After all the hype, who here is actually buying?

[Cman01]

I could be in...……….but not for a first year car. I wanna know all the info first (like hp, weight, VIR lightning lap time from C&D etc etc) then I'll see.

My problem in getting this car would be I will have to can my Z06 and 13 Shelby if I go for the new one. I will have to think long and hard about doing that and whether I really want to do it.

If I do go for it...………….the top dog model for me.

Tony

 

[blk02edge]

From the C&D article linked by Snoopy:

"Ford says the GT500 will be able to hit 60 mph in less than three seconds and turn the quarter-mile in less than eleven seconds."

I thought Ford said 3.5 seconds 0 to 60 and 11 sec quarter miles?

Less than 3 seconds would mean 2.xx, doesnt seem realistic to me ha

 

[Corbic]

Zero interest in buying one. *shrug*

 

[rwleonard]

I can't say zero interest, but I really like my '13, and I don't think the new one will be any faster around the track, because it would still be just me, driving it, you see.

If they bring out a convertible later, I might go for that and throw a roll bar in it for the track. My wife would drive it if it were a vert with the DCT, so it would get more driving and less sitting.

 

[paluka21]

I can't say zero interest, but I really like my '13, and I don't think the new one will be any faster around the track, because it would still be just me, driving it, you see.

If they bring out a convertible later, I might go for that and throw a roll bar in it for the track. My wife would drive it if it were a vert with the DCT, so it would get more driving and less sitting.

A 'vert MY 20/21 '500 would be very appealing to me as well. My guess is it "could" happen given that every other year GT500 was offered in convertible. And so were the 2003/04 Terminators.

 

[blk02edge]

I can't say zero interest, but I really like my '13, and I don't think the new one will be any faster around the track, because it would still be just me, driving it, you see.

If they bring out a convertible later, I might go for that and throw a roll bar in it for the track. My wife would drive it if it were a vert with the DCT, so it would get more driving and less sitting.

Id put good money on you being much faster in the 20 than the 13 lol. Especially because of the DCT

 

[rwleonard]

I can't take your money. I know how much I suck, you don't. Wouldn't be fair.

 

[blk02edge]

I can't take your money. I know how much I suck, you don't. Wouldn't be fair.

Well if you suck then that DCT would work wonders! Do the 13/14's have auto rev match?

 

[rwleonard]

No. I installed an auto blip though. I could do the heel toe thing fairly well, as long as I didn't need full braking, as my brake pedal goes well below the throttle pedal, so I would sometimes catch it, too. Inconvenient on track, possibly disastrous on the street. I do have the idea of stuffing a dct into my '13 down the road. Faster on track and can drink coffee on the street. Win/win.

 

[biminiLX]

Interesting thought on the DCT retro fit. At the car show I really wanted a tape measure, but it looked very similar to my Magnum XL. I mean it fits in the same tunnel right?
-J

 

[blk02edge]

Looking forward to seeing the DCT'S for sale out of the car show wrecks. I dont have use for one sadly.

 

[rwleonard]

Any of you have thoughts on shops that might be interested in and capable of such a project?

 

[Snoopy49]

I have never sat in an S550 drivers seat, so I stopped buy a dealership on Wed and tried on a 2019 Mustang GT seat for size. I fit nicely and I like the interior, my only problem was the rear window. When looking in the rear view mirror the rear window appeared to be about 1/2 the height of my 13. I can't imagine how much smaller it will look with a large wing attached to the trunk lid.
Maybe one of the GT350R owners can chime in with their observations?

 

[662]

yup, the R wing eats visibility but I can see well once I trained my eyes around it...

That said I almost bought the APR-GT250 for my previous tech pack car and I think it would stand up taller into the smoother air and allow better visibility than the R wing. It also looks like the new GT500 wing, which makes it quite attractive to me.

 

[Talleywacker]

I can only afford old toys. Perhaps my next purchase will be an 00' R.

 

[Wilson & Co]

Hot off the press per a local dealer..

Only 400 MY 2020 GT500's will be made... he expects them to put a 30k markup on it..

Lmao. I offered to bet him $1k Ford makes more than 400 and he backed down.

 

[gimmie11s]

Hot off the press per a local dealer..

Only 400 MY 2020 GT500's will be made... he expects them to put a 30k markup on it..

Lmao. I offered to bet him $1k Ford makes more than 400 and he backed down.

Classic dealer nonsense. Good on your for calling him out on it.

 

[Tob]

I would have pressed him on where he got that number and told him I was going to follow up on it because it makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Wilson & Co]

I asked him and he said Fomoco told him. I said who at ford. He said his rep. That's when I offered the wager.

 

[Ohio Snake]

Classic dealer nonsense. Good on your for calling him out on it.

I would have bet him $10 for each GT500 produced beyond 400 quoted for MY 2020.

Maybe he forgot a “0”


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