New Shelby Coming Monday Night!
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The 2007-2010 GT500's that were completely built at AAI in Flat Rock have decent fit & finish. The 06-08 SGT's converted at SAI in Las Vegas had questionable fit & finish. I've seen plenty of them over the past few years since I order and market all of our SVT & Shelbys for sale.
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The production totals will be interesting. Given the price of the '11 GT and the additional cost of the new Shelby, dealers might not jump in the bandwagon as they did with the Shelby GT unless the demand is high from placed orders the new Shelby might be very limited.
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Sorry, but besides the Shelbys I also find the Roush, Steeda, etc. tuner specials all to be grossly overpriced. I don't think any of them will be huge collector hits in the future either, they just made too many of them. With all the outstanding Ford and aftermarket resources available for the Mustang, just build your own special edition exactly like you want it then spend the rest of the savings on gas to enjoy driving the heck out of it!
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I'm really hoping that it is built 100% at Flat Rock, with Shelby just licensing his name for the car. That'll save enthusiastic buyers a good $10K to $20K, IMO, versus shipping a GT to SAI and having them work their "magic" on them.
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The production totals will be interesting. Given the price of the '11 GT and the additional cost of the new Shelby, dealers might not jump in the bandwagon as they did with the Shelby GT unless the demand is high from placed orders the new Shelby might be very limited.
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nope SAI is building this one, just like Roush or Saleen
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Which is just foolish! Some of the V6 conversions they offer will send you north of the MSRP of a GT500 and for what? Not a whole lot.
Id rather have a GT500 over a CS6 or Terlingua - after all, the GT500 and the Cobra are really the only two recognizable Shelby name plates to the general public.
If I rolled up to the gas pump in a 2008 Shelby GT/C-SC nobody would know what the h@ll it is or even care they would simply say "Oh man, thats a Shelby? Is it a GT500?!? Dude I love Gone In 60 Seconds, Eleanor is hot!"
Id rather have a GT500 over a CS6 or Terlingua - after all, the GT500 and the Cobra are really the only two recognizable Shelby name plates to the general public.
If I rolled up to the gas pump in a 2008 Shelby GT/C-SC nobody would know what the h@ll it is or even care they would simply say "Oh man, thats a Shelby? Is it a GT500?!? Dude I love Gone In 60 Seconds, Eleanor is hot!"
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It always amazes me how people can/will pay more money for a "lesser" product. I figure it should price between the GT and the 500 as it's positioned between them in the lineup... But I know I'll be wrong on that one...
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