Ford axes GT, two other cars

[XCELR8]

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...602030367/1148

[Msedanman]

Times are tough for the big 3....I'm not surprised about the cutbacks.

I'm disappointed about the GT and the Sport Trac Adrenaline, which I was looking forward to seeing.

Maybe when things pick up again, Ford will consider them again.

C.

[jawjaw]

That's a shame. We probably won't be seeing many more exotics like the GT for a long time.

[RBull]

Originally Posted by Msedanman

Times are tough for the big 3....I'm not surprised about the cutbacks.

I'm disappointed about the GT and the Sport Trac Adrenaline, which I was looking forward to seeing.

Maybe when things pick up again, Ford will consider them again.

C.

Yep, and they're getting out of the mini van business too. Can't sell against the others and demographics are changing so demand will decrease.

[vn3115]

Weren't they going to discontinue the GT because it didn't meet future safety standards? I thought they were going to replace it with a shelby concept.

I am not sure, just remember reading it somewhere.

[rufus55]

Yeah, the article mentions that the void is to be filled by the Shelby GT500.

Originally Posted by vn3115

Weren't they going to discontinue the GT because it didn't meet future safety standards? I thought they were going to replace it with a shelby concept.

I am not sure, just remember reading it somewhere.

[Neil]

They need to concentrate on the cars that people can afford anyways. Makes more sense to focus on selling 1,000,000 $20,000 cars rather than 500 $200,000 cars.