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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
so what about the ford gt? its a very rare car to see and is marketed to a different person. whats so different with a zr1?
some people have money and just don't give a ****.
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I read an article and also talked to some people at Ford years ago and they confirmed that taking traditional profit margins into account, the Ford GT should have been priced in the $80-85k range, but Ford wanted to compete with Ferrari, so they jacked the price up to make it look price wise like it was a super car. Ford profited over $100,000 of each one that sold. The GT was marketed to rich asses with lots of money and no brains. From my understanding, the ZR-1 costs a lot more to build than the GT did and has much better performance numbers. Bang for the buck is definitely with the ZR-1.
Like Al said, this will not be a car that your average 18 year old will take his paper route money to the dealership with and drive out with one. It's for people with money. If it was some gearhead that knew about cars, they'd just buy a base V8 and mod it and it would go faster, and cost less. But the Shelbys, Saleens, Rouchs, and Z28s are not for those people. Hell, the Shelby GT300 is just $2000 in off the shelf parts and with a $20,000 mark up.