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GT350/R Price Drop? Time to Buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15728869" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>And how many of those did Ford sell? I never said they couldn't sell cars above $70k, I said they won't sell "A LOT" of cars at that elevated price. Now they're in the range of a ZO6 and/or Grand Sport and within striking distance of a lot of foreign sports cars.</p><p></p><p>Truth be told, I was just spit balling. I don't plan on selling my car, regardless of what the 500 has to offer. </p><p></p><p>I'll close by restating what I already pointed out.</p><p></p><p>1) If the 500 is a marked improvement, I do NOT feel like Ford will be able to offer that for less than what the current 350 trims are priced at. So if the new 500 is some sort of 350 on roids, it still won't hurt the value of the 350s because there will be a price/value gap between the two.</p><p></p><p>2) If Ford's bean counters make the development team take an appetite suppressant, the 500 will continue to be a muscle car and again, that will serve to maintain the differentiation between the 500 and the 350.</p><p></p><p>3) IF however, Ford decides they want a real shot at competing with the ZL1, now they have to feature a car with more power than the 350R, similar handling as the 350R but less than $70k. THAT would be obviously the death of the 350. IF they do that, yes, the 350R value will plummet and the 350 will get kicked in the crotch as well. But again, easier said than done. I don't know how they get the weight savings off a car that's already going to be piggish with all that's added for a factory FI system and also incorporate all the fancy/expensive features of the 350 series (lighter trans, better wheels, better brakes, active exhaust, trans cooler, diff coolers, etc, etc). Keeping all the 350 goodies and adding a blower is going to be TOUGH to do without the price going well over what the current 350 pricing is and again, that creates a $/value gap which protects our value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15728869, member: 188865"] And how many of those did Ford sell? I never said they couldn't sell cars above $70k, I said they won't sell "A LOT" of cars at that elevated price. Now they're in the range of a ZO6 and/or Grand Sport and within striking distance of a lot of foreign sports cars. Truth be told, I was just spit balling. I don't plan on selling my car, regardless of what the 500 has to offer. I'll close by restating what I already pointed out. 1) If the 500 is a marked improvement, I do NOT feel like Ford will be able to offer that for less than what the current 350 trims are priced at. So if the new 500 is some sort of 350 on roids, it still won't hurt the value of the 350s because there will be a price/value gap between the two. 2) If Ford's bean counters make the development team take an appetite suppressant, the 500 will continue to be a muscle car and again, that will serve to maintain the differentiation between the 500 and the 350. 3) IF however, Ford decides they want a real shot at competing with the ZL1, now they have to feature a car with more power than the 350R, similar handling as the 350R but less than $70k. THAT would be obviously the death of the 350. IF they do that, yes, the 350R value will plummet and the 350 will get kicked in the crotch as well. But again, easier said than done. I don't know how they get the weight savings off a car that's already going to be piggish with all that's added for a factory FI system and also incorporate all the fancy/expensive features of the 350 series (lighter trans, better wheels, better brakes, active exhaust, trans cooler, diff coolers, etc, etc). Keeping all the 350 goodies and adding a blower is going to be TOUGH to do without the price going well over what the current 350 pricing is and again, that creates a $/value gap which protects our value. [/QUOTE]
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