Ford GT Production Extended by Two Years, Past Applicants Now First in Line

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

TTAC’s membership in the Ford GT club just got a whole lot less exclusive (sorry, Sanjay), after Ford Motor Company announced an extension of its supercar production.

Ford Performance will tack on another two years of GT production, meaning thousands of jilted would-be buyers still have a chance to score the carbon fiber beast.

The application period for the 2017 and 2018 models yielded 6,506 orders, despite a 500-unit production total spread across two years. Plenty of unhappy customers, for sure, but also plenty of vetted people willing to pay in excess of $400,000.

“While we can’t build enough Ford GTs for everyone who has applied, we are going to produce additional vehicles in an effort to satisfy more of our most loyal Ford ambassadors,” said Dave Pericak, global director of Ford Performance, in a statement. “We want to keep Ford GT exclusive, but at the same time we know how vital this customer is to our brand.”

Customers who applied for a GT and received a heartbreaking rejection letter will now be first in line. They simply need to update their request when the next application window opens early next year.

According to Ford, the third year of production “will support applicants who were placed on the wait list; previously deferred applicants and those who missed the initial application window will be served by production year four.”

Built by Multimatic in Ontario, the Ford GT sports an intercooled version of Ford’s twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6.

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  • LastCar LastCar on Aug 19, 2016

    So my SS might be about as rare as the GT.

    • EBFlex EBFlex on Aug 20, 2016

      Yes but it will be far more reliable and has a proper number of cylinders. And it wasn't made by a manufacturer so arrogant and full of themselves that it required people to write letters and beg for a chance to buy the vehicle. Ford is such a joke of a company. Requiring people to beg for a chance to buy an ugly appliance with a Taurus V6.

  • Joe Btfsplk Joe Btfsplk on Aug 19, 2016

    I'm still gonna have to wait for the fiberglass kit car version made from Pinto parts...

    • Sgeffe Sgeffe on Aug 20, 2016

      Ummm....yeah! Probably not officially licensed, and no doubt the gas tank will be better-placed!

  • EBFlex EBFlex on Aug 20, 2016

    Silly, ignorant people. There shouldn't be demand for this car. There are far, far better cars from much more respectable brands that deserve to be bought. But at the end of the day, after you've spent way too much for this hideous appliance, you are still left with a Ford powered by a Taurus V6.

  • Geo Geo on Aug 20, 2016

    A 600+ hp "Taurus engine". It's not as if it's a Vulcan 3.0 from 1991.

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