probably. But it will show up here in time. Maybe a couple thousand Hot Rods a weekend roll through here all summer long. We see our share. Search Pigeon Forge.

How many Vipers? Two friends have them. In fact, rode one around Bristol Motor Speedway (N.A.S.C.A.R.). Don't know what a z-8 is, im sure their here too .

Im sorry I don't see your point.

StangFlyer · 08-22-2003, 03:59 PM

mustangII460 - I think he thought you were in "the back woods" down there in TN. He doesn't realize your neck of TN is heavily trafficed by tourists and gets a lot of traffic of all kinds throughtout the warm months...

Actually, I'd love to get back down to Gatlinburg sometime to where my friends parents condo is. We had some good times down there back in the years when I lived in Lexington, KY...

mustangII460 · 08-22-2003, 05:40 PM

Dan,,

If you come down let me know. I'll show ya the good places to eat and sight see.

If its not too cold we'll cruise the Cobra through Gatlinburg. YOU TOO MARTY. It's crazy the attention these cars get. lol.

About a dozen Cobras, one Daytona Cobra, Maybe one original are going to the Shades Of the Past ( Fall Rod Run). Should be a blast. Parade of Cobras. lol. I forget, sometime in September.

08-21-2003, 06:07 PM	#1
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	2005 Ford GT Photos For those who would like to see more of this bad boy... We just posted 246 photos of the 2005 Ford GT supercar today! You can see them in the Media Center. Also, the pre-production Ford GT went up for public sale at Christie's auction house and fetched $557,500! [Read Article] __________________ StangFlyer 1991 Mustang GT - Supercharged 377 Stroker 2000 Ford Lightning - Project Lightning Hauler Media Center Gallery - View my member photos

08-21-2003, 07:49 PM	#2
MTU 50 GOT TORQUE ???? Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: New Hudson, Michigan, USA Posts: 689	Damn, that's a beautiful car. Thanks for putting the pics up. __________________ 1991 GT, AOD, Moroso Cold Air, 3.73s, Pulleys, H-pipe, MAC Pro-Dumps, FMS c-springs, and KYBs, A/c delete, 190 LPH fuel pump, 3-row radiator, Maximum Motorsports full length subframes 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada(wife's car) 2005 Ford Taurus SEL (company ride) GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS !!!!

08-21-2003, 09:44 PM	#5
vertcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bannister Michigan Posts: 3	I have actually seen one of the GT's cruising the strip all ready.Honest.I am a student at Ford Technical Institute here in Dearborn.The "Experimental Garage" as it is dubbed at school is right around the corner from me.One of the engineers had one out cruising down Republic Dr the other day right before school.He pulled out of the Roush building and jumped on it a little.That thing moves.Another guy from school said he saw the 2005 Mustang rolling down I-94 the other day.It had bra's all over it but you could tell what it was.I still hav'nt seen one of those out on the road yet.We are supposed to be getting a tour of that facility here in a couple of weeks.It's kinda nice being on the inside of the Ford facilities.You get to see alot of neet stuff.I am new to this site.Is there alot of people from MI here?? James __________________ 1991 5.0 LX Convertible 1991 Z28 Convertible 1968 Chevy 1/2 ton 4X4

08-21-2003, 10:18 PM	#7
93calcobra Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: sacramento california Posts: 97	ford gt is a nice car __________________ 1993 red cobra 1999 ford lightning 1999 bmw 3m 2003 lincoln ls

08-21-2003, 10:50 PM	#8
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	vertcrazy - I am a Michigander also and I live in Farmington Hills... Mustang Works is based here, just 20-25 minutes from Ford World Headquarters. There are several members in the area. In fact, our Corner Carver's moderator, Darius Rudis, also lives here in Livonia and works at Ford Motor Credit. In addition, I am also a member of the FME Club (Ford Motorsports Enthusiasts), which is largely made up of FoMoCo employees. __________________ StangFlyer 1991 Mustang GT - Supercharged 377 Stroker 2000 Ford Lightning - Project Lightning Hauler Media Center Gallery - View my member photos

08-21-2003, 08:15 PM	#3
mustangII460 Factoy Five Roadster Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee Posts: 1,681	I think its sweet. But realistically, you'll see a UFO cruising the strip before one of these. Hope they didn't raise the cost of a Mustang to finance this thing.

08-21-2003, 09:59 PM	#6
mustangII460 Factoy Five Roadster Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee Posts: 1,681	Id rather build one for 40k. Then I could drive it without having a panic attack. And if I had that kind of money, Id buy a original Cobra Roadster. Id rather see Ford build a Daytona Cobra, than the GT40. Of course Carroll would not like that too well. Or even a early Mustang Fastback. Didn't quite understand the Tennessee comment. Ford not selling them here?

08-21-2003, 11:20 PM	#10
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	MTU 50 - I was driving through Bloomfield recently and had a Ferrari Testarossa pull up next to me. In the spring I was driving down the lodge and I had a Ferrari Spider pass me. I've seen a Lamborgini going down US23. And, was out last month on Woodward down by 9 mile and there was a Ferrari parked in front of one of the clubs... Two weeks ago I was driving down I-96 in the Lightning and had a Viper pass me. Some young kid with his hottie girlfriend smiling away. An obvious "out in his daddy's car" incident, but I still gave him the thumbs up... After which, he proceeded to lay into it to "impress" me. As you said, it's not that hard to spot stuff like that in the metro area. __________________ StangFlyer 1991 Mustang GT - Supercharged 377 Stroker 2000 Ford Lightning - Project Lightning Hauler Media Center Gallery - View my member photos

08-22-2003, 01:47 AM	#11
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	Just a question, but how did you score the pictures in the proving grounds. I've seen that bank from the Greenfield Village knowl, but you'd have to have one heck of a zoom lens to make anything out. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

08-22-2003, 02:45 AM	#12
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	They were provided by FoMoCo. Mustang Works is a well established media publication that has been around since 1995, and we are also registered with Ford's Media Department. Ford sends, or provides on request, various materials to legitimate media and news outlets on a regular basis. __________________ StangFlyer 1991 Mustang GT - Supercharged 377 Stroker 2000 Ford Lightning - Project Lightning Hauler Media Center Gallery - View my member photos

08-22-2003, 10:21 AM	#13
69fastback IRAQ VET Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: high desert California Posts: 1,480	That is an awesome car. I have loved the orginal gt-40s ever since I was a little kid. I can't wait to see one of these things in person. I gotta get me one. If you want to see alot of expensive cars just take a trip down the 405 in LA toward Beverly Hills and all that crap and all you see is Hummers and porsches and ferraris even see a bunch of rolys royces. I used to love blasting down rodeo drive in my 69 mustang the looks i got where pretty funny. __________________ 428 Cobra Jet SOHC 5.4 3V F-150 96 mystic cobra 91 GT

08-22-2003, 11:05 AM	#14
MTU 50 GOT TORQUE ???? Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: New Hudson, Michigan, USA Posts: 689	Yeah, I've seen 2 Ferarri's this summer. One was a Magnum PI style and I'm not sure what the other one was, but it was newer. The other day I saw a guy in a Rolls. It was a two tone convertible with white on top and purple on the bottom. I have only saw a couple of Vipers this summer, two new Cadillac XLR's, a couple of the new F-150's already. Today in fact, I saw the new Mercedes SL. I think it has something like 550hp and 550 lb-ft of Torque. Nice looking car. I don't live in a high class neighborhood or anything, but driving around town you see a lot of nice cars. Plus there is a TON of old Muscle roaming around. I saw a real nice 69' Stang yesterday. All white, with a single blue stripe down the middle and wide tires in back. It was sweet. And thankfully, we don't have too much rice. I don't think I could take seeing that crap everyday. When I was at the Ford Romeo proving ground in May, they had one of their prototype GT's out there testing. It was only a 400 hp version and not the production 500 hp. They were out on the flat test surface doing braking runs. That thing stopped pretty quick from my vantage point. __________________ 1991 GT, AOD, Moroso Cold Air, 3.73s, Pulleys, H-pipe, MAC Pro-Dumps, FMS c-springs, and KYBs, A/c delete, 190 LPH fuel pump, 3-row radiator, Maximum Motorsports full length subframes 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada(wife's car) 2005 Ford Taurus SEL (company ride) GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS !!!!

08-22-2003, 03:40 PM	#15
mustangII460 Factoy Five Roadster Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee Posts: 1,681	quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by mustangII460 Didn't quite understand the Tennessee comment. Ford not selling them here? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simple. I know that chances of me seeing one in the Detroit area is a lot greater than you seeing one in Tennessee. I think the Detroit Metro area has something like 5 million people and a lot of them are car enthusiasts. How many Vipers do you see ? How many Z-8 BMW's ? Again, not making fun of you. Just Curious. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More people, more cars, thats a no brainer. Odds on seeing more of any given Hot Rod, I doubt it. A new GT probably. But it will show up here in time. Maybe a couple thousand Hot Rods a weekend roll through here all summer long. We see our share. Search Pigeon Forge. How many Vipers? Two friends have them. In fact, rode one around Bristol Motor Speedway (N.A.S.C.A.R.). Don't know what a z-8 is, im sure their here too . Im sorry I don't see your point.

08-22-2003, 03:59 PM	#16
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	mustangII460 - I think he thought you were in "the back woods" down there in TN. He doesn't realize your neck of TN is heavily trafficed by tourists and gets a lot of traffic of all kinds throughtout the warm months... Actually, I'd love to get back down to Gatlinburg sometime to where my friends parents condo is. We had some good times down there back in the years when I lived in Lexington, KY... __________________ StangFlyer 1991 Mustang GT - Supercharged 377 Stroker 2000 Ford Lightning - Project Lightning Hauler Media Center Gallery - View my member photos

08-22-2003, 05:40 PM	#17
mustangII460 Factoy Five Roadster Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee Posts: 1,681	Dan,, If you come down let me know. I'll show ya the good places to eat and sight see. If its not too cold we'll cruise the Cobra through Gatlinburg. YOU TOO MARTY. It's crazy the attention these cars get. lol. About a dozen Cobras, one Daytona Cobra, Maybe one original are going to the Shades Of the Past ( Fall Rod Run). Should be a blast. Parade of Cobras. lol. I forget, sometime in September.

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