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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 16077192" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>Most importantly, number 1 on your list.<strong> Where the hell did you get that from?</strong> There was nothing of the sort mentioned. The Q&A was with Hermann Salenbauch, a Director (production side) at Ford Performance in the December 2018 issue of Motor Trend. The following is exactly how it was worded...</p><p></p><p><em>You will have GT350 and GT500 in the same showroom for the first time. What’s the thinking?</em></p><p>They play to different customers. GT350 is a track-focused vehicle but deploys power in a different way than a GT500. GT500 for the first time also will be very track-capable, but it’s also very straight-lined. It plays in both and gives you the highest level of horsepower. You will not spin a tire as easily in a GT350, but a GT500 will have strengths that GT350 doesn’t have.</p><p></p><p><em>When does the GT500 show up in the showroom? </em></p><p>It will be a ’20 model year, so sometime in the second half of next year. It’s an exciting machine. We have a long history on improving capability on our GT500, doing something big every year.</p><p></p><p><em>What will you debut with this one?</em></p><p>It will have more power than we ever had. We told you 700 plus, and it’s not 701 or 702; it’s plus and a little bit.</p><p></p><p><em>Which one should we invite to Best Driver’s Car? </em></p><p>There’s a little more weight on the front of a GT500 with a supercharger, so you have to deal with it. But I have excellent vehicle dynamics engineers that worked on that. It handles extremely well. It’s not just a straight-line car.</p><p></p><p><em>Can we look forward to a King of the Road version a year or two in?</em></p><p>I did the last King of the Road. It was a lot of work. We built our first 1,000 units, then another 1,000 units, and produced a price span nobody else had done at that level. We added to a car that was a slightly above $20,000 V-6 Mustang, and that KR was about $80,000. Dealers put a hefty markup on top. I’m pretty sure many sold for more than $100,000. And this was for a 2008.5 KR model.</p><p><a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/motor-trend/20181201/281586651541530" target="_blank">PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 16077192, member: 83412"] Most importantly, number 1 on your list.[b] Where the hell did you get that from?[/b] There was nothing of the sort mentioned. The Q&A was with Hermann Salenbauch, a Director (production side) at Ford Performance in the December 2018 issue of Motor Trend. The following is exactly how it was worded... [i]You will have GT350 and GT500 in the same showroom for the first time. What’s the thinking?[/i] They play to different customers. GT350 is a track-focused vehicle but deploys power in a different way than a GT500. GT500 for the first time also will be very track-capable, but it’s also very straight-lined. It plays in both and gives you the highest level of horsepower. You will not spin a tire as easily in a GT350, but a GT500 will have strengths that GT350 doesn’t have. [i]When does the GT500 show up in the showroom? [/i] It will be a ’20 model year, so sometime in the second half of next year. It’s an exciting machine. We have a long history on improving capability on our GT500, doing something big every year. [i]What will you debut with this one?[/i] It will have more power than we ever had. We told you 700 plus, and it’s not 701 or 702; it’s plus and a little bit. [i]Which one should we invite to Best Driver’s Car? [/i] There’s a little more weight on the front of a GT500 with a supercharger, so you have to deal with it. But I have excellent vehicle dynamics engineers that worked on that. It handles extremely well. It’s not just a straight-line car. [i]Can we look forward to a King of the Road version a year or two in?[/i] I did the last King of the Road. It was a lot of work. We built our first 1,000 units, then another 1,000 units, and produced a price span nobody else had done at that level. We added to a car that was a slightly above $20,000 V-6 Mustang, and that KR was about $80,000. Dealers put a hefty markup on top. I’m pretty sure many sold for more than $100,000. And this was for a 2008.5 KR model. [URL='https://www.pressreader.com/usa/motor-trend/20181201/281586651541530']PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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