C&D Not crazy about the 'vert

[chuckdoc]

http://www.stangnet.com/Ford-Mustan...Test-the-Shelby-GT500-Convertible-060824.html

This is one of the news items on the main page. What does this mean to everyone? I hope that reality sets in and the mark-ups from dealers come back down to earth.

Some people (including me) like this car despite magazine impressions and are just waiting for the price to come around.

chuck

 

[310stanger]

screw car and driver, nothing is to there liking. unless it says bmw on the hood they dont like it. you could take a yugo put a bmw badge on it and label it one of bmws latest and itd be a top 10 rated car. they basically jus dont like american cars period, they miss the point of every single american performance car period.

 

[SVT98Snake]

werd....as well as all other mags. MT is the most appreciative, but they favor GM over all other....at least it's american.

 

[chuckdoc]

????

So you don't think the negative press has any effect on the public's view of this car? People have built this thing up to a level that is pretty unobtainable. I think the C&D writeups that are negative will have a sobering effect and take some of the wind out of the sails of htis inflated market.

The Shelby GT500 is an instant classic, but it's not a Z06, Viper, or an exotic. I like the car and will have one as a daily driver for what it is. I won't expect to take it stock and blow away everything on the road. To the extent that it derives its relative value from its real-world performance numbers, that value is slowly coming back down to earth as word spreads that this thing doesn't hover or break the speed of sound.

Chuck