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Ford GT in Wicklow

  • 01-03-2010 09:18PM
    #1
    V480
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭


    I know it's not a 'classic' but I saw a '06 Ford GT in Ashford, Wicklow today. Never saw one before...amazing looking car!

    Has anybody else seen it??


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  • #2
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,763 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Moved to motors. The modern GT is very much a salute to the legendary classic GT40, but I suppose discussion in the main motoring forum is more appropriate :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #3
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭PrettyBoy


    Silver/ Grey colour?


  • #4
    V480
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭V480


    Yeah that's the one!


  • #5
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    must cost a fortune to run it here......


  • #6
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭PrettyBoy


    V480 wrote: »
    Yeah that's the one!

    Well there are two silver/grey GT's over here. Could be either one.


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  • #7
    steveirl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭steveirl2


    This is the car
    Picture044.jpg


  • #8
    billybigunz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 925 ✭✭✭billybigunz


    Looks quite dated and not in a 60s throwback way, more like a car from the 90s.


  • #9
    rebel.ranter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    I saw this or one similar to this parked up in Thurles on Munster final day. I think it belonged to one of the Ronans? The reg of the car was ENF3R, I presume some sort of link to the Enfer Group (sponsors of the Tipperary hurling team)?

    Vehicle details
    Vehicle Details 1 for registration number ENF3R
    Make
    FORD
    Model
    GT


  • #10
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭mullingar


    I bet he gets away with the M50 toll!

    (Cameras cannot read the reg!:D)


  • #11
    steveirl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭steveirl2


    billybigunz wrote: »
    Looks quite dated and not in a 60s throwback way, more like a car from the 90s.
    It is a modern take on a 70's race car legend. That's why it is so cool:)


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  • #12
    billybigunz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 925 ✭✭✭billybigunz


    steveirl2 wrote: »
    It is a modern take on a 70's race car legend. That's why it is so cool:)
    As I said, it is a 90s take on a 60s car. Althought the GT90 which was the original concept doesn't look as dated.


  • #13
    DeVore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    mullingar wrote: »
    I bet he gets away with the M50 toll!

    (Cameras cannot read the reg!:D)
    Yeah cos, the cops would never know who dunnit .... oh.


    um. :)


    Nice car though...



    DeV.


  • #14
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    billybigunz wrote: »
    As I said, it is a 90s take on a 60s car. Althought the GT90 which was the original concept doesn't look as dated.
    The GT90 is a travesty of a car. The Ford GT is also not a 90's take - it was only released a few years ago. It's a car based on a design and heritage that will always age well and inspire emotion with any motor enthusiast.


  • #15
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,877 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Yeah but the boot is nothing compared to that of an Octavia. :p


  • #16
    2 Espressi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    Yes, but the comedy value of seeing others wallop their head as they exit the car makes the GT a far superior investment to the Octavia... :D
    wrote:
    Looks quite dated and not in a 60s throwback way, more like a car from the 90s.
    Back under your rock!


  • #17
    faigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭faigs


    rebel.ranter wrote: »
    I saw this or one similar to this parked up in Thurles on Munster final day. I think it belonged to one of the Ronans? The reg of the car was ENF3R, I presume some sort of link to the Enfer Group (sponsors of the Tipperary hurling team)?

    Yep it's belonging to one of the Ronans. They own Enfer.


  • #18
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    faigs wrote: »
    Yep it's belonging to one of the Ronans. They own Enfer.
    It's the not the car photo'd above though.


  • #19
    faigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭faigs


    True!


  • #20
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭tossy


    I heard from a reliable source that GT is only a kit car based on a ford mondeo!!


  • #21
    CONM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭CONM


    faigs wrote: »
    Yep it's belonging to one of the Ronans. They own Enfer.
    Its actually owned by Michael O'Connor who own 15% of enfer, Louis Ronan owns 85%


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  • #22
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Ugly looking yoke. Wouldnt be into it at all meself.


  • #23
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    billybigunz wrote: »
    Looks quite dated and not in a 60s throwback way, more like a car from the 90s.

    You failed the exam.


  • #24
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,425 ✭✭✭robtri


    sure an oul passat red TDI would take it :D:D

    it is fecking sweet... real sweet....

    fap fap fap


  • #25
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    seanybiker wrote: »
    Ugly looking yoke. Wouldnt be into it at all meself.

    Do you like the GT40?

    Ford_GT40_MKI_gulf_1968.jpg


  • #26
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Gt40 = want


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Love the GT40 and I think the GT is as good a job as they could have done to pay it tribute..
    Amazing looking car.

    Still no chipped 535d though.


  • #28
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    CONM wrote: »
    Its actually owned by Michael O'Connor who own 15% of enfer, Louis Ronan owns 85%

    Wha!!? is that a horse or something,


  • #29
    CONM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭CONM


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Wha!!? is that a horse or something,
    Its a company http://www.enferscientific.com/ . They invented the screening process for BSE


  • #30
    faigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭faigs


    CONM wrote: »
    Its actually owned by Michael O'Connor who own 15% of enfer, Louis Ronan owns 85%

    Really? I'm pretty sure my cousin has been in it with Louis Ronan jnr.


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  • #31
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I had a nosey at it on Sunday, where the above pic was taken, my God it's something else, the supercharger alone wouldn't fit into the engine bay of a family hatch


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