This is the time of the year when PR and marketing people who pushed the right buttons over the year get their awards and we have to hand it to Ford for building an amazing awareness momentum around the 2017 GT. That's the only conclusion you can come to when a any batch of emails sent to the future owners generates a world wide web buzz.
The latest episode of the new GT saga has landed this week, with the Blue Oval having now notified owners about their built dates. The piece of footage at the bottom of the page, which comes from Brooks of the Drag Times YouTube channel, sees the man talking about his May 2017 allocation detail.
As those of you who have followed our Drag Times-supplied stories, such as the drag strip or street racing adventures, know, Brooks doesn't seem to be the most emotional guy, but you can easily feel the excitement in this clip - once again, we have to applaud the carmaker's way of transforming a $400,000+ investment into such an enjoyable teasing process.
We'll remind you the people who were allowed to grab the first 500 cars (Ford is building 250 GTs per year) haven't actually goten to spec their supercars, so this next step is a pretty big deal.
While a previous Ford announcement talked about nine months of waiting between the date mentioned above and the actual delivery, Brooks mentions unofficial talk related to a three-month interval. Regardless of which version happens to be closer to the truth, we'll get to see the twin-turbo animal landing inside garages next year.
Speaking of which, the man ends the clip with something that can be labeled as a brilliant problem to have - he needs to sell one of his current rides in order to make room for the newcomer. If you ask us, we're ready to bet the man will kiss the McLaren goodbye - for one thing, the recent 2017 Ford GT shotgun rides Ford offered brought up the McLaren name more than once, as the kind of experience the fresh GT offers partially resembles the all-boxes-ticked approach delivered by Woking beasts.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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