<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/" rel="tag">Rumormill</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/#3411536"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="Ford GT" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/ford-gt-630.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>Ford GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong><em><br />
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Now here's a juicy rumor we can get excited about: According to the crew over at <em>Automobile</em>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> may be considering another shot at the legendary <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford gt">Ford GT</a>. The news comes courtesy of Derrick Kuzak, Ford's head of global product development. After being questioned about the possibility of a GT successor, Kuzak chose his words very carefully by admitting that there are certain things in the four-year product plan that the company isn't comfortable with discussing. While that's not an out-and-out confirmation that the Blue Oval wants to see another mid-engine, high-horsepower machine in its stable, the overly diplomatic response does indicate that the thought may have crossed more than a few minds in Dearborn.<br />
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Is this a thin thread to cling to? Absolutely, but the talking heads of the industry typically site pesky issues like a vehicle's high expense and looming CAFE standards as perfect reasons against building a new halo car. Considering that none of that rhetoric showed up this time around and the fact that we've heard rumors about a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/29/rumor-ford-gt-supercars-successor-will-be-green-machine/">hybrid GT successor</a>, it wouldn't seem to be too much of a stretch to think that we just might see a new version of the car in a few short years. Consider our fingers crossed.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt">Ford GT</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd88-1285708709_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd89_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd94_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd95_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd93_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/ford-executive-hints-successor-ford-gt-supercar-13363.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/">Report: Ford's Kuzak hints that GT successor may be in the cards</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:27:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19799736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>Ford GT - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong><em><br />
</em></div>
<br />
Now here's a juicy rumor we can get excited about: According to the crew over at <em>Automobile</em>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> may be considering another shot at the legendary <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford gt">Ford GT</a>. The news comes courtesy of Derrick Kuzak, Ford's head of global product development. After being questioned about the possibility of a GT successor, Kuzak chose his words very carefully by admitting that there are certain things in the four-year product plan that the company isn't comfortable with discussing. While that's not an out-and-out confirmation that the Blue Oval wants to see another mid-engine, high-horsepower machine in its stable, the overly diplomatic response does indicate that the thought may have crossed more than a few minds in Dearborn.<br />
<br />
Is this a thin thread to cling to? Absolutely, but the talking heads of the industry typically site pesky issues like a vehicle's high expense and looming CAFE standards as perfect reasons against building a new halo car. Considering that none of that rhetoric showed up this time around and the fact that we've heard rumors about a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/29/rumor-ford-gt-supercars-successor-will-be-green-machine/">hybrid GT successor</a>, it wouldn't seem to be too much of a stretch to think that we just might see a new version of the car in a few short years. Consider our fingers crossed.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt">Ford GT</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd88-1285708709_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd89_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd94_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd95_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-gt/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/fd93_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/ford-executive-hints-successor-ford-gt-supercar-13363.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/">Report: Ford's Kuzak hints that GT successor may be in the cards</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:27:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19799736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/13/report-fords-kuzak-hints-that-gt-successor-may-be-in-the-cards/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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