Jeremy Clarkson’s 2006 Ford GT Is For Sale
The “Top Gear” host’s supercharged American supercar could fetch over $1 million.
A Ford GT formerly owned by Jeremy Clarkson, who famously declared it the “first proper supercar ever made in America,” is up for grabs.
Viewers saw Clarkson first encounter the uproarious Ford GT in 2003 during the Season 3 premiere of the revamped Top Gear. After likening Detroit to a hellscape created by the devil during God’s seventh day of rest, he praised the GT with an anecdote that cuts right through to the core of every car fan. “It makes me feel like I’m 6 years old all over again,” he said. “In fact, I think I just wet myself.”
Unfortunately, his actual ownership of the Ford GT, as chronicled on Top Gear, was fraught with mechanical issues and random soundings of its alarm, to the delight of the legendary automotive program’s crew and fans. Presumably, those issues have been rectified in the two-plus decades since.
According to Ford Authority, “The dealer indicates that the 2006 Ford GT has a stellar service record with GT101, a service center specializing in the care and maintenance of the Ford GT and the Ford Mustang, located in Colchester, England. It’s in ‘beautiful condition,’ as described by the selling dealer, and is presented with just 28,000 miles.”
Even by today’s standards, the 550-horsepower GT featuring a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 and zero-to-60 mph time of just 3.3 seconds is “properly quick,” as the elder Briton might say. But in its heyday, the GT was one of the world’s fastest production cars, besting almost everything in its price range off the line. And with its 205 mph top speed, it matched or surpassed supes that cost three times as much.
Tom Hartley Cars, a preowned exotic dealer based in England, hasn’t put Clarkson’s former GT on its website—the price should appear when the listing goes live. A base Ford GT from this short-lived era—just over 4,000 were produced during the model’s original run between 2005 and 2006—goes for around $500,000. However, the Heritage Edition, with its Gulf-inspired orange and blue livery, is considerably more desirable. One sold for just under $1.3 million in May of 2026 at a Mecum event, and another sold for $732,500 in June. Given what people will pay for a paint coat, perhaps this GT’s celebrity ownership will push it past seven figures.