How Ford developed the 2010 GT500

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They need to build that Red Job !!! Wow !! Jamal are you listening !!! :biggrin
 
STORMCAT said:
They need to build that Red Job !!! Wow !! Jamal are you listening !!! :biggrin
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+1 Where do I send my 100% deposit on the red one? Ecoboost V8?? GR1 V10??
 
HECK YA, THE RED ONE!!!!!!!!!!:eek:eek:eek

(In midnite BLUE...of course...:wink)
 
I can assure there is a shitstorm over these sketches being on Jalopnik. Too late to take them down now, but those were definitely not supposed to be out for public consumption :lol Design does stuff years in advance, so there's a possibility some of this shows up at the next all-new Mustang. I have pictures of the GT being clayed in 2002, and you could see a reasonable facsimile of the 2007 GT500 on the wall, including the name "GT500".
 
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I can assure there is a shitstorm over these sketches being on Jalopnik. Too late to take them down now, but those were definitely not supposed to be out for public consumption :lol Design does stuff years in advance, so there's a possibility some of this shows up at the next all-new Mustang. I have pictures of the GT being clayed in 2002, and you could see a reasonable facsimile of the 2007 GT500 on the wall, including the name "GT500".
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There was a big hoopla over the C6Z06 when it came out too. I vaguely remember GM paying a personal visit to a guy in Texas at his home that leaked information in a similar manner...
 
HHGT said:
There was a big hoopla over the C6Z06 when it came out too. I vaguely remember GM paying a personal visit to a guy in Texas at his home that leaked information in a similar manner...
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Those Darn Texans. :biggrin

God Bless Texas. :usa
 
DBK said:
I can assure there is a shitstorm over these sketches being on Jalopnik. Too late to take them down now, but those were definitely not supposed to be out for public consumption :lol Design does stuff years in advance, so there's a possibility some of this shows up at the next all-new Mustang. I have pictures of the GT being clayed in 2002, and you could see a reasonable facsimile of the 2007 GT500 on the wall, including the name "GT500".
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That's always been the problem with the car companies. They always show radical concept cars at the car shows and radical sketches and then when and if they ever make it to production you usually get a watered down version..

I bet if you started a web site around that version and took deposits you could fund that car being built. It's time for a new marketing Strategy. Pre- sell them to get it built..!! I'm in for one !!! Build it now and they will come.. :biggrin
 
STORMCAT said:
They always show radical concept cars at the car shows and radical sketches and then when and if they ever make it to production you usually get a watered down version..
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...'glad I didn't have a preproduction deposit down on the "Forty Nine" concept...
 
STORMCAT said:
That's always been the problem with the car companies. They always show radical concept cars at the car shows and radical sketches and then when and if they ever make it to production you usually get a watered down version..
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Blame the governments of the world. 99% of concept cars are 100% production non-feasible just because you end up having to build the car around 8 million safety requirements. Cars all look the same now because of things like pedestrian bumper requirements, headlamp requirements, greenhouse requirements. If all that stuff didn't exist, designers would go nuts and cars would hit the road as shown.

I wouldn't call them watered down, I'd call them screwed by regulations. All designers hate it, but it's the reality they live with.
 
HHGT said:
There was a big hoopla over the C6Z06 when it came out too. I vaguely remember GM paying a personal visit to a guy in Texas at his home that leaked information in a similar manner...
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A very good friend of mine whom I've worked with a number of times. The real leak is also a D-bag I know who lived in metro-Detroit.
 
DBK said:
Blame the governments of the world. 99% of concept cars are 100% production non-feasible just because you end up having to build the car around 8 million safety requirements. Cars all look the same now because of things like pedestrian bumper requirements, headlamp requirements, greenhouse requirements. If all that stuff didn't exist, designers would go nuts and cars would hit the road as shown.

I wouldn't call them watered down, I'd call them screwed by regulations. All designers hate it, but it's the reality they live with.
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I hear ya... I have a Chevy SSR . not everyones cup of tea but it's one of the few concept vehicles that retained it's dramatic body lines..
 
DBK said:
Blame the governments of the world. 99% of concept cars are 100% production non-feasible just because you end up having to build the car around 8 million safety requirements. Cars all look the same now because of things like pedestrian bumper requirements, headlamp requirements, greenhouse requirements. If all that stuff didn't exist, designers would go nuts and cars would hit the road as shown.

I wouldn't call them watered down, I'd call them screwed by regulations. All designers hate it, but it's the reality they live with.
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This makes sense, I always wondered why you got great concept designs and you never saw the car.:ack
 
STORMCAT said:
I hear ya... I have a Chevy SSR . not everyones cup of tea but it's one of the few concept vehicles that retained it's dramatic body lines..
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Chevy SSR:thumbsup:thumbsup
 
HHGT said:
Chevy SSR:thumbsup:thumbsup
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Thanks !! I'm a big fan of the Prowler as well !! When I was looking to scratch my retro hot rod itch it was between the Prowler and the SSR. The SSR won out. I wanted a two seat weekend get away car. The SSR has a little more usable storage space and the 6.0 L V8 .. I was real close to pulling the pin on an Inca Gold Prowler...:biggrin
 
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