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2015+ Shelby GT350 Mustang
"You will bring 350 and the Wookie to ME!"
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15728003" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>It will depend on what the new GT500 is (or isn't).</p><p></p><p>If it's a muscle car and trying to compete with the Hellcat/Demon, I'd say the GT350 remains solid.</p><p></p><p>If they incorporate a lot of the features of the GT350 into the GT500, then yes, we're screwed for resale.</p><p></p><p>It basically comes down to whether or not they push the GT500 toward the GT350 with just more motor or they try to compete with the muscle car sales.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing that they will do the latter. Bean counters get a hold of the platform and make the engineers take massive appetite suppressants.</p><p></p><p>So once you say "supercharger" or "turbo chargers" you're instantly in the price range of a $40K mustang GT + cost of factory blower/turbos, right in the neighborhood of our cars. Then when you start adding in all the other frills....seats, wheels, tires, brakes, dampening, special trans, coolers, active exhaust, etc, etc.....the bean counters quickly realize that they've priced the car out of the market.</p><p></p><p>Unless Ford finds a way to basically add a factory blower to a GT350 style setup made for the road course and still price it for less than $80k, I'd say we're okay.</p><p></p><p>My sense is that they'll skimp on wheels and brakes and go big on motor, keep the price tag reasonable and try to compete with the likes of the hellcat/demon.</p><p></p><p>Even if they go the other direction toward our cars, the price tag will protect our value. People will see a new $70k-$80k GT500 and look at a used GT350 for low 50's and still see value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15728003, member: 188865"] It will depend on what the new GT500 is (or isn't). If it's a muscle car and trying to compete with the Hellcat/Demon, I'd say the GT350 remains solid. If they incorporate a lot of the features of the GT350 into the GT500, then yes, we're screwed for resale. It basically comes down to whether or not they push the GT500 toward the GT350 with just more motor or they try to compete with the muscle car sales. I'm guessing that they will do the latter. Bean counters get a hold of the platform and make the engineers take massive appetite suppressants. So once you say "supercharger" or "turbo chargers" you're instantly in the price range of a $40K mustang GT + cost of factory blower/turbos, right in the neighborhood of our cars. Then when you start adding in all the other frills....seats, wheels, tires, brakes, dampening, special trans, coolers, active exhaust, etc, etc.....the bean counters quickly realize that they've priced the car out of the market. Unless Ford finds a way to basically add a factory blower to a GT350 style setup made for the road course and still price it for less than $80k, I'd say we're okay. My sense is that they'll skimp on wheels and brakes and go big on motor, keep the price tag reasonable and try to compete with the likes of the hellcat/demon. Even if they go the other direction toward our cars, the price tag will protect our value. People will see a new $70k-$80k GT500 and look at a used GT350 for low 50's and still see value. [/QUOTE]
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