Black94Cobra
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PbF00T said:Well, I too was on the list for Shelby and I took myself right off at the advice of my dealer. I've had 8 Mustangs (three Cobras), an SVT Contour and a Lightning. This ain't my first rodeo.
The dealers advice... "I've never marked a car up over MSRP, but I'm getting calls from buyers offering 20k over, I'd be crazy not to take it. Wait a year or two until we can't get them off the lot in the fall". How can you blame the dealer for that? Morons are offering $60k for a Mustang?? Hello? Think of what kind of exotic used car you could get for that money?
In the interim, for much less money, Dodge in particular, Chevy and Pontiac area all making interesting, decent HP cars. Think Magnum, Charger (RT or SRT) Trailblazer SS and GTO. I hate to see Ford shoot themselves in the foot, but 33k buys a GTO or Magnum, equipped nicely. Not 500HP, but not 60k either.
I bought a Magnum, sorry Ford you just don't make a car that interests me right now. I've got 30k care free miles on the Magnum and Dodge has a new customer.
This is called bad business, Ford should be taking orders to build as many GT500's as possible, they don't get a dime of the market value prices, so why not satisfy the demand? Should Ford car about the exclusity of their cars for collectable reasons? NO, they should be concerned about making money and getting and retaining its customers. Here is a guy (pbfoot) who wanted this car but got a magnum instead, another lost customer.