Photos by David Soucia

A few times a year here at StangTV we get to sample the latest that Ford or other companies has to offer. In the past year we’ve had the opportunity to drive and flog everything from Fiestas to the ROUSH RS3. Something that the general public may have wondered is what happens to those cars after they’ve made their rounds with people like us?

Six months ago David Soucia purchased a slightly used 2011 GT500. Like most used car buyers Soucia had a CarFax report run on the car to verify he was getting a solid buy. Something unusual showed up on that report, but it wasn’t the typical CarFax point of interest like collision damage, or theft. Instead this car showed that it had been a Ford corporate car, and that they had sent it to auction with just 18,000 miles on the odometer.

“I purchased the window sticker reprint along with the SVT certificate hoping that would shed some light. Sure enough on the window sticker it showed it being sold to Ford,” Soucia tells us. Documentation from SVT confirmed this GT500 was number 17 for 2011.

At the time this was as far as Soucia could get other than confirming that the car had spent most of it’s life in Texas under the ownership of FoMoCo. Then a few weekends ago he began Googling reviews of the 2011 GT500, with the SVT Performance Pack, and in Race Red, just like his car. He stumbled across several reviews from publishers based in Texas and the car featured a license plate 008 263 in all these reviews.

Soucia read a review the next day written by AutoSpotters where the navigation was discussed. For the story AutoSpotters had punched in the address to Airport Rd in Goddard, Texas, the place where that celebration of speed, The Texas Mile is held. Soucia checked his car and sure enough that destination was saved in the nav system, convincingly confirming this was the same car.

With just over 31,000 miles currently on the odometer Soucia drives the car regularly, and has even hit the drag strip with it for a best time of 11.91 at 120 mph. He plans to hit an autocross next year. In Soucia’s hands we’re sure this former press car will continue it’s exciting high-performance lifestyle for years to come.