![]() 03/03/2015 at 17:26 • Filed to: USELESS LISTS | ![]() | ![]() |
So we just heard that the new Ford GT is rumored to cost $400,000. That's a lot of money, so much so that there's only a handful of cars that cost more. Here's what I could think of for production road going cars sold in the US.
Rolls Royce Phantom $408,000 The Rolls flagships starts just barely over 400k
Lamborghini Aventador Roadster $450,000 The base Aventador doesn't even break 400k, but the roadster, anniversary do. Certainly the new SV model will too.
Porsche 918 - $867,000 Naturally the trio of super cars cost more than 400k
McLaren P1 One million plus
Ferrari LaFerrai One Million plus
Bugatti Veyron - One Million plus sold out
Pagani Huayra - One million plus sold out (not really enough units to be a regular production car anyway)
Koenigsegge Agera- One million plus (not really enough units to be a regular production car anyway)
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A Bentley Mulsanne will approach close to $500k. Didn't check to see what it starts at, but probably close to $400k.
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I think it starts around $304k, but I'm sure it can be optioned to over 400.
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I like Wikipedia's rule of a 20 examples to qualify as a production car, which would exclude this and others like it.
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that's a Ghost in your second pic.
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I wonder what they bench marked the GT against. I assume the 650S since the 458 is dead and the Huracan has just been born which should be good since the 650s is a stupidly fast car. Either way I'm curious what the reception will be to it as I think they should of gone down the R8 route of volume rather than the Ferrari route of limited production because the Ford badge isn't something you usually associated with 6 figure sums.
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Noted.
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How many Venom GTs has Hennessey delivered so far?
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Wow, it's surprisingly hard to tell the difference, I guess the price tag is the biggest clue.
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Considering how well the old GT has held value over time, seems like the limited numbers aren't a bad idea. Anyone who buys one of these is almost guaranteed to be able to sell it for what they paid or more after several years.
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Yeah I thought it would be 150-250 range with 458/Huracan/650S performance. I'm skeptical that it will be substantially fast than a 488 or 675LT
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16 last I read.
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I'm ford guy by heart but $400K for a Ford is completely ludicrous.
If you honestly think I would buy a Ford(no matter how good it really is) before an Aventador or a Rolls Royce Phantom than you are a special kind of crazy. I understand that the Ford will likely go up in value just like the old GT did but still its just a Ford. I would of thought for sure it would of been priced around the $150K mark.
And you guys thought spending $60K on a Kia K900 was crazy.
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Also a lightly optioned Mini
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Wikipedia's rule? Since when is Wikipedia making rules?
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It makes rules for people editing wiki pages. For example: no cars on the 'fastest production cars' list that have fewer than 20 examples. Seems like a good cut off for what's considered "production" to me.
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Rules like that is why the Veyron is still in production long after interest has died out, but you have to build your own Caterham.