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2013-14 Shelby GT500
End of the Shelby GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheOne2HotScott" data-source="post: 13193035" data-attributes="member: 122573"><p>I expected the GT500 and Shelby name to go after the 2014 MY. IMHO they have all been SVT Cobras, SVT has been the one to make it happen since 1993. I for one wont shed a tear, don't get me wrong...Carrol Shelby was great and produced great cars, but my 2013 GT500 didn't come out of Las Vegas Shelby America, it came off the Ford production line designed and engineered by SVT. How much Carrol Shelby's actual input into our cars I don't know, but I'd think very limited. Slap on some stripes and his name and you have a great marketing tool, and Ford used it very well...commanding between $55-75k for these cars. I wonder what we'd have paid if they were just "SVT Cobra"? Wouldn't have bothered me a bit.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to look far, The MSRP on my Competition Orange Cobra was $34,860.00 With a $4k rebate at the time, and some haggling I drove away $29k out the door...2 Years later when a stolen car hit me and totaled it, the Ins. co. paid out OVER $30k A.C.V. I saw one on ebay asking $25k for his the other day...and I see the avg. today selling $20K! Over 9 years later, that's a solid 66% hold in value from what I paid in 2004...If that guy on Ebay sells his for $25k, that will be $1k less than what I paid for mine brand new!! There is not a Shelby name on it.</p><p></p><p>Lets look at the 2007 Shelby...do you remember? $42k msrp...and $10-20k dealer mark ups!! That's right...some people paid $50+k and I've heard some went for $70k!! The Shelby name. Guess what? You can get a nice low mileage one today for $30k...if you paid msrp, that's roughly 70% hold in value on a 6 yr. old car...when its 9 years old will it even be holding at 66%? I don't know, but I'll bet not. For those who paid $50k+, they took huge losses...I feel bad for them. A stock '03-'04 Cobra will beat a stock '07 GT500:thumbsup:</p><p></p><p>Oh yea, back to what we were talking about...hope my '13 holds as much of its value as my '04...if the Shelby name helps with that this time, GREAT! Tho I didn't buy it for whether or not it holds its value.</p><p></p><p>If Ford opens up the Coyote to 5.4, 5.8, Natural Aspirated what are we looking at? 500 hp.? Throw a Cobra badge on it, 200lbs lighter than a '13-14 GT500 with around 500 hp and 3.55 or 3.73 gears...I don't see beating stock '13 and '14 GT500s. And I would imagine the msrp to be more reasonable...$50k? Now after some testing, and twin turbos a year or two later, that would be a different story. If they TT the 5.X Coyote for 2015 WoW!! I really didn't expect a "Cobra" to be in the line-up for 2015. Cant wait to see its unveiling!! But no matter what it looks like or how it performs, I'm keeping the '13:-D Just as I kept the '04 when the '07 came out...:dancenana:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheOne2HotScott, post: 13193035, member: 122573"] I expected the GT500 and Shelby name to go after the 2014 MY. IMHO they have all been SVT Cobras, SVT has been the one to make it happen since 1993. I for one wont shed a tear, don't get me wrong...Carrol Shelby was great and produced great cars, but my 2013 GT500 didn't come out of Las Vegas Shelby America, it came off the Ford production line designed and engineered by SVT. How much Carrol Shelby's actual input into our cars I don't know, but I'd think very limited. Slap on some stripes and his name and you have a great marketing tool, and Ford used it very well...commanding between $55-75k for these cars. I wonder what we'd have paid if they were just "SVT Cobra"? Wouldn't have bothered me a bit. You don't have to look far, The MSRP on my Competition Orange Cobra was $34,860.00 With a $4k rebate at the time, and some haggling I drove away $29k out the door...2 Years later when a stolen car hit me and totaled it, the Ins. co. paid out OVER $30k A.C.V. I saw one on ebay asking $25k for his the other day...and I see the avg. today selling $20K! Over 9 years later, that's a solid 66% hold in value from what I paid in 2004...If that guy on Ebay sells his for $25k, that will be $1k less than what I paid for mine brand new!! There is not a Shelby name on it. Lets look at the 2007 Shelby...do you remember? $42k msrp...and $10-20k dealer mark ups!! That's right...some people paid $50+k and I've heard some went for $70k!! The Shelby name. Guess what? You can get a nice low mileage one today for $30k...if you paid msrp, that's roughly 70% hold in value on a 6 yr. old car...when its 9 years old will it even be holding at 66%? I don't know, but I'll bet not. For those who paid $50k+, they took huge losses...I feel bad for them. A stock '03-'04 Cobra will beat a stock '07 GT500:thumbsup: Oh yea, back to what we were talking about...hope my '13 holds as much of its value as my '04...if the Shelby name helps with that this time, GREAT! Tho I didn't buy it for whether or not it holds its value. If Ford opens up the Coyote to 5.4, 5.8, Natural Aspirated what are we looking at? 500 hp.? Throw a Cobra badge on it, 200lbs lighter than a '13-14 GT500 with around 500 hp and 3.55 or 3.73 gears...I don't see beating stock '13 and '14 GT500s. And I would imagine the msrp to be more reasonable...$50k? Now after some testing, and twin turbos a year or two later, that would be a different story. If they TT the 5.X Coyote for 2015 WoW!! I really didn't expect a "Cobra" to be in the line-up for 2015. Cant wait to see its unveiling!! But no matter what it looks like or how it performs, I'm keeping the '13:-D Just as I kept the '04 when the '07 came out...:dancenana: [/QUOTE]
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