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Originally Posted by sperry
On paper, the new GT is certainly a "better" car than the original (and there were original GT-40 road cars). However, the fact that the original GT-40 was born because Henry Ford decided "fuck Ferrari, let's go win Le Mans", it has a certain something the new car is missing. The new GT is more of a "lets build a supercar to serve as a halo vehicle to make more money", and it's existance is entirely due to the success of the original Ford UK team that build the GT-40.
To me, the nostalgia makes the older car the "better" car.
(And for Dean's sake: that's just my opinion, posted for the sake of conversation, not because I'm somehow trying to discredit or imply that Kevin's wrong.)
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Hence my statement that, not having true "car guy" roots, I just wanna go faster.
I have to admit the whole revenge motivation for the original is damn cool, but it won't be long before the GT is spanking the new 430 in LM or elsewhere. If it wasn't for my brief ownership of a 280ZX, even the 240 wouldn't have made the list. But as much as I liked my beat-down, totally stock and original 1980, I can imagine how awesome a 240Z was in 1970. I think the dynamics of that car would put it off the charts in fun-to-own factor for me.