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Is it finally time for Ford to produce a hi-po 2-seater sports car again? Or would you prefer that Ford just continue to use the Mustang indefinitely as a platform on which to base creations that can be all things to all people? ...keeping in mind that pony cars, by the nature of their size and the need for a backseat area, just can't be trimmed to 2-seater parameters. And, keeping in mind that many Mustang loyalists are leery that devoting hefty resources to another performance Ford, would threaten their beloved war horse.
Once upon a time, there was the Thunderbird...the good one I mean. That ended right about 50 years ago. Even through the anything-goes 1960s, Ford never seemed very interested in developing a 2-seater sports car, except for the FGT which I believe was an odd result of an attempted combo with Ferrari gone wrong...depending on whose point of view you ask. The GT was supposedly revenge for rejection from Ferrari. Not creating a long-lived hi-po 2-seater seems odd considering that the Corvette has always had a sizeable following and GM was always Ford's prime rival. In a recent interview Hameedi spoke of how surprised he is that nobody will compete directly with the Raptor, and yet there's this very long history of Ford not competing directly with the Corvette.
Ford GT40, Ford GT70 and Ford GT: Fifty years of a legendary name | CNET TV | Video Product Reviews, CNET Podcasts, Tech Shows, Live CNET Video
Ford is currently preoccupied with the emerging global opportunities, for example sales to China and IMO that makes them all the more unlikely to take the risk of developing a car that would be so out of character in relation to the multiple decades of production since 1960. And yet it seems to me that they are leaving money on the table in the process.
If they can produce the FGT, certainly they can produce something with a couple of performance levels from a price range of for example $55,000 to $125,000 that would trounce the various Corvette iterations, as well as the Viper.
Should they?
Once upon a time, there was the Thunderbird...the good one I mean. That ended right about 50 years ago. Even through the anything-goes 1960s, Ford never seemed very interested in developing a 2-seater sports car, except for the FGT which I believe was an odd result of an attempted combo with Ferrari gone wrong...depending on whose point of view you ask. The GT was supposedly revenge for rejection from Ferrari. Not creating a long-lived hi-po 2-seater seems odd considering that the Corvette has always had a sizeable following and GM was always Ford's prime rival. In a recent interview Hameedi spoke of how surprised he is that nobody will compete directly with the Raptor, and yet there's this very long history of Ford not competing directly with the Corvette.
Ford GT40, Ford GT70 and Ford GT: Fifty years of a legendary name | CNET TV | Video Product Reviews, CNET Podcasts, Tech Shows, Live CNET Video
Ford is currently preoccupied with the emerging global opportunities, for example sales to China and IMO that makes them all the more unlikely to take the risk of developing a car that would be so out of character in relation to the multiple decades of production since 1960. And yet it seems to me that they are leaving money on the table in the process.
If they can produce the FGT, certainly they can produce something with a couple of performance levels from a price range of for example $55,000 to $125,000 that would trounce the various Corvette iterations, as well as the Viper.
Should they?
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