Kent Car Imports

 

This is good. Many more happy '05 owners

 

jgsmuzzy will be very happy

 

Also to the Netherlands, as of week 48.

Autobedrijf Hendriks

But notice the prices: V6 premium € 39500 (= $ 50455 :shock: ) and GT V8 Premium € 49500 ( = $ 63229 :shock: ).

All due to our tax system on cars....


Marc

 

Well if any of the UK guy's want to see what is likely to be the first one here let me know. I'm US Air Force and my GT should arrive in November. You can see it in the Cambridge area. It was built on friday but shipping and customs allways takes time unless you have lots of money. B)

 

Yeah . . he might have to speed up his plans to purchase an '05.

 

Yeah . . he might have to speed up his plans to purchase an '05. [/b][/quote]
esp. if he wants to be the 1st on his street to have one.

talkin bout jgsmuzzy........... where are you?

 

sleeping?

 

German import (I believe it's a bit expensive, haven't done any maths on what the difference between buying from those guys and importing it by yourself is): http://www.ford-mustang-2005.de/

 

esp. if he wants to be the 1st on his street to have one.

talkin bout jgsmuzzy........... where are you? [/b][/quote]
I'm Here! I originally replied in the Europe forum, I didn't see it in here!

Unfortunately, the £24k for a fully loaded GT is still a little (lot) out of my price range ($43k)

But I am sure that I have a fair amount of equity in my house...............


"Alex, you know you wanted to move to a bigger house? I have a better idea.... "

I WANT ONE NOW!!


Zinn, you have an open invitation to come and stay with us up here for a little holiday. We can show you the sights "up North" and you can let me see your car!
(that's a serious invite, it'd be good to meet a fellow "Sourcer"!

I Want one now......... I feel I am beginning to sound like April........... (love ya sweetheart!)

 

Hi from across the pond. price getting up here in Canada also. They say around $38 Grand for a loaded GT. Can't help it. gotta have one, no matter what.

 

$25,000... Not to rub it in anyone's face, though.

:usa:

 

Here are two Swedish dealers that takes orders on the '05:

Von Braun Sports Cars (a Ferrari dealer!!)

Exclusive Cars

Both rate the GT w/ Premium package at around $50,000

I've done a few hasty calculations on private import, and I end up just shy of that figure anyway, with purchase + shipping + customs + VAT (25%!) + registration + inspection + scrapping fee ...and then you have to do all the paperwork yourself and don't get the benefits of dealer warranty + service.

Still, $50K is cheaper than, say, a new Volvo S60R...a weak USD helps a lot.

 

Did anyone look at the UK performance numbers. If this is accurate, they're quite different:

4.6L 3V V8 5-Speed Manual 9.8:1 300bhp @ 5250 240ft lbs @ 3500

Torque is waaay down for our friends across the pond!

 

Robert, I got different figures too for the Swedish sources:

4.6L (281 cu in) V8 5-speed manual 9.8:1 300bhp @ 6000 and 315ft lbs @ 4500

Where do different torque numbers come from? If the 315ft lbs (428 Nm) is accurate, then I expect it to rip tarmac through all gears.

 

Dunno why the UK figures are lower, but it seems the engine is being tuned for lower torque in GB.

But everyone else will get to rip pavement, you're right!!

 

The car is not being officially imported (by Ford).

The figures will be exactly the same as a US model (all the company is doing is buying from a US dealer and bringing it over) I can only assume they have mis-read the figures...

Ah just re-read the website, they have used the V6 torque figures for the V8!

James

 

It'd be cheaper to import into the UK and drive it back to Sweden!!! The VAt here is only 17.5% and once duty and VAt have been paid in any member state, you can take the car anywhere ("Freedom of movement of goods and services" act)

 

Haha, great detective work jgs!

Kinda related question: Can we expect some differences in performance due to re-tuning the engine? I guess that needs to be done since a stock US engine won't run too well on our standard 95 octane fuel (but better that, than the other way around...).

Also kinda stinks they seemed to have dropped the side panel turn indicators on the production GTs. I'd rather have them fit those in-factory than having to drill holes to mount aftermarket variants. Dang safety regulations..

 

The engine will run just fine on our petrol, My present V6 doesn't have any problems at all.

DO NOT LET THEM TUNE YOUR CAR!!!