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Helped persuade the company to produce the car in limited quantities, and the first production versions appeared in 2005. It is a very high-performance, two-seater vehicle with a strong styling resemblance to its racing ancestor and performance to match. The powerplant is a mid-mounted supercharged 5.4 litre V8 , producing 550В horsepower (410В kW) and 500В foot-pounds force (680В NВ·m).
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 , and in August 2005 several new GTs were sold on eBay for no more than the suggested retail price.The production run of 4038 GT’s ended the 2006 model year on 21 September 2006, short of the originally planned 4500.
On May 14, 2007 a GT participated in an economy driving contest around ReykjavГk in Iceland held by FГЌB (the association of car owners in Iceland) and the oil company AtlantsolГa. The driver GГsli JГіn Bjarnason, finished the 143В km (89В mi) circle on the GT through hilly terrain with average fuel consumption of 11.31В L/100В km (24.98В mpg XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
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