jsaylor you might want to dig up some of those old posts where you told people this would happen all along. hope they weren't deleted in the site crash...

 

Thanks Jason, nice to know somebody remembers.

 

Yup, I remember buddy. I also remember you, boomer, fourcam, and several others giving out info on the 400+hp 5.0 too. There were so many doubters.

I know who to trust on these here forums lol

 

Just wait...
it gets better

 

Thanks again man, but it's really Boomer (and a few others) who deserve the credit here. Boomer has been a consistent barometer for this forum making certain that we always had a good idea of what was and what was not coming. Boomer knows his stuff, and while not everybody gives him credit for it, he consistently delivers and he does so with class in spite of the naysayers.

 

I was just afraid some decisions were changed, ford did a 180, and i'd have to eat my own shoe

I have made some great friends over the years.... for that I'm very thankful.

 

Yeah, I can see the press release now. 'Ford changes track, bases 2011 Mustang on Focus, GT model will be powered by a 2.3L DOHC I4 producing 220hp'.

 

Boomer has good sources, too, in addition to all the work he does. I hope he got 'em something good for Christmas.

 

The BOSS is coming isn't it Boom?

Sadly I can't wait any longer. Ford just has too many good stangs coming out I have to get one or else I'll be waiting forever lol.

Maybe I'll eat the depreciation on an '11 GT and get a '12 BOSS?

Well I appreciate all of you guys. Its the reason why I've been here since Brad first opened the site

 

I can understand the argument that the Camaro lacked 2-3 sales months that the 2010 Mustang had, but that really shouldn't have made that much difference. One would've expected a blowout, 3-month disadvantage or not. Merely keeping pace or even doing slightly better overall (even if it had the hypothetical missing months) than the 2010 Mustang is not what the new Camaro should be satisfied to achieve after an 8 year absence, a brand new platform, and years of good hype and PR (in no small part due to Bumblebee and the Transformers movies). This kind of showing is what one would've expected to see a few years from now.

 

Did you have the prerequisite mullet to go along with the 85 Camaro?

 

I'd like to see all the whining and excuses at Camaro5.com,but i've been banned apparently. The Moderators don't like being compared to Hitler for some odd reason.....

 

the excuse is: it sold more month to month, but the final number paints a different picture. pent up demand for the car is trickling down. i don't think its going to sell nearly as well this year.

 

Coming 2011 GT500 info

 

That's the real story. GM controlling supply is probably a good move on their part...better to sell 50-60k cars each year consistently, than to sell 800,000 year 1, 40,000 year 2, and 20,000 year 3. the statement 'year over year 50% declines' is marketing poison.

Suckers like me who bought a 2010 V6 pony still have decent cars, but the 2011 model lineup is looking spectactular. Not sure i can eat the 1 year depreciation, but 3-4 years from now i'll be getting a sweet V8, potentially discounted heavily.

 

**** right

 

I wonder if they're counting the 10,000 preorders (I think that was how many they had) they took last year starting in October as this year sales since they couldn't take delivery until this year. I didn't see any mention of that, but I may have missed it.

 

haha...awesome!

 

Any guesses? I think it unlikely that a variant of the 5.0L makes it into the GT500 in 2011. Maybe in 2012. I'm guessing the GT500 for 2011 will have the aluminum block and the TVS. 650 easy HP there. Or perhaps a TVS with a huge pulley for 600HP.

 

Yep, the aluminum block 5.4 has all but been confirmed for the 2011 GT500...numbers are any body's guess. Sounds like we will have to wait another ~month to find out.