Number of gt 500's per dealer

forane2001 said:

Local dealer here told me that each SVT dealer would get 4 gt 500's and regular ford dealerships would each get 2. He also said they would sell for around $45k which may be true before the dealer inflation.

This dealer also has a ford gt in the showroom and in the same breath that he told me the above price for the shelby he said they had just turned down a bid of $175k for the gt. He said it would take 190k-200k to get the gt. So talk about price gouging!!!!!! It will be the same crap with the shelby unless they dont sell!!!

:shrug:
I'll be just as happy to keep my 03 cobra and enjoy it.

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drmustang said:

Ford and GM now have corporate bonds with "junk" ratings. They are in seriously bad financial distress.

Ford is in a situation where they simply must sell more vehicles to survive. The profit or loss statement doesn't care whether the desparately needed additional sales come via Explorers, F-150s or special edition Mustangs.

The financial ditch that Ford currently resides in dictates that they produce as many units of whatever the dealers buy for stock. It is no more complicated than that. They are at the point where their very survival is at stake.

Ford does not have the luxury of building anything that it markets in limited numbers to please its enthusiasts and dealers.

Anyone who tells you that there will be strict per dealer or total production limits is grossly out of touch with the harsh economic realities that face auto makers.

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forane2001 said:

Local dealer here told me that each SVT dealer would get 4 gt 500's and regular ford dealerships would each get 2. He also said they would sell for around $45k which may be true before the dealer inflation.

This dealer also has a ford gt in the showroom and in the same breath that he told me the above price for the shelby he said they had just turned down a bid of $175k for the gt. He said it would take 190k-200k to get the gt. So talk about price gouging!!!!!! It will be the same crap with the shelby unless they dont sell!!!

:shrug:
I'll be just as happy to keep my 03 cobra and enjoy it.

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forane2001 said:

yes i agree they do stink, but where is a better dealer. They are everyone a bunch of crooks, thieves, despots, and whatever else can be said. The price I mentioned in the above post on the ford GT proves it. Only rich doctors or executives in my town could afford the price of a ford gt anyway and there are not too many of them. The ones that could afford it probably won't pay that much for a ford product no matter how good they claim it is. Makes you wonder what kind of quality issues may be lurking in the ford gt doesn't it.
I had a few of the issues with my 03 (head tick, throw out bearing). It is ceratinly the most powerful vehicle that I have been fortunate to own and I am thankful to have it. AS far as the GT 500, i like it pretty well, but just cant see myself jumping the gun as I must admit that I did on my cobra.
Anyway, my 02c on the world. Good luck to all of you who are lucky enough to get the gt 500 and I hope it gives better quality than alot of the 03 cobras did.

I really think hell will be full of car dealers(especially SVT dealers) and anesthesiologists. They are all greedy bast%rds.

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mrGT said:

Here's the Ford published allocation Plan for the expected 7,000 units to be produced for the 2007 model year.

-2 incremental units for current full-line SVT dealers (605 dealers)
-1 incremental unit for SVT Focus-only dealers (700 dealers)
-1 unit for any dealer who completes certification requirements (yet to be disclosed)
-1 unit for 2005 President's Award winners (343 dealers)
-Remaining production will be allocated based on a Mustang share-of-nation formula

Example:
A current full-line SVT dealer who wins the 2005 President's Award will receive 4 units plus any units for Mustang share-of-nation.
--Full-line SVT Dealer.......2
--Completed certification...1
--2005 President's Award...1
--Mustang share-of-nation...TBD

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mrGT said:

Here's the Ford published allocation Plan for the expected 7,000 units to be produced for the 2007 model year.

-2 incremental units for current full-line SVT dealers (605 dealers)
-1 incremental unit for SVT Focus-only dealers (700 dealers)
-1 unit for any dealer who completes certification requirements (yet to be disclosed)
-1 unit for 2005 President's Award winners (343 dealers)
-Remaining production will be allocated based on a Mustang share-of-nation formula

Example:
A current full-line SVT dealer who wins the 2005 President's Award will receive 4 units plus any units for Mustang share-of-nation.
--Full-line SVT Dealer.......2
--Completed certification...1
--2005 President's Award...1
--Mustang share-of-nation...TBD

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forane2001 said:

yes i agree they do stink, but where is a better dealer. They are everyone a bunch of crooks, thieves, despots, and whatever else can be said. The price I mentioned in the above post on the ford GT proves it. Only rich doctors or executives in my town could afford the price of a ford gt anyway and there are not too many of them. The ones that could afford it probably won't pay that much for a ford product no matter how good they claim it is. Makes you wonder what kind of quality issues may be lurking in the ford gt doesn't it.
I had a few of the issues with my 03 (head tick, throw out bearing). It is ceratinly the most powerful vehicle that I have been fortunate to own and I am thankful to have it. AS far as the GT 500, i like it pretty well, but just cant see myself jumping the gun as I must admit that I did on my cobra.
Anyway, my 02c on the world. Good luck to all of you who are lucky enough to get the gt 500 and I hope it gives better quality than alot of the 03 cobras did.

I really think hell will be full of car dealers(especially SVT dealers) and anesthesiologists. They are all greedy bast%rds.

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