Spy Shots—’20 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 With PDK-Esque Transmission

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I know the car could come in at 3750 with a supercharger but it needs to run a lot of carbon fiber and aluminum to do so. I hope we see a switch to an aluminum frameZzz I’d be so happy. It is not going to happen but one can hope
 

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I know the car could come in at 3750 with a supercharger but it needs to run a lot of carbon fiber and aluminum to do so. I hope we see a switch to an aluminum frameZzz I’d be so happy. It is not going to happen but one can hope

Since it's a unibody, wouldn't the whole body have to be aluminum?
 

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Since it's a unibody, wouldn't the whole body have to be aluminum?

Whole floor body and roof would be my honest hope. Frame, panels, etc. It won’t happen in a well selling generations halo model and I get the economics of why. Would be so nice though. It would mandate an additional $5k sticker price minimum.
 

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I would be surprised if Ford uses the FPC in this car. I would also be surprised if this car doesn’t weigh over 4K... look at the new 18 GT.. it’s at 3800+ now.... supercharger, bigger brakes, suspension, heavier duty trans.... that all adds weight! I’m sure it’ll be bad ass, but with ZL1s discounted well into the 50s new... a 90k 750hp Shelby isn’t going to end up in my garage.

Don't forget, the Mustang GT comes/came with a lot more options than the GT500; lighting packages, interior upgrades, heated/cooled seats, sound system, etc. With the GT500, you either got Nav or no Nav. Other than the SVT Perf Pack which reduced weight, that was all the options you got.

Not sure if you're joking, but I'm happy if 3900# and the parts we are expecting.
Lighter always better, but 3900# is manageable.
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What is the performance car world coming to when 3900+ lbs is acceptable?
 

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Don't forget, the Mustang GT comes/came with a lot more options than the GT500; lighting packages, interior upgrades, heated/cooled seats, sound system, etc. With the GT500, you either got Nav or no Nav. Other than the SVT Perf Pack which reduced weight, that was all the options you got.



What is the performance car world coming to when 3900+ lbs is acceptable?


What?

What gt500 only came with nav or no nav?

You could get glass roof
Shaker sound system
The car came with heated seats unless you went with recaros.

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In 2013, you couldn't get heated seats if you got the Performance Pack option.
They still existed was my point. You could get a pretty well optioned gt500 between the nav, shaker, stock seats with heat and glass roof.
 

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Don't forget, the Mustang GT comes/came with a lot more options than the GT500; lighting packages, interior upgrades, heated/cooled seats, sound system, etc. With the GT500, you either got Nav or no Nav. Other than the SVT Perf Pack which reduced weight, that was all the options you got
I beg to differ.. you have the GT500
confused with the Boss 302... which was no frills! Believe me I know! ;)
Unless Ford offers a stripper version, the new GT500 will have all those options available too.
 

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I know the car could come in at 3750 with a supercharger but it needs to run a lot of carbon fiber and aluminum to do so. I hope we see a switch to an aluminum frameZzz I’d be so happy. It is not going to happen but one can hope
No offense.. but put down the crack pipe lol... the GT350R weighs 3750 with the electronic pack... the new ZR1 weighs damn near 3700 lbs... the GT500 will weigh 4K...
But yes we can hope....
 

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They still existed was my point. You could get a pretty well optioned gt500 between the nav, shaker, stock seats with heat and glass roof.

Now go back and do a search for the '07-'12 GT500 options. I forgot about the glass roof, but you couldn't get Shaker 1000 and Nav. It was either one or the other. There were no heated seats available at all. Forget about cooled seats. (All that extra fluff must be why people consider the '13/'14 the second coming.)
 

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I'm not excited, but the hood does look kinda cool.

Surprised they don't do more "scale"-like styling instead of catfish-face.
 

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No offense.. but put down the crack pipe lol... the GT350R weighs 3750 with the electronic pack... the new ZR1 weighs damn near 3700 lbs... the GT500 will weigh 4K...
But yes we can hope....

Lol, some offense meant by this in a friendly way, read what I said.

tt335ci03cobra said:
I know the car could come in at 3750 with a supercharger but it needs to run a lot of carbon fiber and aluminum to do so. I hope we see a switch to an aluminum frameZzz I’d be so happy. It is not going to happen but one can hope

I was simply day dreaming. I wasn’t implying the car would end up with an aluminum body or carbon roof. Other performance coupes have gone these routes with good success. The car can be built with all the tech and power and performance while hitting a 3750lbs weight, but it would add $5k of material cost to each car so $10-20k on the sticker.
 

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Forget any large amount of carbon, they got way too much push back from dealers originally with the carbon and price point of 83 to 85k...they need to be able to sell these against Chevy and Dodge.
 

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Forget any large amount of carbon, they got way too much push back from dealers originally with the carbon and price point of 83 to 85k...they need to be able to sell these against Chevy and Dodge.

New 2018 Challenger Hellcat with 8 speed auto with barely any options comes in around $71K. I would expect the next GT500 to MSRP $67-69K base with manual and keep climbing in price from there. Fully optioned probably around $78-80K. This price point would be on par with Dodge and Chevrolet.
 

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New 2018 Challenger Hellcat with 8 speed auto with barely any options comes in around $71K. I would expect the next GT500 to MSRP $67-69K base with manual and keep climbing in price from there. Fully optioned probably around $78-80K. This price point would be on par with Dodge and Chevrolet.

Price point I mentioned was original with a lot of carbon. Due to pushback, some carbon was removed and price point is around 73 to 75k optioned out.
 

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Forget any large amount of carbon, they got way too much push back from dealers originally with the carbon and price point of 83 to 85k...they need to be able to sell these against Chevy and Dodge.
Wait.

Are you saying the dealers are setting the price point on these cars?

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Forget any large amount of carbon, they got way too much push back from dealers originally with the carbon and price point of 83 to 85k...they need to be able to sell these against Chevy and Dodge.

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Push back from dealers? No.

We're selling the hell out of $80k+ Super Duties and Expeditions.

Who's your source on that nonsense?
 

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