Trump might become president, but we don't give a hoot because everyone is preoccupied with the Ford GT. It's fair to say that this all-American supercar is what every petrolhead on the planet secretly wants.
Last week, the Blue Oval sent out all the emails regarding the allocations and Tim from Youtube supercar channel Shmee150 says he received one. Of course, we aren't going to write a story about each and every one of those hundreds of people, but he is an interesting example.
You see, when Ferrari looked for LaFerrari future owners, it took into consideration loyal fandom. But Ford just wants Internet fame and is giving GTs out to people in the spotlight, not the ones who have a garage full of Escort Cosworths and other such goodies.
Shmee150 just bought a Focus RS as a daily driver and as far as we know he doesn't have the old GT. But he has got the most popular supercar channel in Britain. Just the video where he discussed the Ford GT allocation has go a quarter of a million views since July 29th.
In this video, Tim talks about how he fell in love with the 2017 Ford GT after seeing it at the Detroit Auto Show in January and how he sent emails to Ford dealers in Britain, even though they knew nothing about the car yet.
Tim also talks about the application form that he completed in April. It shows Ford was looking for previous owners, but also trendsetters and car collectors. He's both of those things, as he has owned several McLarens, a Ferrari FF and is currently waiting to have a Mercedes-AMG GT R delivered.
Yes, he also has a blue Focus RS that takes center stage in the video. But that arrived after the applications had been examined and reviewed. Let's be honest here, of the few GTs that are coming to Britain next year, a few had to go towards people with huge Internet communities behind them. Otherwise, there would be no point to the supercar being built by a regular automaker. But do you think it's fair Shmee150 go an allocation?
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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