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27-10-2008, 09:55 PM
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Ford Power To The People
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Quick question.
Is the new US ford gt supercar called a gt40 or gt50? |
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27-10-2008, 10:04 PM
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N/A all the way
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Just the Ford GT. They no longer own the rights to the name GT40.
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27-10-2008, 10:10 PM
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Ford Power To The People
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was it ever called a gt50 at any stage? |
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27-10-2008, 10:14 PM
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There was also the GT90 back in the 90s
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27-10-2008, 10:14 PM
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N/A all the way
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Dont think so, the original name was due to the car being 40 inches high. I think the new one is 44 inches high by memory, so if anything a GT44!
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27-10-2008, 10:33 PM
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Now Fordless
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Not thinking of the GT500? Mustang?
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27-10-2008, 10:41 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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y dont ford have the rights to GT40 anymore?
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27-10-2008, 11:09 PM
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Parts bin special
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They sold the rights to the name. They wanted to buy them back when they released the new one, but the owners wanted too much money, hence why it's Ford GT.
As well as the GT90, there was also a GT70 with very few built
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28-10-2008, 12:41 AM
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So the bottom line is that the name was never actually owned by Ford at all. Furthermore, Safir claim that Ford had never even officially negotiated to buy the name, let alone have a chance to reject it on price. |
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GT40 or GT50
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