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Originally Posted by xc_SS/RS
No doubt it's a special car I just think it would've been received better if it had a V8. I just remember some were upset it had a V6 in it. Regardless of performance.
Something about spending $400K to get a badass road car based on a LeMans prototype running an engine used in a F150 doesn't sit well with me. But I won't be able to afford one so it's a moot point.
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First and foremost, I am a GM guy and I really couldn't care less about the GT (except when the ZR1 Vette beat it's time at VIR), but I enjoy chatting on here.
Ford didn't have any trouble selling the GT. They announced that 500 would be built between the '17 and '18 MY's. They received ~6,600 applications. ~6,100 people cried themselves to sleep the night they got their "rejection letter" from Ford.
As for the engine, I was shocked when Ford said it would be a TT V6, but when I heard it fire up at the press release, I was even more shocked. That is the best sounding V6 I've ever heard! Damn! Yes, the GT's EcoBoost shares some parts with the F-150's, but it is an entirely different animal built for performance. In fact, the L86 6.2L available in the Silverado has more in common with the LT1 in my Grand Sport.
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