Yes, you are correct.
When Ford built the concept car in 2002 for this it was called a GT40. (Ford no longer had rights to the term "GT40" they paid royalties).
Ford wanted to call these cars GT40's as these GT's were built to commemorate the GT40's wins 40 years earlier sadly Ford was not able to negotiate the rights to the use of the name.
A British company, Safir Engineering, who built continuation GT40s in the 1980s, owned the "GT40" trademark at that time. When they completed production, they sold the excess parts, tooling, design, and trademark to a small Ohio company called Safir GT40 Spares. This company licensed the use of the "GT40" trademark to Ford for the initial 2002 show car. When Ford decided to make the production vehicle, negotiations between the two firms failed. The production cars do not wear the GT40 badge.
Anyways, I know that I'm wrong when I call it a GT40, but that's what I like calling it as Ford also would have liked to call it a GT40.
Last edited by Dave's Garage; Sun Jun 22 2014 09:08 AM.
