First 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt Sells for $300,000 at Auction

by Matt Posky

January 21st, 2018 2:12 PM

first 2019 ford mustang bullitt sells for 300 000 at auction

While Ford hasn’t announced the pricing of the new Bullitt Mustang, the first example just sold for three-hundred grand at auction. We’re presuming future production models will be considerably more affordable because, damn, that’s a lot to spend on an appearance package and a few extra horses — even if the end result is undeniably cool.

Fortunately, all the proceeds went to supporting the Boys Republic — a charity near and dear to Steve McQueen. In addition to being remanded to the school after his own mother signed a court order that he was “incorrigible,” a matured McQueen often visited its children during the holidays and frequently donated large sums of money to the organization.

While we don’t know if the person who purchased the car was a true philanthropist or simply a huge fan of movie-inspired Mustangs, they clearly wanted this car very badly. With no reserve at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, Lot could have gone for a far more modest sum on Friday evening.

We saw the car at the North American International Auto Show last week. Ford said it was equipped with an upgraded 5.0-liter V8, borrowed from the Mustang GT, delivering at least 475 horsepower and 420 foot-pounds of torque. The estimated top speed is 163 miles per hour — accessible through a six-speed cue-ball manual and heavy right foot. Certainly desirable, we’re not sure the vehicle is worth $300,000 outside of charitable causes. One-sixth of that price seems a bit more reasonable and likely closer to what the manufacturer will ultimately ask for.

Ford says it will hip us the official MSRP of the Bullitt closer to its summer launch.

[Images: Ford Motor Co.]

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ItsBob on Jan 22, 2018

This "moron" obviously is smart enough to spend his time acquiring enough wealth to be able to spend $300,000 on a $60,000 car. I guess he could have spent most of his time on forums bashing his least favorite auto brand but then he would be a---what? A moron?

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- EBFlex on Jan 22, 2018
  
  What kind of moron would pay $60K for a green Mustang. The Mustang just isn't that good. You'd think for a charity car they would auction something thats at least decent.
  
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- DC Bruce on Jan 22, 2018
  
  @EBFlex To my eyes, the first “Bullitt” Mustang looked more like the original than this one. On the “moron” angle, the purchaser of this car can claim a charitable deduction in the amount of the difference between the price he paid ($600,000) and the fair market value of the car he received, presumably the sticker price of the car at retail. I’m assuming that someone who has sufficient assets and income to drop $600K on a car will be able to make use of the deduction. It’s probably a little more fun to do it this way than to write a check for $540,000 to your favorite charity. Doesn’t sound moronic to me.
  
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- Art Vandelay on Jan 22, 2018
  
  @EBFlex You are the sort that drives an old W Body with the temp spare that has been on the front for the last 20k miles I bet
  
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Jpolicke on Jan 22, 2018

Maybe it’s just the photos but it doesn’t look like the right shade of green. Since it bears so little in common with the original they should at least have the color right.

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- EBFlex on Jan 22, 2018
  
  It's Ford. Their attention to detail is nonexistent.
  
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- Art Vandelay on Jan 22, 2018
  
  I pulled up some other pictures of it and it looks darker in most of them...much closer to the original highland green. Pay no mind to the bloviations of EBFlex who apparently doesn't get the whole google bit.
  
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- DenverMike on Jan 22, 2018
  
  @Art Vandelay It's not just that shade of green that's wrong, a lot of those automakers press pics look a little "off". The reflections don't seem right or there's a suspicious matte/flat finish on slab/flat panels closest to the "camera". There's never a reflection of the camera man and there's usually a convenient reflection on the glass, blocking the driver's face.
  
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