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2015+ Shelby GT350 Mustang
GT350/R Price Drop? Time to Buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15743635" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>Again, it comes down to value. IF you could get the new '18 with the perf pack 3 for a lot cheaper than a slightly used 350, it would be a threat. After all, if a 350 costs you $15k more for simply 100 more horsepower and slightly wider wheels/tires and the uniqueness of the flat plane sound and the wide body kit and aero, etc, how much is all that really worth?</p><p></p><p>But right now you can grab used 350's for roughly $5k-$10k above what a new maxed out GT goes for (and although the gap may be closer, it's still there, particularly when you start talking about little things like seats, wide body styling, the transmission, etc.)</p><p></p><p>The new GT will provide "support" (to draw from a technical trading term) on the bottom end of the 350's pricing and keep them from dipping lower (at least for a bit).</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, everyone weighs cost and feature and determines if it's commensurate and this is called "value." If the 350 and the '18 GT (PP3) sold for the same price, Ford would have a difficult time selling many of the new PP3's because it would have little value over the better 350 at the same price point. But once the price delta grows a bit, now the cost difference starts to come in line with the benefit differences and the value balance is restored. Stretch that cost gap out more and all the sudden, the value is less than fair (i.e. why spend $15k more on something you could potentially do yourself and regain most or all of the performance with $5k in aftermarket effort).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15743635, member: 188865"] Again, it comes down to value. IF you could get the new '18 with the perf pack 3 for a lot cheaper than a slightly used 350, it would be a threat. After all, if a 350 costs you $15k more for simply 100 more horsepower and slightly wider wheels/tires and the uniqueness of the flat plane sound and the wide body kit and aero, etc, how much is all that really worth? But right now you can grab used 350's for roughly $5k-$10k above what a new maxed out GT goes for (and although the gap may be closer, it's still there, particularly when you start talking about little things like seats, wide body styling, the transmission, etc.) The new GT will provide "support" (to draw from a technical trading term) on the bottom end of the 350's pricing and keep them from dipping lower (at least for a bit). At the end of the day, everyone weighs cost and feature and determines if it's commensurate and this is called "value." If the 350 and the '18 GT (PP3) sold for the same price, Ford would have a difficult time selling many of the new PP3's because it would have little value over the better 350 at the same price point. But once the price delta grows a bit, now the cost difference starts to come in line with the benefit differences and the value balance is restored. Stretch that cost gap out more and all the sudden, the value is less than fair (i.e. why spend $15k more on something you could potentially do yourself and regain most or all of the performance with $5k in aftermarket effort). [/QUOTE]
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