Thanks!

 

No.

1-800-FordSVT will tell you 8-10k per year for at least 2 years. They say they are negotiating a 3rd year with Shelby.

 

Reliable sources from Ford dealers with top secret inside info will confirm production will be limited to 3K and for only one year.

 

Ford is producing approximately 10,000 Shelby GT 500 vehicles per year. The number can slide up or down 2,000 vehicles based on production and supply limitations at the plant. The contract to call the FORD SHELBY GT 500 was agreed on upon with approval from Shebly Automotive in Las Vegas. I am still wondering how much he gets from each sale just to have his name on the car. The contract is on file with FORD and in Las Vegas wtih Shelby. I believe GT 500 is slated to run for at least 2 years with an option for 3 more years if the run is successful. Rumor has it Shelby gets 3 to 5K per unit produce to call it a Ford Shelby GT 500. SOURCE information FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

 

This is funny I read 6000

 

Over on Blueovalnews.com, back when production was about to start, the number that was posted was 9,000 units. Again, they can shift it up a few to meet needs.

 

Same info. i go from them. The first year may be less than the subsequent years in order to ramp up production is all. The feel i get from the Market and the fact that the car still has a markup on that had lasted more than eight months, is in the car being with this kind of demand - a third year of production appears likely.

 

Good News for those that are still playing the Waiting Game !!!

 

I've been playing the waiting game. I finally got a deal for an '08 at MSRP. I think we will see some more softening over the next 3 or 4 months. NAIAS unveilings and Winter months should soften the market even more.

 

Here's what I recall on this:

Ford initially stated 7,000 MY'07 units and then formally upped it to 9.000. However, the factory was given a GT500 build spec of " is set at 10% of total mustang production;" a V6 build spec of "a minimum of 39%" and a GT spec of "a maximum of 51%."

I suspect Ford never upped the commitment number (still at 9,000 as far as I've herad) because the Tremec TR6060 was believed to be the constraint. However Tremec has been moving rapidly (at Mexican plant, I believe and possibly elswhere -- dunno) to expand production facilities on that unit for several reasons: it's likely still the '07 GT500 primary constraint, it is their new gold-standard six speed (billet primary shafts, improved design, all-round tougher and capable of handling more torque, etc) and it has been spec'd by GM for the coming turbo z0_/SS 'vette.

If that constraint is removed and the plant spec remains unchanged, the number of GT500s produced will likely be gated by how many v6s Ford can convince dealers to eat so that Ford can meet mustang CAFE numbers. This is a problem, to my mind, because dealers seem to want more GTs and less V6s (as far as I can tell), so it is very possible, even likely, that GT500 production may [now/soon] be gated not by the Tremec but by V6 demand (or lack thereof).

As far as how many years... back in April when the magazines got to do their original road tests (that were actually done on preproduction units with Trac Control believed to be programmed on [not defeatable]) Ford told the rags three years -- that's why the four majors all carried it that way in their articles. Separately, Ford executives have been quoted as saying [to paraphrase] 'we will make them until eveyone who wants one can get one' but not clear if that implied more years than two or three or ??

My hunch is that we will see a third year if demand is still there given other goodies coming in the mix (special editions, new models ;-) etc). Remember, Ford makes not one cent more or less whether there are big ADMs, no ADMs or even well under MSRP as demand tapers off. The only time it 'costs' Ford is if they have to offer factory incentives because the dealers' lots are full of 'em and they need the dealers to clear house for the new model year -- unlikely on this car because Ford is making the dealers earn their allocation by signing up for V6s (based on what I've heard). So it would seen that ford has nothing to loose to keep them flowing as long as the dealers are making their nums and demand is there.

How long will that be? Dunno, but it may be one reason we might be seeing Ford starting to become very tight liped on new models until much closer-in than traditional model [pre-]announcements, so I'm kinda expecting Bullitt, Boss and Mach (the alternative tape-and-paint for extending GT500 pieces???) to announce much later [closer to planned availability] than we are used to seeing (just my speculation) -- especially with renewed competition and the HP wars just startig to shift gears with Camaro etc.

All this says to me that the likelihood of a 3rd year for the GT500 is high and as soon as it starts to taper I would expect to see a relabeled Mach version.

I'd guess the Boss will be the first mustang ('09?) to get the rumored H/Boss motor and could certainly overlap with a third year of GT500 production sice they play to somewhat different audiences, with tape-and-sticker variations (Bullitt, Mach, ??) rounding out the mix.

Btw, my understanding is that Mr Shelby gets approx $250/vehicle. Still, at 16-20K units, that's $4-5M for use of his name -- not bad! Don't mean to play-down the significance of Carroll and Ford reunited -- I love it -- but we all must know this is essentially Ford's work product through and through with some usefull interaction and idea exchanges with SA/Mr.S as compliant contract partners ;-)

I'm an old-timer, so my old '68 S-code (converted to Shelby trim) is still fresh in my mind, but the '68 Shelby was actually a Ford-engineered contract car built for Ford by A.O.Smith Corporation of Livonia Michigan (the source of the Shelby-Ford rift) as was the '69 -- and possibly the '70 too -- can't recall. So I don't love this amazing GT500 any less for being essentially an '07 SVT Cobra -- Carroll's name on it just ads some nice nostalgic cache and, unfortunately, some absurd ADMs ...but those will pass too, IMHO.

Never thought I'd live long enough to see the 'second coming' -- but so glad I have!!!

-Dan

 

The 1970 GT-350s & GT-500s were leftover 1969 models that didn't sell. The unsold 1969s were shipped to KarKraft and "reworked" into 1970 models. All KarKarft did was change the S/Ns, added black stripes to the hood, and added Boss 302 front chin spoilers.

Makes one wonder if there will be left over 2009 Shelbys that will need to be "reworked" inorder to sell them.

 

At our Dealership, we expect MSRP by Summer.

 

Do that, if you can, and you shall get the best price.

 

Thanks for being candid, Linda. I also expect MSRP by Summer. I originally predicted March or April, but, the market has not dropped much in the last 6 weeks. I may have been a little optimistic in that prediction.

 

Unless One is after the early Serial or just cannot wait for theirs, IMO it is best to wait. Patience and Preserverance. It is indeed difficult to predict a Market in the first year of production.

 

So, you are saying you have a patience and preserverance problem? Welcome to the club.
Enjoy as there is no cure.

 

I've had this problem since August 2006. .....Raised in a gerahead Family and 'tis normal to me.

 

Im glad I learned patience at an early age, BUT IT CAN ONLY LAST FOR SOOOO LONG !!!

I hope you are right about mid summer, If I can have mine by mid summer or this year, i will be one HAPPY CAMPER !!!!

 

It is our belief that by the time the Camero and Vette comes out for 08, along with the 600 hp Viper, it will help stabilize the price of the Gt500.

 

Only problem with that is that there is no Camaro or new Corvette for '08. Those cars won't arrive till '09.