Ok....I'm new to all this so don't laugh at me.....is this car not for sale to the general public???? Is it just for rental companies? I'm confused. I love the car, black and gold my favorite combination. It is badd.....I want one.....

 

Forget this thread......I did some research and got my answer....

 

Only one GT-H was sold to the public via a charity auction. I can't remember the price it went for, but it was something like 150k!! Ouch! After Hertz is done with them, the GT-H's will all be sold to the public. Expect a feeding frenzy! But if you like the GT-H, Shelby has just the car for you. The Shelby GT is on the way, and will be set up much like the GT-H. It will be available in at least two color combos and unlike the H, you can get the S-GT with a manual tranny! There's a different forum for the S-GT if you'd like to check it out, plenty of pics and info.

 

Here's the S-GT forum:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/forumdisplay.php?f=121

 

I believe it sold for 250k, and the proceeds went to the EAA.

 

I believe there are only 498 GT-H's for rent now. I was at a MS Charity bike ride this past weekend and a GT-H was there. Hertz was a major sponsor for the event and since Hertz HQ is in NJ, they were there with this car. I asked the gentleman attending the car if it was for rent and he said no it was his. I asked politely if he was the one who paid 250K and laughed and said NO!. I asked someone at the event who he was and someone said he was the big wig at Hertz. So I tend to believe this was true. The man did fill me on info about the remaining GT-H's thou. He said that Hertz and Ford are planning to put up all the cars for auction with a majority of the money going to charities. We shall see.

 

I heard somewhere (on here I believe) that some Hertz execs already bought some of the cars and Carroll Shelby has one (5 spd too!!) so there will be less than 500 hitting the auctions next year.

Cam