The signifance of Shelby involvement in the '07 Cobra

[dkhl]

I've been debating switching another car since I bought a new car back in January. I'm not exactly dissappointed with it, and the car I bought is rather nice for the price, but when I kept going to bed and dreaming about doing donuts and powerslides and all that good stuff in a v8, I began to realize either I need to find a girlfriend or get something with lots of frickin torque.

I've been keeping up, at least trying to with all the '07 Cobra hype coming up. I know it's the first cobra or what not to carry the Shelby name in 35 years (i think). Besides the bevy of upgrades, mods, etc.. What will make this car stand apart from the others?

The name Mustang has bee around for around for more than 40 years I believe, you get people who either HATE or LOVE mustangs. I don't think I've met many people who are neutral, and those who are neutral usually usually become Mustang owners. I mean, for the most part, in the '90s at least Trans Am, Camaro, Firebird all pretty much died out, with the exception of Vette, there aren't rtoo many cars left out there that have a good history behind them.

Do you think the '07 Cobra is going to be remembered 10-20 years down the road say like the '67 Shelby GT500? Or will it just be a notable mention when someone recalls the history of American muscle?

 

[Shaggydog2000]

It will never have the collectibility of the Shelby GT350/500s, there will simply be too many of them made, and the people who want one will have them. The original shelby cars, like many other very high performance models, didn't sell particularly well at the time they were made. After the market caught up with the car decades later, they were very rare. This is the problem with just about every other item that is designed to be collectible now a days. Buy it because you want to drive the car now, not to collect it. In a few years the latest and greatest new mustangs (and many other cars) will blow this one away. Remember the huge drop-off in car performance in the 70's meant there were no cars commonly available that were superior in performance, and the earlier muscle cars became desirable, not just used beaters. This definitely enhanced the 60's muscle cars appeal. When a brand new mustang GT performs better than this Shelby in 10 years, the Shelby won't seem so great. 10 Years ago the top of the line SVT Cobra was only 245 HP.