The company will begin building the GT in Wixom, Michigan, early next summer in volumes limited to about 1750 units annually over a two-year production run.
In addition, it will look to capitalise on the interest generated even among its own salaried ranks, within which many, including the company's chair Bill Ford Jr., are on a waiting list to buy the car.
"Rumour has it that hundreds within Ford Motor Company are among the first in line to buy a GT. Right behind them are the dealership owners, many of whom have been patiently waiting for a car like the GT to fulfil their exotic-car desires," that could never be satisfied by a foreign nameplate like Ferrari or Porsche without bringing along unwanted political baggage.
In addition to Ford execs and dealers, an undisclosed number of private buyers have placed multi-thousand-dollar deposits at local Ford dealerships even though the automaker is yet to decide which of its 3850 dealers will get the vehicle.
If your buddy gets one I doubt highly seriously he will sell it
