Shelby GT500 beaten to death by a lame jurnalist

[aoc racer]

i haven't seen the vid yet. thanks.

 

[Steve@TF]

Nice video, but I don't think at all it was abused. Only driven as any car being test-driven for a magazine/report would be. I liked it when he said the car doesn't like to go 55. LOL!

As far as the price, $43K is correct. Dealers are marking them up, but nowhere near $83K. Eventually the price will settle back to the $43K sticker.

come to So Cal and you'll see some Shelby coupes pushing $80k......:nonono:

C6 Z06s are going for over $100k :shrug:

 

[WhiteStallionGT]

So car manufacturers have no say in dealer markups? I think they'd be losing a lot of business.

 

[sunburned]

Gotta love that brake dive. The rear bumper must have been 2 feet off the ground when he hammered the brakes.

 

[Juiced-03]

What is wrong with the video? I've seen some journalists push cars much harder. Who's that one guy with the accent that always drives the Ferraris and Lambos? He did a good review on the "Foooord Gee Tee" lol. Jeremy Clarkson I think?

 

[CleanCobra]

Looked like normal parts of a test to me...

Awesome car though!!

 

[4u 2 nv]

come to So Cal and you'll see some Shelby coupes pushing $80k......:nonono:

C6 Z06s are going for over $100k :shrug:

agreed...the dealership here had a sticker on the window that had $27,000 limited production markup fee.

 

[DSG2003SVT]

Man that thing reaches for the pavement under hard braking. Need to invest in the Ford GT aluminum block I think. I just ordered my aluminum block for my car. Then it's off to VT for some stroking. WOOT!

 

[Steve@TF]

So car manufacturers have no say in dealer markups? I think they'd be losing a lot of business.

i dont think they do and im sure Ford loves it anyways. it makes money for the dealership and creates a "frenzy" for their cars. they wouldnt be marking them up like that if they werent selling....

i stopped by the local MBZ dealer and they had a McLaren SLR sitting there in the show room. the salesman said it was already sold and went for approx 2.5x the retail price somewhere in the vicinity of $6-700K iirc.... (that was about a year ago)