GT40 and GT1 put together????

[AlienDB7]

Originally Posted by Evo Originally Posted by RC45 The great part is that since Ford no longer owns the name GT40... these guys could very use it.. -- wouldn't that be a "last laugh" at Ford for not paying up to buy back the name... I though the new Ford Supercar called GT40 ?? or al I missing something ?

No, it's called the Ford GT. They couldn't buy the GT40 trademark back.

"Just as with many classic sportscars, several companies made replicas of the GT40 - of varying quality. One of the best such companies was Safir Engineering, which bought the rights to the name "GT40" in 1985, and built cars until 1999 with chassis numbers continuing the sequence where the original Ford cars stopped."

BTW, I found the spec for the VBM at http://gtfrance.free.fr/historique_vbm.html

- Chassis tubulaire avec panneaux alu rivetés et fond carbonne
- Carrosserie en résine polyester et fibre de carbonne
- Suspension Avant & Arrière de type triangles superposés avec combinés ressort-amortisseur
- moteur PRV 3 litres V6 bi-turbo (non porteur)
- boite de vitesse Hewland DGB 5 rapports
- poids 1050 kg

[RC45]

Originally Posted by AlienDB7 Originally Posted by Evo Originally Posted by RC45 The great part is that since Ford no longer owns the name GT40... these guys could very use it.. -- wouldn't that be a "last laugh" at Ford for not paying up to buy back the name... I though the new Ford Supercar called GT40 ?? or al I missing something ? No, it's called the Ford GT. They couldn't buy the GT40 trademark back. "Just as with many classic sportscars, several companies made replicas of the GT40 - of varying quality. One of the best such companies was Safir Engineering, which bought the rights to the name "GT40" in 1985, and built cars until 1999 with chassis numbers continuing the sequence where the original Ford cars stopped."

Ford refused to pay the rumoured $40 million for name GT40.

[mit5005]

Originally Posted by RC45 Originally Posted by AlienDB7 Originally Posted by Evo Originally Posted by RC45 The great part is that since Ford no longer owns the name GT40... these guys could very use it.. -- wouldn't that be a "last laugh" at Ford for not paying up to buy back the name... I though the new Ford Supercar called GT40 ?? or al I missing something ? No, it's called the Ford GT. They couldn't buy the GT40 trademark back. "Just as with many classic sportscars, several companies made replicas of the GT40 - of varying quality. One of the best such companies was Safir Engineering, which bought the rights to the name "GT40" in 1985, and built cars until 1999 with chassis numbers continuing the sequence where the original Ford cars stopped." Ford refused to pay the rumoured $40 million for name GT40.

I have read about this too. It is funny though because when I went to the Miami International auto show, I talked to the Ford representative and I asked him about it because they had the car there. He said it is not called the GT40 because it is not 40 inches tall anymore, it is 43 inches I think he said. I wonder why he would lie about that. I know its not 40 inches tall anymore, but I still believe the thing about Ford not paying up.