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Gosh, you'd think that the world is coming to an end...I remember when they killed the SVO Mustang, and I figured that there would be no hard core performance Mustang ever again, and I OWNED an SVO...I ended up with a Saleen a few years later. It was sort of an SVO, with a V8. (That the SVO never ran right, and spent 8 months of its 12 months of ownership shop bound with various problems, which sort of kept me away from Fords for a couple of years)
As for the Truck, well, you can just survive with out the Lightening, and perhaps live with a Dodge with the V10, and the 6 speed, or the automatic version. Besides, they handle better than the Lightening...
You don't have to gut your Cobra to make it hard core. You may one day want to recoup your investment at some time. I built a full race Mustang, and it still had A/C, power windows and the heater. Nobody wants to buy a cut up car.
In any case, if they feel that there is a market, they will build what they can sell. Also, by the time that you graduate, you may have an entirely different idea as to what you might want to drive. There are quite a few really great cars out there. Think of it as evolution.
I even bought a Porsche 911 Carerra, once. Kept it for 18 months. My best friends could not believe it. Neither could I, and I sold it to buy the Renault once I figured out how to get one into the country.
Look, if Ford was really serious, they would bring the WRC Focus here. The problem is that an AWD Focus, with over 280 HP would be FASTER than a Cobra Mustang...Oh, and they probably couldn't build enough of them to satisfy the demand. In fact, Mitsubishi and Subaru can't fulfill the demand for the STi and EVO as it is. Having a Focus rallye car would be just fine with me. In fact, I would buy one.
The Ford management are not fools. GM and Daimler Chrysler are all bringing out more performance models. Ford made a big mistake with the 500, especially considering that Chrysler, with the 300C is really pushing Livery/Taxi and Special Duty Police cars, sending the Crown Vic and the Town Car to the scrap heap. Hopefully, we will start to see modern, rear wheel drive, independent suspension high performance sedans and coupes from Ford in the next couple of years.
Gosh, you'd think that the world is coming to an end...I remember when they killed the SVO Mustang, and I figured that there would be no hard core performance Mustang ever again, and I OWNED an SVO...I ended up with a Saleen a few years later. It was sort of an SVO, with a V8. (That the SVO never ran right, and spent 8 months of its 12 months of ownership shop bound with various problems, which sort of kept me away from Fords for a couple of years)
As for the Truck, well, you can just survive with out the Lightening, and perhaps live with a Dodge with the V10, and the 6 speed, or the automatic version. Besides, they handle better than the Lightening...
You don't have to gut your Cobra to make it hard core. You may one day want to recoup your investment at some time. I built a full race Mustang, and it still had A/C, power windows and the heater. Nobody wants to buy a cut up car.
In any case, if they feel that there is a market, they will build what they can sell. Also, by the time that you graduate, you may have an entirely different idea as to what you might want to drive. There are quite a few really great cars out there. Think of it as evolution.
I even bought a Porsche 911 Carerra, once. Kept it for 18 months. My best friends could not believe it. Neither could I, and I sold it to buy the Renault once I figured out how to get one into the country.
Look, if Ford was really serious, they would bring the WRC Focus here. The problem is that an AWD Focus, with over 280 HP would be FASTER than a Cobra Mustang...Oh, and they probably couldn't build enough of them to satisfy the demand. In fact, Mitsubishi and Subaru can't fulfill the demand for the STi and EVO as it is. Having a Focus rallye car would be just fine with me. In fact, I would buy one.
The Ford management are not fools. GM and Daimler Chrysler are all bringing out more performance models. Ford made a big mistake with the 500, especially considering that Chrysler, with the 300C is really pushing Livery/Taxi and Special Duty Police cars, sending the Crown Vic and the Town Car to the scrap heap. Hopefully, we will start to see modern, rear wheel drive, independent suspension high performance sedans and coupes from Ford in the next couple of years.