Well I got mine because I like to be unique. Then I made it even more unique. I just gotta be different with style

 

What he said!

 

I originally thought they were only V6's!

 

The California Special was a limited edition vehicle first produce for 1968. It's production run was for 5.5 months. Carol Shelby's group was responsible for the production of this vehicle and it had many of the same parts used in the Shelby vehicles. There were to be 5000 to be made but they only made 4118 of them with 251 of them being called High Country Specials.
They made these in response to the upcoming production of the Camaro, Firebird, Javilin, Torino and the Cougar. The California Special was sold in only two sales districts in California. The High Country Specials were bound for Colorado.
It was only made for 1968 and it did not resurface until 2007 to 2009. Then it resurfaced again in 2011 and is still in production.
The current California Specials are still limited additions and are Premium GT's that sport air dams with fog lights in them. The grill is billet by design and has no fog lights and sports a tri color bar pony symbol. It sports side air scoops. The rear spoiler is bigger than other production models. The rear deck emblem calls out California Special. The wheels are 19 inch and the style is only on the Specials. The interior sports carbon fiber design dash and door panels and even the seats have a carbon fiber design on them.


Also the engines ranged from a six to the big V8's even the 428.

 

Whoa... 428 CS... If only the 5.0 could swallow a crank that big.

 

My 2014 has 19" wheels

 

that was written in mid 2012.

 

WTHeck are you talking about? If the mustang was a state it would be California.

 

My 2011 GT/CS had 19s also, as do all GT/CS built 2011 and later.

 

re read the post it was a typo should have been 19's

 

Why was the CS not produced in 2010 ?

 

it is not limited according to ford.. Ford will make as many as people order. Ford has limited the production of shelby, boss, bullitts and super snakes. If you order it they will build doesnt equal limited. I care only because it seems silly to have people saying untrue things.

 

Since most of this discussion centers around what I see as semantics, lets look at a few things.

Unless you are a Ford exec or engineer who was involved with the planning, development, or execution of the GTCS option package then your comments, line mine, are mostly opinions and nothing more.

Two, look at the production numbers. In 2011 there were fewer GTCSs produced then GT500s. Even if you go with Ford making as many as are needed, the relatively low number in existence certainly creates a unique niche for the CS.

Three, Ford performance group sells "limited edition" certificates for GTCS cars. Why would they do this if they didn't consider it so? There is certainly not enough profit in a $40 certificate to warrant watering down their "limited edition" collection of cars. Cars and options can be limited by many things like price point and market analysis based business decisions without using a specific build number. Ford has done a great job of connecting the new Mustangs to their heritage, the GTCS falls right in line with this.

Ultimately Ford, whatever their intent, did a great job of recreating the GTCS phenomenon of the 60's, right down to the controversy over whether its a special edition or not. This is a common thread among the classic GTCSers that I've talked to. Regardless, it's a great car and helped Ford sell more Mustangs which is a win for everyone. No GTCS driver is trying to take anything away from Boss or GT500 drivers, didn't realize you guys were such a sensitive group...

 

I recently learned that Mustang owners are very sensitive when you have an opinion that doesn't match theirs in terms of visual modifications. Mustang ownership is new to me. I love my CS and do consider it a special edition vehicle. Those fading side stripes will be there for the life of the vehicle!

 

That's ironic don't ya think?

suede= plastic
wheels only available on this car = plastic

Too funny. The reality for me was the fact that I could not go out and buy/install all of the parts on the GT/CS for what I could buy the entire package for!

 

Mine too!

 

I'm from Texas. We don't need no tofu mustangs here.

 

Someone sounds a little jealous. Lol

 

bumper = plastic
grill plastic = plastic

Buying any factory parts is costly... the same could be said for base v6 parts.. no point made.


dont get me wrong I am not downing the CS... I like it.. just keeping it real

 

So you are saying that you have to of built the car to know if its a limited edition? The fact that they will build as many as ordered is fact. How does that make it limited??

I owned the only true limited CS.. A 2008 Shelby GT. Its a CS car thats shipped to shelby of american and built. Its limited and numbered.






doesnt that just mean people did not order them??

They also sell focus SES certs. My 2002 SVT focus was a limited run car and it had a cert. It really is as simple as if you buy it they will sell it.

I dont think anyone is being sensitive. People point it out because its not 100% correct and as picky ocd car guys we cant help it.

In the end like I have said I like the CS.


we just dont want this to happen every again