Enthusiast-targeted auction web page Autos & Bids not too long ago stated a 2019 Ford GT Carbon Sequence that could come to be the most valuable auto it has ever offered. Painted in Liquid Blue, the supercar is one particular of a handful created with many weight-saving carbon fiber components.
Ford released the Carbon Collection at the 2018 edition of the SEMA display as the lightest variation however of its Ferrari-baiting supercar — engineers produced it about 40 lbs lighter than the normal GT. They accomplished that by fitting 20-inch carbon fiber wheels, titanium lug nuts, a titanium exhaust program and a model-specific engine cover with a polycarbonate panel, between other areas. All over 1,350 illustrations of the GT ended up created, and Carbon Sequence-distinct generation figures haven’t been released but Ford hinted it could only develop 1 a 7 days.
The illustration mentioned on Automobiles & Bids is a a person-operator car with about 10,000 miles on its odometer. It stands out with purple exterior accents that nicely complement the Liquid Blue paint and the bare carbon fiber stripes, and it’s stated with an incident-cost-free Carfax report. The auction description lists only two modifications: crystal clear paint protection film on some of the physique and underbody panels and a hardwired dashcam. As significantly as modifications go, these are the two that we might likely shell out funds on if we’d taken house this GT Carbon Sequence when it was new.
Whoever wins this GT will bag considerably more than a uncommon, 647-horsepower supercar. The sale also contains the new-in-box purchase kit that Ford sent reservation holders to help them configure their auto, scale products, a Lego kit, and even a piece of the 2016 Le Mans-profitable GT.
As of this producing, bidding now stands at $701,000 with six times still left in the auction — that’s the optimum bid ever put on the system. If you’ve got got a Ford GT-sized place in your garage, head on about to Autos & Bids to location a bid. Alternatively, if the GT is out of your realm of desire or out of your price range the website is internet hosting a stunningly various range of autos, which includes a 1983 Lada Niva, a 1984 TVR 280i, and a 1992 Citroën BX.
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