Why is a S650 so expensive? $81K for a 2025 Dark Horse (my rant)

[gimmie11s]

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Here is my sticker. It was more than I remembered, but I did get a discount off MSRP.

I still say it is the best modern Mustang. It's been on the race track. I destroyed the stock tires and have a less aggressive (4S) tires.

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Thats a bargain!! How did you get a discount off MSRP? Thats amazing

 

[13COBRA]

I feel like this is similar to hiding the TV remote in the old folks home.

 

[CobraBob]

OP might actually be Goose’s cousin. All this talk about his track prowess….I thought I was listening to Goose.

 

[mysticsvt]

OP might actually be Goose’s cousin. All this talk about his track prowess….I thought I was listening to Goose.

That is the meanest I have ever heard you be. Just WOW. If my grandma heard me say something like that she'd make me eat a soap sandwich.

 

[1995COBRA-R]

I'd say for sure that my 2019 Mustang will be the best Mustang ever made (except for the GTD).

I am not done with the Ford Mustang. I hope Ford will produce a better Mustang while losing $20 Billion on the EV cars/one truck.

Ford should return to profits while paying the employees well. They can do it with a smarter team that makes the decisions.

 

[q6543]

I’ve yet to see a tuner put their new custom tune up against the car stock tune on E30.

They are really just tuning for throttle input lag and better shift scheduling at this point… Ford threw all the spark at it from the factory.

 

[specracer]

I have said this before in another of your crazy threads, the Dark Horse is not the flag ship for S650 (not counting GTD). There are more things coming. And yes, will be expensive, not GTD level, but more than the $81k you seem to be concerned about.....

 

[BlckBox04]

the sarcasm in this thread is exceptional

 

[CompOrange04GT]

Pretty sure this will destroy the new GTD I think. FPC yo....

I almost spit out my drink

 

[SuperCharged_Coyote]

If I had that money to spend on a car, I'd rather get a GT500 with a couple years and a couple of miles on it rather than a new Dark Horse.

 

[IA Shelby]

I still think the GT350 R is one of the best looking mustangs ever made. I would take a used one over a dark horse any day assuming it was a 2019+.

 

[BlckBox04]

I still think the GT350 R is one of the best looking mustangs ever made. I would take a used one over a dark horse any day assuming it was a 2019+.

the 20+ GT500 front end looks a lot better side by side

 

[PC03GT]

If I had that money to spend on a car, I'd rather get a GT500 with a couple years and a couple of miles on it rather than a new Dark Horse.

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Or 2 gt350s that eat a quart of oil every 3k miles

 

[IA Shelby]

the 20+ GT500 front end looks a lot better side by side

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The best looking Mustang of all time IMO is the Boss 429.

 

[13COBRA]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The best looking Mustang of all time IMO is the Boss 429.

Agreed.

I sold some Shelby parts to a guy about 10 years ago that lived up by you... he has/had 3 or 4 original 429s.

 

[01yellercobra]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The best looking Mustang of all time IMO is the Boss 429.

The Boss 302 still makes me giddy. I started looking down that rabbit hole a couple weeks ago but my bank account bitch slapped me back to reality.

 

[13COBRA]

The Boss 302 still makes me giddy. I started looking down that rabbit hole a couple weeks ago but my bank account bitch slapped me back to reality.

They've come down some recently!

 

[CompOrange04GT]

The Boss 302 still makes me giddy. I started looking down that rabbit hole a couple weeks ago but my bank account bitch slapped me back to reality.

I was looking at a 13 2-3 years ago, and went with my Gt500...
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Honestly.. I'd love to get a Boss 302, and may

 

[CompOrange04GT]

They've come down some recently!

I'got a line on a Jeep that I'm likely getting....

Once I fix the other shit. how much down we talking? I know few years ago they were high 20s low 30s?

 

[01yellercobra]

They've come down some recently!

They'd need to come down a lot more for me. Though I think if I actually wanted to get back into a classic I'd look for a base model. I might feel bad cutting up an original Boss doing what I'd want to do.

I was looking at a 13 2-3 years ago, and went with my Gt500...
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Honestly.. I'd love to get a Boss 302, and may

I'm looking at 1970 models...

https://www.classic.com/veh/1970-ford-mustang-boss-302-0f02g139467-45kO6eW/