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I raised this question in another thread, but I think it might get a better response in a new thread. If this is unecessary, feel free to close it.
Anyways, Ford/SVT offered their customers, who took them up on the '04 Power Lease, as being the 1st in line on the available new '07 Cobra. Is this car, the Shelby GT500, the '07 Cobra Ford/ SVT was referring to? If so, how many people does that technically put 1st? If this is indeed a SE run, I would assume that this wouldn't apply, seeing it is a SE and not the '07 SVT Cobra. I'm just trying to figure this out and how this agreement will play out and, who, if anyone gets shafted.
Anyways, Ford/SVT offered their customers, who took them up on the '04 Power Lease, as being the 1st in line on the available new '07 Cobra. Is this car, the Shelby GT500, the '07 Cobra Ford/ SVT was referring to? If so, how many people does that technically put 1st? If this is indeed a SE run, I would assume that this wouldn't apply, seeing it is a SE and not the '07 SVT Cobra. I'm just trying to figure this out and how this agreement will play out and, who, if anyone gets shafted.
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No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
How many people does that put first? However many got a powerlease. I don't think anyone but Ford's RedCarpet Lease Program and SVT know that. I doubt it was more than a couple hundred.
How many people does that put first? However many got a powerlease. I don't think anyone but Ford's RedCarpet Lease Program and SVT know that. I doubt it was more than a couple hundred.
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Originally posted by Mystic_Cobra@March 22, 2005, 11:01 AM
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
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what's frustrating is that they limited production to 7500. If this is the car that the power leasers get in line for first, after they get theirs, then the celebs and dealers get the rest of them, and what the dealers have, they double the price on.... those of us that want one get screwed. Am I correct when I say that the plans (X, A, Z, etc.) don't apply to the Cobra? .... and now assuming the GT500?
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Originally posted by slavehand+March 22, 2005, 10:07 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(slavehand @ March 22, 2005, 10:07 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mystic_Cobra@March 22, 2005, 11:01 AM
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
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I think they could go either way with it. But considering that it'll hit the showrooms long after the '06 MY begins, they decided to call it an "early" '07.
EDIT: One more thing - the first GT-500s hit the showrooms in the '67 MY. I'm sure there'll be a 40th anniversay tie-in as well.
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Originally posted by slavehand@March 22, 2005, 10:46 AM
Anyways, Ford/SVT offered their customers, who took them up on the '04 Power Lease, as being the 1st in line on the available new '07 Cobra. Is this car, the Shelby GT500, the '07 Cobra Ford/ SVT was referring to? If so, how many people does that technically put 1st? If this is indeed a SE run, I would assume that this wouldn't apply, seeing it is a SE and not the '07 SVT Cobra.
Anyways, Ford/SVT offered their customers, who took them up on the '04 Power Lease, as being the 1st in line on the available new '07 Cobra. Is this car, the Shelby GT500, the '07 Cobra Ford/ SVT was referring to? If so, how many people does that technically put 1st? If this is indeed a SE run, I would assume that this wouldn't apply, seeing it is a SE and not the '07 SVT Cobra.
Also, folks on the board keep acting like this is far more limited in number than previous Cobra's, and this is simply not true. In the seven model years Ford built it the SN95 Mustang Cobra went over 10k untis in a year exactly three times. And, two of those don't really mean much as one year was 10,005 units and the other was 10,049 units. So, one year of SN95 Cobra production was really more than 10k units, and all of those cars were cheaper than this new one...some much cheaper.
More expensive would seem to correlate to slightly lower production, in this case that slightly lower production would be 7,500 units predicted for this new car. FYI that is about the same number as Ford built and sold Cobra's in 98, 99, and 01. Also, there is little doubt that there will be a car to take up the slack created by this car moving upmarket.
The GT500 is the new uber-Stang.
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Yes, but has there ever been this kind of salivating over any Mustang w/ the exception of the '05 in the past 20 years? No. In fact I don't think that is a reasonable comparison because you are comparing the past to an undeteminable future. Sure the buzz will wear down but w/ the way Ford has handled this situation, there is a very high demand to purchase this vehicle and Ford knows they got a(nother) winner on their hands.
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Originally posted by slavehand+March 22, 2005, 11:07 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(slavehand @ March 22, 2005, 11:07 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Mystic_Cobra@March 22, 2005, 11:01 AM
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
No one's going to get shafted. We'll find out in a few days if this is the "07 Cobra" from the powerlease. I think it is.
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The 03 Cobras went on sale in Feb 02.
No one knows for sure exactly when the car will be available. They could put them in dealers anytime between Feb 06 and Dec 06 and call it an 07MY. Maybe they wanted to cover their as-s-es and leave a few extra months of development time in case they found a problem.
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