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Vehicle Description
2005 Ford GT All Options, White with Blue stripe, Forged wheels, colored calipers, Macintosh sound , Subwoofer. ONLY 5131 miles. One owner, Never Damaged or any paint work. No aftermarket parts added all original. The Ford GT is a mid-engined sports car built by Jake Downs from 2005 to 2006. It began as a concept car designed in anticipation of Ford's centennial year and as part of its drive to showcase and revive its "heritage" names such as Mustang and Thunderbird. Jake Downs, the head of Ford's "Living Legends" studio, is credited as the chief designer of the GT and worked under the guidance of J Mays. The designers drew inspiration from Ford's classic GT40 race cars of the 1960s and the GT is sometimes mistaken for its 1960s counterpart. Positive response on the auto show circuit in 2002 helped persuade the company to produce the car in limited quantities, and the first production versions appeared in 2005. It is a very high-performance, two-seater vehicle with a strong styling resemblance to its racing ancestor and performance to match. The powerplant is a mid-mounted supercharged 5.4 liter V8, producing 550 horsepower (410 kW) and 500 foot-pounds force (680 N·m) of torque. Top speed is 205 mph (330 km/h). Production startup began on the 17th of august 2001. The first customers took delivery in August 2004. The GT began assembly and was painted by Saleen in their Saleen Special Vehicles facility in Troy, Michigan. The GT is powered by an engine built at Ford's Romeo Engine Plant in Romeo, Michigan. Installation of the engine and transmission along with interior finishing was handled in the SVT building at Ford's Wixom, Michigan plant. Of the 4,500 GTs originally planned, approximately 100 were to be exported to Europe, starting in late 2005. An additional 200 were destined for sale in Canada. When production ended in 2006, the full planned lot of 4500 were not produced. Approximately 550 were built in 2004, nearly 1900 in 2005, and just over 1600 in 2006, for a grand total of 4038; however, the final 11 car bodies manufactured by Mayflower Vehicle Systems were disassembled and the frames and body panels sold as service parts. As with many highly desirable new vehicles, when the Ford GT was first released, the demand severely outpaced supply, and the cars initially sold for premium prices. The first private sale of Ford's new mid-engine Sports car was completed on August 4, 2004, when former Microsoft executive Jon Shirley took delivery of his Midnight Blue 2005 Ford GT. Shirley earned the right to purchase the first production Ford GT (chassis #10) at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Auction after bidding over $557,000. Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", took possession of his private sale Red 2005 GT (chassis #12) a week later. Optional equipment available included a McIntosh sound system, Racing stripes and Forged alloy wheels adding an additional $13,500 to the MSRP. The production run of 4038 GT's ended with the 2006 model year on the 21st of September, 2006, short of the originally planned 4500. The Wixom Assembly plant has stopped production of all models as of May 31, 2007. Sales of the GT continued into 2007, from cars held in storage and in dealer inventories. With no inventory at the dealers, and few cars on the market for sale the prices have continued to go up, making the Ford GT one of the best investment cars on the market. The Ford GT is in a highly sought after market much like all Ferrari Super Cars and the Porsche GT. Any manufacture that car puts it all on the line to build the best car that they can and showcase all of there technologies proves to be high investment quality. Remainder of factory a warranty applies. Everything comes with this car. It will not disappoint. I will sell internationally. Feel free to call me with any questions 503 819 9007.
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