EBAY: Robin Yount's car [Archive]

suave1477

09-15-2009, 01:57 PM

Here is a little background on this car - pretty interesting.

Ford GT in South Central United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Central_United_States) (Texas)

The GT was produced in model years 2005 and 2006, with the first customers taking delivery in August 2004. The GT began assembly and was painted by Saleen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleen) in their Saleen Special Vehicles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleen_Special_Vehicles) facility in Troy, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy,_Michigan). The GT is powered by an engine built at Ford's Romeo Engine Plant in Romeo, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo,_Michigan). Installation of the engine and manual transmission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_transmission) along with interior finishing was handled in the SVT building at Ford's Wixom, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wixom,_Michigan) plant.
Of the 4,500 GTs originally planned, approximately 100 were to be exported to Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe), starting in late 2005. An additional 200 were destined for sale in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada). When production ended in 2006, the full planned lot of 4500 were not produced. Approximately 550 were built in 2004, nearly 1900 in 2005, and just over 1600 in 2006, for a grand total of 4038; however, the final 11 car bodies manufactured by Mayflower Vehicle Systems were disassembled and the frames and body panels sold as service parts.
As with many highly desirable new vehicles, when the Ford GT was first released, the demand severely outpaced supply, and the cars initially sold for premium prices. The first private sale of Ford's new mid-engine sports car was completed on August 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_4), 2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004), when former Microsoft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) executive Jon Shirley took delivery of his Midnight Blue 2005 Ford GT.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-0) Shirley earned the right to purchase the first production Ford GT (chassis #10) at a charity auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Auction after bidding over $557,000.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-1)
A few other early cars sold for as much as a $100,000 premium over the suggested retail price of $139,995 (Ford increased the MSRP to $149,995 on July 1, 2005).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-2) Optional equipment available included a McIntosh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_Laboratory) sound system, racing stripes and forged alloy wheels adding an additional $13,500 to the MSRP.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-3) An enthusiast website, FordGTprices.com, tracked sales and production numbers, and published up-to-date best-pricing advice, based on tracking the prices of successfully completed eBay auctions of the cars. By June 2005, retail sale prices had dropped to around $10,000 to $20,000 over MSRP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSRP), and in August 2005 several new GTs were sold on eBay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay) for no more than the suggested retail price.
The production run of 4038 GT's ended the 2006 model year on 21 September (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_21) 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006), short of the originally planned 4500.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-4) The Wixom Assembly Plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wixom_Assembly_Plant) has stopped production of all models as of May 31 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_31), 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007).[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT#cite_note-5) Sales of the GT continued into 2007, from cars held in storage and in dealer inventories.
Ford GT, US sales and world production totals, 2004–2007YearUS SalesProductionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDe cTotal20057444701171509111317616515720813021890200 61571942041571781851471431331022615819191601200762 169-2310Grand Total35964038