Congratulations Jaguar!!!

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Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Ford doesn't care enough about the Ford GT to make them anymore, so, as good as it is, it's an automotive dead-end. How about a new thread: Great Obsolete Cars.

It has nothing to do about Ford caring about how good it is or was. Ford does things like this every once in a while to show off.

It's kinda like when Enzo (Ferrari) was going to sell Ferrari to Ford and backed out at the last second. Henry basically got pissed off and said, "ok - I'll show them Ferrari bastards" and built a car that won LeMans (totally dominated by Ferrari at the time) 4 years straight, just out of spite. They stopped production of the GT40 and stopped in LeMans, but Ford's little stunt will always be a little reminder to Ferrari that the colonists can still make a car that A.) turns and B.) kicks your ass for less than 1/2 the money.

And the engine in the, as you say, "dead" GT can be bought directly from Ford along with about any other modular engine they make. The 5.4L that's in the GT shares many things with what's in a Shelby or even a Crown Victoria. That's why they call it the mod motor. It's parts swap heaven. I have a few friends running the Ford GT engine from FRPP (Ford Racing Performance Parts) with a twin turbo setup in their mustangs. It's actually one of the things on the rise now as it's about as reliable as a setup with ridiculous horsepower than money can buy and you can get 30mpg out of it.