This will also just give Ford dealers another justification for a $10,000 Dealer mark-up on a GT500.

So when a guy goes to a Ford showroom and starts compaining about the $60,000 pricetag on the GT500 the sales person will just say " Hey- this car just sold for $600,000 at an auction and here's a pic and a news article to prove it, so take it or leave it buddy".

 

If all the money goes to charity, as it does in this case, I would think it is great. If I had $600K, or $975K to give to charity, and got a cool car in return.......... hell, life would be pretty good.

If I recall, someone on here called the person who paid this amount "plain psychotic," and called the car an "overhyped, overweight Mustang."

Not exactly a glowing review of car, or purchaser............ don't you think??

PS, the purchase of a S7 wouldn't exactly be helping the Carroll Shelby Childrens fund............. now would it???

 

Maybe it was a one off w/ heated seats and a hud, and he just HAD to have it.

 

Yes, that was me and I stand by my comment...Of course it's just my worthless, meaningless opinion. I have a pretty good feeling that the guy who bought the car really wouldn't care at all about my opinion anyway, so what's the big deal??? He could have just made a donation to the charity and bought a GT500 for 10k over invoice like everyone else who wants one will.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that anyone who pays that much for this:



When the could have bought this:



Is IMHO, completely insane

Oh, I just realized that the pic I posted is of the pre-production GT500, (with the cool hood)...Not the production one with the ugly hood...All the more reason not to spend almost $600,000 for one.

And BTW, since Ford did this I think Chevy should do a limited production Camaro with that rumored DOHC s/c'd LS9 and put it on Barret Jackson next year to try for 1 million. If that happens, you can garantee that I will also call that buyer psychotic as well...Though, I'd be more understanding about it

 

As Gloria said, I think the whole point was to give a big number for charity. The car itself played a minor role.

 

Yeah, I realize that and I think it's good that they got so much for charity ....Regardless, I'm still suprised that it brought in that much money.

 

Somehow I think it didn't. I just have a feeling that the person bought it for the car and the charity was just a bonus. That person must have a ton of money to burn because paying that much for that car is just crazy.

 

The guy who bought it instantly owned a peice of history. That will never change.
His name is in the history books and car folklore forever. How much is that worth?

And I agree with Gloria and a few others, the car itself is incidental to the procedure. It's hype. Fanfare. Glitz. Glamour. And thank heavens it results in needed money for a worthwhile charity.

Just .02 more.

 

if i recall correctly ...

technically this is a purchase, not a donation on the part of the buyer. he just purchased an item for $600,000 and the seller will give it to the charity.

so he might have to pay tax on that $600,000 as well, and Mr. Shelby/Ford gets a $600,000 - $40,000 tax write-off.


but then again if this guy has $600,000 + tax to spend on a car, he's most likely already smoking $100 bills and doesn't really care.


someone correct me if i am wrong

 

He could buy a GT500 for 40k this very summer which is probably around the same time he'll recieve delivery anyways. If all he wanted was the car, he sure as hell wouldn't have plopped down 600+k for it. Not when the car is only worth around 40k and not when he could find plenty of examples readily available this summer when production does start.

It wasn't about the car, it was the idea behind it (charity). The car is the bonus, not the charity. He donated a buttload of money towards a good cause and got a little bonus out of it (the GT500).

Maybe if he won the auction with a 50-60k bid (10-20k going towards charity), we could say that the car was the primary reason and the charity secondary....but 600k is a whole different matter.

 

Hey he did it for charity. Its the same as when people bid on special items for charity on ebay like when they had that Primedia competition. Some have the money to donate like that. I wish I did!

 

What a waste of money.

 

Helping sick kids is a waste of money?!?!

 

Sorry , if I had the dough, and the money was going to a good cause (helping sick kids is, IMO, about the best cause in the world) then damn straight I would bid on the car. The fact that you got production model number 1, of what is admittedly a very hot car, is only a bonus.

 

thats right, why help kids.


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