stangonline said:
stangonline said:What happened to the $39,999 pricetag??? Even that was a big enough STRETCH - but MID-40s? I think Ford can kiss my ass on that one. I happen to be able to buy one at MSRP, but that's just too much to pay for what will probably be a 20,000+ production run car.
Jeff
stangonline said:What happened to the $39,999 pricetag??? Even that was a big enough STRETCH - but MID-40s? I think Ford can kiss my ass on that one. I happen to be able to buy one at MSRP, but that's just too much to pay for what will probably be a 20,000+ production run car.
Ask any original Shelby owner about what makes a true Shelby...most of them JOKE about the "sell-out" and the laughter even includes the GT500E cars that shelby slapped his name on.
Don't get me wrong, I love this car - I just have my doubts on the future value of it, which is the ONLY thing that can can justify such a high price. I planned on getting one from the beginning, but slowly, the price started inching up and features I liked on the prototype started disappearing. Like others have pointed out, there have been other specialty mustangs with MUCH lower production number that still have not held their original value. I guess I'll just continue to build my 67.
Jeff
Black94Cobra said:Why couldn't they have just left it a SVT COBRA? If you want a collector car go find a Shelby Omni, Charger, Daytona, Dakota? Am I really the only person who remembers all the crap Shelby's name has been on? The dealers are going to make a lot of money on this car, its a shame Ford will only produce enough for severe dealer mark up!
SVTdriver said:I guess it all depends on your definition of crap. While you may feel betrayed by Shelby's name on a Dodge. In most cases you cannot argue that the Shelby version of those vehicles (I don't know enough about the dakota). Was an improvement over the regular Dodge version. It seems that every vehicle he has his name on is better than stock. As for Ford only producing enough for mark-up. Did you miss the limited production numbers on your own Cobra? They only built 6009 of the 94 Cobras. And only 5258 in 95.
The Fang said:40k at 5percent 72 mo $644
45k at 5 72 mo $725 nock a 100 off at 0 percent
Who can afford that anyway?
stangonline said:The problem with the production is a double whammy. I believe that at 7500 per, for even 2 years, anyone who wants one and can afford on will get it. Problem is, that is a higher production number than most (proabably any) SVT model year - and there were ALWAYS Cobra leftover at the end of each year. I would be more inclined to purchase one if the production numbers were much lower - at least it would hold its value much better, IMO.
The only other HUGE unknown is the future of musclecars from Ford. If they stop making these and don't produce any other car along this line (Mach 1, Cobra, whatever), the price of the Shelby could really skyrocket.
Jeff
SVTdriver said:Actually that is lower than most years of SVT.
94 5009
95 5258
96 10002
97 10049
98 8654
99 8095
Those are the ones I have figures for right away. I believe that 01 was not below the 8000 mark. And the 03/04 I want to say ran about 10k per year possibly more. Yes I suppose if Ford dropped the only car that really sells. Then these things could skyrocket. But the likelyhood of that happening. Is about the same as me marrying Paris Hilton. As for no more SVT/Shelby/Mach/whatever. I think the odds are about the same. The GT500 will hold it's value much better than a standard gt. But you'll still see them for less than MSRP used in about 2 years.
stangonline said:1999 - Just over 8000 (pretty much the same number)
2004 - 5600 or so - and there were PLENTY of those sitting around - however, like other people have mentioned, I believe that is because people had already seen what was coming out for the 05 models.
markham51 said:In a normal year car collectors don't scramble to buy Cobras, and rich guys buy BMWs and Mercedes. If even a small number of these buyers come into this market, and I think they will, the demand will be astronomical, unlike a normal year when Cobras get sold mainly to Mustang guys (and gals). Add to that... all of the dealers and their relatives who will only have an opportunity to get one.... and that will add even more pressure. There hasn't been a Ford Shelby for sale at a Ford dealership in over 35 years! The net/net is I don't think the past will be a predictor of the future in this case. It was interesting to watch the Ford/Doral golf tournament on the weekend and hear the announcer gush over the GT500 on display even though there was a Ford GT right beside it.
markham51 said:I certainly don't think they will hold their value forever, or even that in year two there wont be cars available. I'm just saying there will likely be lots of interest initially assuming a broad distribution and they will be tough to come by in year one, particularly at list price.
markham51 said:It was interesting to watch the Ford/Doral golf tournament on the weekend and hear the announcer gush over the GT500 on display even though there was a Ford GT right beside it.
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