I hope Autoblog is WRONG!!!! I need to see it before the order is locked in...

 

Hey Ray, it does way more. I say this as whenever I wax my car, I can't put much pressure on the roof as its just tin and nothing in between. I heard before that the glass adds at least 100 lbs to the car (though I could be wrong). The best source to get the info on weight (if its not on here already) is on CDC's website. They have to have stats on this as they still install it. When I saw that GT500 with the perf vinyl roof, I was just in awe and thought of adding that in time on my car. I just love the over the top stripes way too much to do the glass roof but once I saw that car, the best of both worlds is possible.

 

Jeff supposedly the glass roof only adds 28 pounds. Did you get a chance to reply to my PM yet?

 

you're going to see it a chicago....and a few pics a couple days before................

 

 

I've driven a couple of bimmers and my favorite by far is my friend's V8 M3. It's got a ton of personality. The chassis, brakes, and steering are probably the most connected feel I've experienced in a car. You can feel exactly what the car is going. Plus I love the sound of a high revving V8.

 

thats correct the ford version adds 28 lbs, no idea about the saleen or cdc versions

 

5 bucks says this is to pave the way to split the diff between the GT/SE/GT500

 

You guys need to go to BMW's website and price out an M3. MSRP is $58,400, 60,575 when factoring in gg tax and destination. Start adding options and you'll hit 70k pretty easy. Not exactly the same price range. The Shelby (while expensive outright) is still a pretty decent value for what you get, and what you can ultimately do it.

 

Not sure I follow you Boomer

 

I don't follow either.

 

5 bucks says the pricing was heavily influenced by the cost for tooling up multiple unique body pieces, the increased labor to paint and install them, the Ford engineering time to tune the supercharger, and the requisite "rarity" charge.

I thought I remember reading somewhere the price was actually higher than what the Shelby company people wanted.

In my opinion, if anything sets the tone for a split, it will be what is done for an enhanced 5.0L car from Ford independent of the GT350. The GT350 pricing will just happen cause the less "devoted" to say "WTF...for $4n,000 (n=1-4), I can get something that is close to the GT500 for over $5000 less!"

I believe the Shelby company's GT350 product planning with Ford is only "loosely coupled" because they are trying to differentiate themselves more as a standalone entity. It seems curious to me to overlap the engine power output of the GT350 and GT500, especially if these 2 cars wind up weight close to one another (supercharger on GT350 "fattens" it up, aluminum block on GT500 slims it down).

I would have loved to seen a price more in the $40,000 - $45,00 range, even if it would have to compete with a Boss 302 (assuming we get such a thing).

Ah, the fun of speculation...

 

So more like the GT 30K the SE 40K and the GT500 50K

 

This is what I'm thinkin.

With what the SE has, you won't be seeing this as a simple 3-5k package like the Mach1 was.

GT350/GT500 while keeping with the Shelby name will confuse some people, considering one is a factory built and one is a 'used' GT with parts.

I'm sure it'll be marketted lower (power wise) even if they make the same ammount of power.

 

BOSS 302?

 

SPILL IT!!!!!

 

Does it sound like the word Floss?

 

I'm aware of the Boss, but I'm looking for specifics...like if it'll have this engine



and these side stripes



along with a $39,999 price tag

 

definitely not the last one....lol.......as far as the second one ............

 

If it's true that there is no gas guzzler tax, then a 2011 GT500 is only about 1K more than a 2010 with HIDs. That's really not very much more.