Ford Shelby GR-1 News...

GT Successor

Ford, which said only 4,500 exotic $139,995 GTs will be sold in the 2005 and 2006 model years, has unveiled a high-performance concept ready to take the GT's place.

The Ford Shelby GR-1 concept bowed at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California last month and is expected on the auto-show circuit next year to gauge consumer demand.

There are two opposing Ford camps on what the GT successor should be - an open-top roadster or a closed-top coupe.

Ford unveiled a two-seat, convertible Shelby Cobra concept at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Now the closed-top two-seat Shelby GR-1 is being showcased. Both, built off the GT platform, were designed and built with performance car creator Carroll Shelby.

Ford leaves little doubt it wants to produce the GR-1.

"The Ford Shelby Cobra concept was a small step in our plans for the Ford GT," said J Mays, Ford's group vice president of global design. "The Ford Shelby GR-1 is a giant leap toward the future" and "the next chapter in a long line of Ford supercar concepts."

The '05 GT is powered by a 5.4-liter V-8 capable of 550 hp. and a top speed of 205 mph. (Car enthusiast Jay Leno already owns one.) The GR, expected to top $150,000, is powered by a 6.4-liter V-10 that achieves 605 hp.

- Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Friday, September 10, 2004

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