new Ford GT vs 928
08-24-2005, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by m21sniper
"Adjusted for inflation, how much would a $80,000 928 be in today’s dollars?"
I adjusted the $47,000 sticker price of my 1983 928S about a year ago for inflation, and it worked out to something like $105,000 adjusted 2004 US dollars.
I adjusted the $47,000 sticker price of my 1983 928S about a year ago for inflation, and it worked out to something like $105,000 adjusted 2004 US dollars.
08-24-2005, 05:39 PM
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I was just reading about the cracking control arm recall. They couldn't get proper replacements fast enough so they ended up having to mill solid billet aluminum ones for $1200 each.
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08-24-2005, 05:45 PM
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I'll probably jinx it or start the royal $h+t storm... but... dare I say it..... the C6 Z06 with a 500+ hp 7 liter dry-sump motor and 7:42 'ring times at half the price of the Ford GT is the killer. Sure the GT looks nice. But, I want to DRIVE the car. 
08-24-2005, 05:49 PM
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"You are light.....My 89GT had a sticker of $78 k and the GTS cars were closer to $90k, Run thise numbers through your time warp....bet you come closer to the buck and a half......What did a carerra cost in '89 anyone know?"
It depends on the year you're starting with when you do the calculations. The $105k estimate for an 83 is accurate in 2004 USD. The last year the 928 was made i believe it was $98,000 USD plus options, so yes, it would probably equate to even more in today's dollars. I'm too lazy to look it up.
It depends on the year you're starting with when you do the calculations. The $105k estimate for an 83 is accurate in 2004 USD. The last year the 928 was made i believe it was $98,000 USD plus options, so yes, it would probably equate to even more in today's dollars. I'm too lazy to look it up.
08-24-2005, 06:07 PM
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The VERY last 928 sold (1995 perlglanz)....
BASE Price - $82,260
FINAL with options: $168,539!!!!!
There's a pic of the sticker on the registry http://www.928registry.org/1995-928GTS-Pearlglanz.htm
BASE Price - $82,260
FINAL with options: $168,539!!!!!
There's a pic of the sticker on the registry http://www.928registry.org/1995-928GTS-Pearlglanz.htm
08-24-2005, 06:26 PM
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Yup, Dave is right the spit storm is coming. I too, think the hot commodity in US performance is once again the Corvette. I still hate them, but it's respectful hate. Hey, no one answered my trivia question! 'Whatsa' matter McFly ---- ya ch-ch-ch-chiken!' As for the GT being a race bred car, it started out that way by the chassis, but the engine isn't anything fancy by today's standards. I wouldv'e like to seen a V12(hint), or maybe a flat motor ala F50. Beating a Modena these days isn't much of a badge of honor @ that price.
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08-24-2005, 07:31 PM
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I don't read a word that you write, but I hope you keep posting often. 
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The guy from "fifth gear" (I can't remember his name) bought one, and ended up returning it, due to he poor workmanship 
08-24-2005, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by docmirror
... Hey, no one answered my trivia question! 'Whatsa' matter McFly ---- ya ch-ch-ch-chiken!
08-24-2005, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by m21sniper
" "Don't forget the huge recall on the Ford GT where they basically had to sleeve all the cylinders or something like that. That would suck buying a $150k car and needing major engine work right from the get-go" "
"In fairness to Ford they did develop the GT in a timeframe that's really totally unheard of.
Something like 5 months from car show prototype to an actual production model.
Quite an amazing feat, really."
"In fairness to Ford they did develop the GT in a timeframe that's really totally unheard of.
Something like 5 months from car show prototype to an actual production model.
Quite an amazing feat, really."
Channelling Johnny Cochran: "An amazing feat, but incomplete."
And they had had more than 40 years to work on it. So how did they screw up the suspension and and motor? When they could have just made replicas.
08-24-2005, 08:05 PM
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Nobody's going to be worrying about gaps in the bodywork when you pull up to the front door of Spago in your blood red Ford GT. The car does a perfect job of what it was meant to do: turn heads.
08-24-2005, 08:18 PM
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I don't know how we can point fingers when the door gaps on the 928 are huge. Ford can't sell replicas of the original GT's now that they need: front end crash protection, airbags, and all other assorted mandates not found when the cars were originally mfged.
08-24-2005, 08:20 PM
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Next time take the test drive. I know I would. On the other hand, I would never buy a car in the first year of production, or take a maiden voyage on a ship named Titanic. My dad taught me that.
08-24-2005, 08:35 PM
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OK what car is 6 inches longer than a 928 , 5 inches wider than a 928 , has a wheelbase nearly 8 inches longer. Oh yes it is 6 inches lower! Right the Ford GT .The real GT 40 was as the name implies only 40 inches tall rather than the 44.3 inches of the "new" GT and a much smaller lighter car. Ford determined that the target market for the GT would be a somewhat more mature group with somewhat larger proportions and demand more amenities. So the GT is said to be inspired by the GT40 when in fact they have virtually nothing in common.
