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<blockquote data-quote="Aftrbrnr" data-source="post: 13869808" data-attributes="member: 55856"><p>I think initially it would be hard to make a case for the early S550s against the later 5.0 equipped S197s if you already own the latter considering the size difference and weight savings are not as significant as thought, and how power so far seems to be on par with the outgoing model rather than being a large increase. However, if you are a big handling person (which a lot of people are IMO), the IRS would justify the purchase - I think Ford has done an amazing if not almost in-human job of making a solid rear-axle car grip and handle well, but ultimately you can't remove some of the major disadvantages of the setup no matter what you do. </p><p></p><p>Still waiting on the GT350 specs, being so little details are being released for that at the moment there is so much wild speculation of its capabilities and I don't even think there is an official confirmation from Ford about its existence yet, just leaked documents and screenshots. </p><p></p><p>I think the trade-in case would be stronger if a mid-life upgrade similar to what the S197 experienced (i.e. 100hp+ increase) occurred, at that point the '11-'14 GTs won't be as new any more and some owners might be wanting to trade up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aftrbrnr, post: 13869808, member: 55856"] I think initially it would be hard to make a case for the early S550s against the later 5.0 equipped S197s if you already own the latter considering the size difference and weight savings are not as significant as thought, and how power so far seems to be on par with the outgoing model rather than being a large increase. However, if you are a big handling person (which a lot of people are IMO), the IRS would justify the purchase - I think Ford has done an amazing if not almost in-human job of making a solid rear-axle car grip and handle well, but ultimately you can't remove some of the major disadvantages of the setup no matter what you do. Still waiting on the GT350 specs, being so little details are being released for that at the moment there is so much wild speculation of its capabilities and I don't even think there is an official confirmation from Ford about its existence yet, just leaked documents and screenshots. I think the trade-in case would be stronger if a mid-life upgrade similar to what the S197 experienced (i.e. 100hp+ increase) occurred, at that point the '11-'14 GTs won't be as new any more and some owners might be wanting to trade up. [/QUOTE]
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