Ford Suing Dealer Which Allegedly Bought And Sold John Cena's GT
Ford isn’t particularly happy with WWE star and living, breathing Internet meme John Cena. The Blue Oval has a 24 month no-sell clause for buyers of its hyper-exclusive GT supercar - to protect against flippers - which it claims Cena broke by selling the car just two weeks after taking delivery.
Ford is currently suing the star as a result, although he’s insisting that the company never put the clause in the final contract. Now, there’s been a new development in the case: Jalopnik is reporting that the dealer responsible for purchasing and selling Cena’s GT - Chico, California-based New Autos Inc - is being sued by Ford also.
In fact, the dealer lawsuit - which was covered locally but seemingly missed by the mainstream media - was served before the one to Cena. The wrestler received his on 30 November 2017, while New Autos Inc was served on 22 November.
Ford had tried and failed to stop New Autos from selling the car, although the dealer claims it was sold several weeks before Ford had been in touch. Ford is after damages, court costs and the return of the car from the establishment, in what seems to be a much more complex case than the one involving Cena himself.
We’re not sure we like Ford’s chances, either. Mecum sought legal advice before selling another Ford GT at auction recently, and it went ahead without a hitch. The car ending up fetching over $1.8 million.
A Mecum spokesperson said prior to the auction:
“The Judge did rule in Mecum’s favor, that we could sell this car. And if Ford wanted it back, they were welcome to come here and bid on it. So this is a publicly legal sale of a GT. We had some people worried there was gonna be some repercussions, there’s no repercussions with this car. It was contested in court, you bid on it, you buy it, it’s yours. It’s America, you can buy and sell what you want.”
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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No you’ve got to do it like Aston Martin, if you plan to flip your Valkyrie, bye bye allocation
Also dont forget that they will remove your name from any future lists they have for you with any of their hyper cars on them, they will strike you off that list with gleeful pleasure and put someone elses name where your name was!
I have a feeling that 2 years after the deliveries started we will see Ford GTs popping up for sale on a weekly basis
And the sad thing most of them will be on delivery miles after 2 years. Can’t stop the flippers
Didn’t ford Hand pick the owners, so to prevent them from letting Flippers buy the cars?
But can we sue Ford for putting the Mach 1 name on a Crossover?
Considering they have the right to the name meaning they can do whatever they want to it
No, no we can not
no, but we can not buy it…
I guess they COULDNT SEE that coming. XD
I don’t get why some people buy a car and sell it after 2 weeks… Like, you should probably get familiar with a car before buying it instead of buying it without knowing anything about it and then complaining… Just because it carries the name GT doesn’t mean it’s as good as you expect it to be… Oh, that reminds me, Mach 1. Let’s sue The Blue Oval guys!
They sell the car as quick as possible so that the resale value is high. They don’t care about the car, they just want money.
Nobody cares about the car. It’s an investment you flip for profit as in SPECULATION. This is what your average rich person wants to do with low volume production specials like 911R (and they did double in value in 3 months) and Ford GT. This is exactly what Ford wants to limit.
Here’s a theory:
Drax from Marvel is John Cena
Ford motor co. Doesn’t like capitalism
I’m sorry but there’s no bad reason for Ford to sue them; Having a GT is a privilege, not a right, owners were chosen and allocated a burden in which they didn’t follow.
America! Hell yeah!!
You’d think Ford would’ve sued Playground Games by now…
Pfft