The New GT40 Is Getting A Name Change !
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The New GT40 Is Getting A Name Change !
Can you believe this shit ! 
Bob Wood, Brady Pack and John Sadler, Safir GT40 Spares Ltd. of Cincinnati. These are the guys who sell replacement parts for the original GT40s and who tried to hold up the Ford Motor Company for $40 million for the rights to the "40" part of the GT40 name (which they've owned since '99), which is why the new Ford exotic sports car will be called the Ford GT instead of the Ford GT40. According to K.C. Crain, writing in Automotive News, Wood said, "We wanted the (new) car to be called the Ford GT40...Ford was unwilling to negotiate and wouldn't make an offer." Really Bob? We're shocked, aren't you? After all, why wouldn't Ford just capitulate to your ridiculous demands? Why wouldn't Ford want to negotiate with a gang of opportunists in Cincinnati? I mean screw American automotive racing history, what's the world coming to when you can't even twist a few bucks out of a company that has money to burn, right? Pathetic.
Bob Wood, Brady Pack and John Sadler, Safir GT40 Spares Ltd. of Cincinnati. These are the guys who sell replacement parts for the original GT40s and who tried to hold up the Ford Motor Company for $40 million for the rights to the "40" part of the GT40 name (which they've owned since '99), which is why the new Ford exotic sports car will be called the Ford GT instead of the Ford GT40. According to K.C. Crain, writing in Automotive News, Wood said, "We wanted the (new) car to be called the Ford GT40...Ford was unwilling to negotiate and wouldn't make an offer." Really Bob? We're shocked, aren't you? After all, why wouldn't Ford just capitulate to your ridiculous demands? Why wouldn't Ford want to negotiate with a gang of opportunists in Cincinnati? I mean screw American automotive racing history, what's the world coming to when you can't even twist a few bucks out of a company that has money to burn, right? Pathetic.
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Pathetic.. yeah.. but why am I not all that surprised?
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that sucks but just a little history for ya, the original GT40 was named the "40" because the car was only 40 inches tall from the ground to the tallest point, so technically the ford motor company could rightfully name the new one like the ford gt 50 or something like that 
(just a lil bit of useless info about the background of the car)
(just a lil bit of useless info about the background of the car)
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