new info on 2013 gt500 price!!!

[svtsupersnake]

So i have learned from a head manager at ford that ford has a price ceiling for how high they can increase their price on cars. The max price increase at invoice between the 2012 gt500 and 2013 is only 3%. That is the worst case scenario for price increase. So really it will only increase by around 1500 to 2000 depending on no options or all options.

 

[Wishing4Cobra]

As long as its anywhere around 60-65 I will be buying.

 

[The Saint]

I so hope that is true.... :-D

 

[svtsupersnake]

Well this is what they told me because the manager said they are still doing it at the same factory and the materials are the same quality so thats why they dont really increase the cost by that much plus they arent allowed to go over 3 percent so thats nothing.

 

[IcebourgGT500]

I hope so! But there is alot of changes to the car and $1500.00 is a major bargain for what you get........:dw:

 

[svtsupersnake]

Thats what I said. But the manager was like yea but the labor is the same the materials are the same so thats why. But beyond that he said ford is not allowed to go over that 3 percent level. Something that had to do with real estate or maybe he was just using that as an example I don't remember.

 

[ponyboyisaac]

Wow thats a heck of a deal if its true.

 

[gkviper192]

i totally hope you are right but... CF driveshaft isn't the same materials.. and the TVS has to be more than the previous SC.. like i said I really hope you are right though

 

[5.4ever]

gtfo dude, theres no price cap.... if they wanna add 5k they will. especially with all the new stuff coming. frankly, even at @ 55-58k, its still an amazing buy

 

[Tob]

Head manager at Ford....corporate? Your local dealer? Head manager of what?

 

[CAPTAIN JACK]

3%..yea right....Ford has put more than that just in R&D on the new car.

 

[outlw]

I am hearing a 10 K increase..

From Ford based on a fully optioned car

 

[GarageLogic]

I am hearing a 10 K increase..

From Ford based on a fully optioned car

Not a chance.

 

[TaraFirma]

3% increase in MSRP or invoice is great. Dealerships are still going to charge 10-15K over sticker though.

 

[VegasMichael]

Minus the ADM's it would be a price that would cause the current unsold '11s and '12s to collect even more dust. Unless, of course, the prices of those said '11s and '12s comes down below invoice and have substantial rebates.

 

[svtsupersnake]

the ford head manager at 2 dealerships told me the same thing. That they said the company is not allowed to go over 3 percent. The r&d on that car is not that much. They have not put any new technology in that car what so ever. All tech in that car has already been discovered and is just being applied. That does not mean the price of it will sky rocket like they just invented the ipod or something. They said 3 percent above invoice. I dont pay attention to them charging above msrp because ford dealerships in my area dont do that. All i know is that the invoice price of a 2013 shelby will AT AN ABSOLUTE MAX be 3 percent above a 2012 invoice shelby.

 

[72MachOne99GT]

49,000x1.03= I can afford Recaros!

 

[GTSpartan]

I can agree with that. That would put a pretty loaded Shelby coupe right around the magical $60K. Off course things like a glass roof, vert, etc will probably get you close to $65K

 

[svtsupersnake]

i just want the nav,performance package, and maybe glass roof. I am debating on recaros since i remember when i very briefly sat in a shelby with them they felt very stiff when the regular seats feel like i'm sitting in a lazy boy or massage chair or something.

 

[brianz426]

i totally hope you are right but... CF driveshaft isn't the same materials.. and the TVS has to be more than the previous SC.. like i said I really hope you are right though

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the ford head manager at 2 dealerships told me the same thing. That they said the company is not allowed to go over 3 percent. The r&d on that car is not that much. They have not put any new technology in that car what so ever. All tech in that car has already been discovered and is just being applied. That does not mean the price of it will sky rocket like they just invented the ipod or something. They said 3 percent above invoice. I dont pay attention to them charging above msrp because ford dealerships in my area dont do that. All i know is that the invoice price of a 2013 shelby will AT AN ABSOLUTE MAX be 3 percent above a 2012 invoice shelby.

Again I hope you are right about the 3% max. I don't know what part of Maryland you are from ( I'm in the Balt.-Harford County area) but I can tell you for sure that all the dealers around me have been doing ADM's on (all "R" models) and SVT vehicles since the '03-'04 Cobras for as long as they could get away with it. So let me know what area you are from and I'll shop for my 2013 GT500 where you live. Thanks.