I didn't start FordGTprices.com until May 2005. Here's my Blue Oval Forum post from December 27, 2004:
I think Ford GT prices will fall to sticker within a year. There are certainly some number of buyers for who money is no object in their "gotta-have-it-now" desire, and thus the early sales have been for $200,000 and up.
But there are not that many buyers like that, and with Ford's plan to make several thousand GT's, the prices will have to come down to attract buyers.
It's interesting to see the info in the recent recall that although approximately 300 cars have been shipped, only about 100 have been sold. Certainly some dealers are using the cars as promotional traffic-builders, but I bet some are waiting for the next $250,000 buyer, and there probably aren't many left. Then next summer, the dealers sitting on their "collector's item" 2005 Ford GT will suddenly realize that it will soon be just a year-old car when the 2006's come out. Especially if the 2006's have any improvements or new options or color choices(which they likely will have).
When the Viper was introduced, it was also an unbelievable car, and it also was sold for extreme prices for a brief time. I went back to old Autoweeks and looked at the ads for dealers selling Vipers. Here's what the dealer premiums were:
Viper price premium over MSRP in Autoweek classified ads from dealers
July 1992 $95,000 - $150,000
October 1992 $30,000 - $80,000
January 1993 $15,000 - $30,000
April 1993 $10,000 - $20,000
August 1993 $10,000 - $15,000
November 1993 $3,000 - $8,000
So hold on a bit, and get your GT for sticker.
(end of history lesson)
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