Ford spent $5 million developing this car, and another $2 million just building this particular one. ![]() This is the first and only one of this type in existence, and was completed in early March 2005 in California. ![]() In January 2004 it was sketched out on paper. In February, a full-size mockup was molded in clay. ![]() Now, a year later, the real thing is on its way to the Detroit Auto Show, delivered by Kitty Hawk. This car wasn’t a mockup or a shell. The sculptor, designer and escort for the car is hoping it will take best of show this year. ![]() This is the 2007 Ford Shelby GR1 concept car. If Ford decides to put it into production, potential buyers can expect to pay around $200,000 U.S. for it. ![]() The entire exterior of the car is polished aluminum, and it has liquid cooled LED headlights... ![]() Chop your own path. Get off the car track. - A.Y. Jackson Feminism is a wonderful idea until the car goes wrong. - Nicola Zweig Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. - Erma Bombeck Ford used to have a better idea; now they don't have a clue. - Steve Kravitz That Gerald Ford. He can't fart and chew gum at the same time. - Lyndon B. Johnson Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on. - Budd Schulberg The last mosquito that bit me had to check into the Betty Ford clinic. - Joanna Lumley I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars... the rest I squandered. - George Best When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. - Prince Philip You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool. - Kesha The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker Wealthy people miss one of life's greatest thrills: making the last car payment. - Unknown Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke The dent in his car is hardly cold and he's coming over here to claim his pound of fish. - Archie Bunker They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times. - Tim Allen Yesterday I parked my car in a tow-away zone... when I came back the entire area was missing. - Steven Wright A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. - Peter DeVries President Ford tells us all to bite the bullet and Betsy Ford goes on TV and shoots off her mouth. - Archie Bunker The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical. - Murray Walker I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving. - Steven Wright When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' - Elon Musk If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active. - Ryan Sheckler I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes. - Homer Simpson I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. - Carroll Shelby There are two things in this world that don't last long: dogs chasing cars, and pros putting for pars. - Lee Travino When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder. - Tom Hodgkinson Life's golden age is when the children are too old to need babysitters and too young to borrow the family car. - Unknown I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone. - Steven Wright The actual building of roads devoted to motor cars is not for the near future, in spite of many rumors to that effect. - Harper's Weekly Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. - Garrison Keillor My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car. - Erma Bombeck I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic. - Joe Scarborough Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down. - George Carlin It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner. - Ben Bergor Tonight we'll be talking to a car designer who's crossed Toyota with Quasimodo and come up with the Hatchback of Notre Dame. - Ronnie Corbett I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out." - Steven Wright A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. - Theodore Roosevelt A car hits a Jewish man. The paramedic rushes over and says, "Are you comfortable?" The guy says, "I make a good living." - Henny Youngman My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy. - Burt Shavitz When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving. - Steven Wright see also Car, Mechanical & Shopping Sections Ford Door Lock Ford Mistakes Ford Police Chase Model T Ford Repair Costs in 1928 New Ford Escort |
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