Win a 435-Mile 2006 Ford GT or Grab $400,000 in Cash and RunThere are clean low-mileage collectibles, and then there's this. A 2006 Ford GT in Tungsten Grey Clearcoat Metallic with a barely-broken-in 435 miles on the clock is now the headliner of a sweepstakes that hands one lucky entrant a deliciously simple choice: take home one of the greatest American sports cars ever built, or walk away with $400,000 in cash. Either way, somebody's about to have a very good day.A Spec Rare Enough to MatterThis isn't just any Ford GT. Of the roughly 4,000 built across the model's two-year run, only 541 left the factory in Tungsten Grey Clearcoat Metallic for 2006. Pair that with painted silver stripes and an Ebony leather interior and you've got a genuinely uncommon combination inside an already limited run. In the collector world, numbers like that are everything — and they go a long way toward explaining why there's $400,000 in cash on the table as the alternative.It's a one-owner car, carefully babied, with the original factory protective films reportedly still clinging on. The options sheet sweetens the deal even further: forged aluminum BBS wheels, red brake calipers, and a McIntosh stereo all ticked at the factory, on top of standard kit like Brembo brakes, HID headlights, a front splitter, a rear diffuser, and air conditioning. A supercar that won't try to deafen you on the highway? Refreshing.Born to Stick It to FerrariThe Ford GT was never meant to be just another fast car. Ford built the whole project as a love letter to the GT40 racers that humbled Ferrari at Le Mans four straight years from 1966 to 1969. That racing DNA is baked into every line. It was proof American engineering could square up to anything Ferrari or Lamborghini had on the showroom floor — and it largely backed up the swagger.The Investment Case Is Very RealThat $400,000 cash alternative isn't a number pulled from a hat. It reflects what a well-documented, one-owner, 435-mile Ford GT in a rare color is genuinely worth. Well-preserved examples have been pulling serious money at the big auction houses for years, and values have only firmed up as these cars age into bona fide classics. The fact that the organizer is willing to wave $400,000 in your face tells you exactly where this thing sits in the market.AdvertisementAdvertisementTake the car instead of the cash and there's an extra $25,000 thrown in for expenses — a genuinely thoughtful touch, since moving, insuring, and storing a car at this level isn't cheap. It signals this isn't one of those gimmicks where the fine print quietly snatches back what the headline promised.A Time Capsule on Four WheelsWith its factory films still on and 435 miles total, this GT is about as close to a time capsule as the collector world ever gets. The choice it puts in front of the winner is genuinely tantalizing: pocket the $400,000 and move on, or become the next caretaker of a slab of American automotive history that will almost certainly be worth more in a decade than it is today. Cars this preserved, this rare, and this significant don't surface on terms like these very often.Related ReadingInside the $3.9 Million Ferrari With a Rock Star PastSmart Buys in Today's Collector Car MarketSomeone Wants $12 Million for This Bugatti DivoWhy This 550-HP Barrett-Jackson Ford F-150 Restomod Is Turning Heads