Don't be hating just because you never made your 20th anniversary

 

Another reason for thinking the 2013 GT500 is a 20th Anniversary model.

shelby.pdf

 

Your attachment is broken, but a GT500 is NOT a cobra. SVT was formed in 1993

 

So if the 1993 SVT Cobra was the first year SVT, what year is a 2013 SVT GT500?

The attachment is a PDF file, so you will need Adobe Reader to view it.

 

And as far as the 2013 GT500 not being a Cobra, it's strange that Cobra is mentioned 9 times in the 2013 GT500 Source Book and the Cobra symbol is on all four sides of the car and many times in the interior.

13 Shelby GT500 Update.pdf

 

The GT500 is a GT!!!!!! I guess the GT350 is a cobra too, because it also sports some cobras.

 

The 2013 GT500 is a:

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 SVT Cobra. All of these are on my car so it must be true.

 

Lol don't forget the color, but I don't think it says mustang anywhere, so I guess it's not a mustang. lol

 

So, Ford is celebrating 20 years of SVT by introducing the 650 (sic) hp GT500, but they did not have a 20th Anniversary model, per se. Years of production ending in a "0" or "5" don't make it a special model. SVT did have a limited number of 10th anniversary Cobras (unique wheels, badging, etc.) that were produced in addition to the regular Cobras built in 2003. However, no 2013's were built as anniversary models on top of the regular GT500's, so I say there is NO 20th anniversary GT500.

 

Did any of the other 2013 SVT Vehicles have any 20th Anniversary door sill plates or other badging that noted SVT's 20th Anniversary?

 

Thats your opinion, and I agree that it isn't the 20th anniversary of the GT500. The fact remains it's the 20th year of SVT and the door sills say it. Nobody ever said that it was a special edition, just that it is the 20th anniversary.

 

From media.ford.com:

Quote:

In honor of SVT’s anniversary, a commemorative lighted sill plate will be used in the 2013 Shelby GT500 to celebrate the many years of performance vehicles.

 

Remember the 1999 Mustangs when every single one of them had the "35 years" fender emblems, yet there were only a few thousand that were the actual 35th Anniversary models (unique guages, interior, hood, wheels, etc.)? Or how about the same issue in 2004 when Ford put "40 years" fender emblems on every single V6 & GT Mustang built that year, yet only a couple thousand were the actual 40th Anniversary model with the Arizona Beige wheels, stripes, dash emblem, etc.? It pains me when someone with a '99 or '04 Mustang calls their car an "anniversary" model when it isn't the limited edition package that Ford offered that year. I suspect it will be the same in 2014.5 when Ford does a 50th Anniversary Mustang by offering a few thousand "special" cars, while the other 100,000 or so built will simply have a badge mentioning 50 years, but everyone with a regular one will call it an anniversary car.

 

I know what you're saying, and kinda agree, but all the 35th and 40th cars technically ARE anniversary cars, only the specifically packaged cars are Anniversary Editions though. But again, I know a lot of people call their standard 99/04s anniversary models, and they are incorrect.

 

A 20th SVT anniversary lighted sill plate is so cool. A touch of class for the GT500 to make the 2013 model special.