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Is the Original Ford GT About to Be Worth More Than the New One?

Two Ford GTs sold four minutes apart on Bring a Trailer, just $135,000 apart. The original is closing in on the new one.

Oct 21, 2026 · 2 min read

Is the original Ford GT about to be worth more than the new one? Not yet, but it's getting close.

On Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026, Bring a Trailer sold two Ford GTs just four minutes apart. A 738-mile 2020 Ford GT Carbon Series sold for $950,000. Then a 2,000-mile 2005 Ford GT with all four factory options sold for $815,000. That's a gap of $135,000 between a 20-year-old car with a stick shift and a nearly new carbon-bodied one.

The 2,000-mile 2005 Ford GT that sold for $815,000 on Oct 20, 2026. Photo: Bring a Trailer.Source: Bring a Trailer

The two cars

  • 2005 Ford GT, about 2,000 miles: $815,000. Centennial White with blue stripes, and all four options: forged BBS wheels, painted stripes, red brake calipers and the McIntosh stereo.
  • 2020 Ford GT Carbon Series, 738 miles: $950,000. Shadow Black with a red stripe, carbon wheels and the Carbon Series Graphics package.

Both prices are BaT winning bids, before its buyer's fee.

The original is catching up

Here's the fun part. We looked at public auction sales over the past two years, from October 2024 through October 2026:

  • Low-mile first-gen cars (under 5,000 miles): the middle sale went from $471,500 (10 sales, Oct 2024 to Mar 2025) to $712,500 (14 sales, Apr to Oct 2026). That's up about 51%.
  • Regular second-gen cars: the middle sale went from $895,000 to $863,500 (7 sales in each window). Basically flat, even a little lower.

So the distance between the two generations shrank from about $424,000 to about $151,000. Special editions like the Heritage and Liquid Carbon cars are a separate story and aren't counted here.

Closing in, not flipped

The newer car still costs more, at auction and at dealers. These are small groups of sales, and one extra bidder can move a result a lot. But the original GT, with its supercharged V8 and six-speed manual, is the one collectors are chasing right now.

Want all the numbers? Read the full story, or check our Ford GT market dashboard for current asking prices.

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So, are Ford GT values about to flip?

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