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Replying to: advequityguy (Jul 27, 2006 5:55 pm) The fact is, these cars are demanding MSRP+ADM because of the Shelby name. Nothing more. Nothing less. And the folks who are actually PAYING $15-25k over MSRP now are doing it JUST to be the first ones in their group to have the new Shelby. Just out of curiousity: why do you waste time defending your position? If you guys are covered up with folks (30 with deposits and only expect 3 cars in the next year), WHY BOTHER with what I think? I'm still curious why you think that all the marketing and product planners who SET the prices at Ford are such morons by setting such a low low low MSRP when OBVIOUSLY the market can support all 16k units at $60k or higher? Enjoy your large ADM while it lasts.
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What did Mr. Shelby even do in designing this car? Other than a man's name, what does it have in common with the other GT500 that Carrol actually had an integral part in designing? FOMOCO did not even engineer a special powerplant for the vehicle. For Pete's sake, the car uses a 10-year old blown v8 that was lazily conceived, to say the least, when first introduced. Anyone can make crazy power by supercharging a large v8 -- let's see something original. Why the hype?
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Replying to: saddaddy (Jul 28, 2006 6:24 am) |
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Replying to: rorr (Jul 28, 2006 5:18 am)
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Replying to: advequityguy (Jul 28, 2006 11:00 am) First of all, it's "breaks". "Brakes" are those round thingy's behind the wheels used to stop a car. Second of all, you don't know me very well. The restored/modified '66 GT fastback in my garage (which is set up for mild open-track use) may be a clue to where my heart lies. And...it...ain't...with....Chevy. I also understand WHY the most collectible Shelby's are the '65 and '66 models, with the collectibility tapering off to the least appreciated '69-'70 models. Do you know why? It's because Carrol Shelby had EVERYTHING to do with the earliest models. He got Mustang shells from Ford and built HIS cars to HIS specs in HIS factory. And it shows from the fact that these cars were very successfully raced back in the day (against small-block Corvettes no less). The later Shelby's were street poseurs, great at looking good and laying down a patch of rubber on the street; but otherwise a styling excercise built by and used by Ford to maintain excitement in the Mustang. The current GT500 is the same. It has about as much to do with Carrol Shelby as the '03 models did; which is essentially NOTHING. Face it, these are nothing but the lastest SVT Mustang Cobras (developed by SVT; NOT Carrol Shelby) with "Shelby" logos stuck on it. Will the initial buyers drop stupid money on the SVT Cobra because it has "Shelby" logos on it? Sure. Some folks have more money than brains. But will the "Shelby" logos be enough to KEEP the demand up so high that Ford will run through the entire 16k production run with dealers able to demand huge ADM? Ah....no. Regarding the 03/04 cars; if memory serves, the initial buyers of THOSE cars were also paying a big markup. I found this post from March of '02 regarding the anticipated markup on the '03 Cobras: texaszach, "Mustang Cobra / SVT Cobra" #53, 27 Mar 2002 7:20 am In it appears this little gem: "This particular dealership happens to be SVT certified. I spoke with him yesterday regarding the new snake. Their allotment of '03 Cobras is a total of 6. They have a waiting list for these cars despite a rumored premium of $10,000 above MSRP at their dealership." Yet only a few months later, the going prices were under MSRP. Will history repeat itself? History has a strange habit of doing so.....
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Replying to: rorr (Jul 28, 2006 11:51 am) |
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Replying to: saddaddy (Jul 28, 2006 6:24 am) |
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| just lapped the parking lot in one. all i can say is wholey sheet, man i've got to get on that. "lazily conceived" or not. | |
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| ....also, i think i could see myself lazily blowing past pretty much anything else you could conceive on the road. and not to mention looking pretty darn good doing it.....looks like i need to cash in a bond or something. | |
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