It is true that Cobra's seem to cost more here in California as I had gone to every SVT Dealer within 50 miles of my house and none of them would come off of the MSRP and in fact most of them still had at least a $3,000 markup on them and this was in Sept. I ended up finding a dealer in Washington State through Stangnet that offered me a 03 Cobra Coupe for invoice so what I did was call my local SVT Dealer (I went through the internet dept) and explained to them that a dealer in Washington State had offered to sell me a 03 Cobra Coupe for invoice and since it would cost me about $1,000 to fly up there and buy it and have it shipped back to California I asked them if they would sell me their 03 Sonic Blue Coupe that I had seen on the lot for $1,000 over invoice. Anyway long story short the Internet Sales Manager called me back the next day and said they were willing to sell it to me for the $1,000 over invoice so I bought it from my local dealer. With the $2,500 rebate my out the door price was about 34k which included the chrome wheels,Tax,Lic and gas guzzler tax. I have heard of people getting an 03 for under $30,000 but you will not see that here in California IMHO.
Jeff B.