Ford GT HUGE demand sees Ford succumb to building more GTs

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The Ford GT – Ford’s 592bhp mid-engined supercar – is having its production run increased by 2 years to help Ford mop up some of the demand the GT has created.

Back in April, Ford opened the order books for the new Ford GT supercar, and received 7,000 applications for  a car expected to cost at least £400k – and with a production run of just 500.

That production run was a rate of 250 cars a year for two years, and would make the new Ford GT an awful lot more exclusive than the car it replaced, with even the Ford GT ’66 Heritage Edition not adding to the production numbers but just an option for 2017 orders.

Now whether Ford actually intended to limit production to just two years and 500 cars, or whether they thought only announcing the availability of 500 cars over two years would increase the interest and exclusivity, we don’t know. But whichever it is, Ford is building more GTs.

Ford Performance has announced that production will now extend for a further two years (which should mean a further 500 cars), with the first of those production years (year three production) supporting applicants who didn’t get an initial car, and year four open to new applicants from early 2018.

Dave Pericak, Ford Performance Global Director, said:

While we can’t build enough Ford GTs for everyone who has applied, we are going to produce additional vehicles in an effort to satisfy more of our most loyal Ford ambassadors.

We want to keep Ford GT exclusive, but at the same time we know how vital this customer is to our brand.

We certainly understand why Ford has taken the decision to build more GTs, but we do hope this isn’t a rinse and repeat project, with more production being added at future intervals.

That really would be a shame.