Here's why I think the price of the NFT should be under $200K...
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the car, just that what Ford presented simply wasn't state of the art, there's no hydrogen fuel cell, no giga watt battery pack, no nuclear reactor on board, and the general public will still choose a Ferrari or Lambo and pay $100K premium for the same features and performance. And that's why I say Ford should and hopefully price the car for around $200K, then of course there will be a long line to get one but it is better to produce one less car than demand than to have bad press on cars sitting in the showroom floor getting highly discounted (read Nissan GT-R now with $10K dealer cash or Viper with a $15K MSRP cut).
The best advertisement for Ford is to be able offer such a competitive car at HALF of the competition's price, as most if not all the manufactures can build competitive cars at prices more than the competition.
Ford then should offer a loyalty program to those who purchased FGT's new and allow them to put the orders in early at MSRP, especially those who have crashed their GT's and now GTless as those folks really drove their cars for what they were meant for....:willy
- Carbon tubs are nothing new anymore, the BMW i3 has it for $45K, Alpha 4C isn't much more than that.
- Carbon skins are dime and a dozen, Gen V Viper, Bimmer M's, and C7 Vettes, all under $70K to $90K
- Push rod suspension doesn't cost much more to manufacture
- Adjustable shocks can be found on cars under $50K
- 600+ HP can be found on cars like a Mustang, Vette, Viper, all under $100K, 700+ is the standard now
- Twin Turbo V6, the lowly Nissan GT-R's block can handle well over 1000HP, Nismo GT-R is already at 600 HP last year
- Carbon Ceramic brakes can be found on Vettes, new CTS-V, lowly Porsches, all for under $100K
- Fixed seats were shown by Ferrari many years ago on the Millechili concept car and would even save costs
- Movable pedals has been on Vipers for over a decade
- Digital dash??? Two iPads in the dash and let the programmers go at it or look at what's on $20K Japanese cars
- Sync 3, hummm.... buy a Flex and use their system, then throw the rest of the car away
- Bihedral doors? $138K BMW i8 has them and so do many $15K rice rockets
- 200+MPH, even four door sedans can get there for under $70K, Hellcat Charger
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the car, just that what Ford presented simply wasn't state of the art, there's no hydrogen fuel cell, no giga watt battery pack, no nuclear reactor on board, and the general public will still choose a Ferrari or Lambo and pay $100K premium for the same features and performance. And that's why I say Ford should and hopefully price the car for around $200K, then of course there will be a long line to get one but it is better to produce one less car than demand than to have bad press on cars sitting in the showroom floor getting highly discounted (read Nissan GT-R now with $10K dealer cash or Viper with a $15K MSRP cut).
The best advertisement for Ford is to be able offer such a competitive car at HALF of the competition's price, as most if not all the manufactures can build competitive cars at prices more than the competition.
Ford then should offer a loyalty program to those who purchased FGT's new and allow them to put the orders in early at MSRP, especially those who have crashed their GT's and now GTless as those folks really drove their cars for what they were meant for....:willy
