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Patrick wrote:
Well if there isn't then a lot of people at ford need to be fired. I
can't imagine a new Shelby Ford relationship with NO shelby Mustang...
damn how cool will that be? Only thing is... does it displace the cobra?
do they shoot for more limited than the Cobra or less limited? Do they
go "retro shelby" or something new... No offense to Cobra owners but if
they put a new Shelby Mustang in that bracket I'd be at ford the day
after they announced it ordering one.
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- 08-16 05:09 AM #1PatrickGuest
Ford and Carrol Shelby Are Back Together Again
By Bill Koenig / Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co., the world's second- largest automaker by sales, will
develop high-powered, low-volume vehicles with designer Carroll Shelby
as the company seeks to bolster the image of its cars and trucks.
Shelby, 80, developed the Ford GT40 race car in the 1960s and served
as an adviser for the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker's new GT
sports car, which is based on the GT40. Terms of the agreement weren't
disclosed.
"There's a lot of good ideas" for future models, Chris Theodore, vice
president for advanced product creation, said in an interview. "They
will definitely be performance products. We're not talking about
200,000 to 300,000 unit volume."
Ford has made three of the GTs this year and plans regular production
of about 1,000 of the cars next year. The automaker has said the GT,
which will sell for more than $100,000, will help the image of its
Ford brand. The company's U.S. market share fell 1.4 points to 18.3
percent in July from a year earlier.
With models such as the GT, Ford may be targeting middle-age consumers
with disposable income and "not necessarily aiming at young people,"
said Alan Baum, director of forecasting at auto- industry consulting
firm Planning Edge in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
NoOp Comment: Could this mean a new Shelby Mustang?
Patrick
'93 Cobra
- 08-16 05:24 AM #2SimonGuest
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- 08-16 05:28 AM #3BrentGuest
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In article <google.com>, Patrick wrote:
Let me guess... the usual 300 or so cars that will be up'd well over
sticker by the dealers. *yawn*
- 08-16 07:37 AM #4HELMUTGuest
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I hope it won't take much to swap in a big Windsor when mod time comes.
Helmut Roner
1988 GT
- 08-16 08:30 AM #5GoAwAy669Guest
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A Windsor? Screw that, how about a Cleveland!
- 08-16 02:52 PM #6BackyardGuest
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Simon Juncal opined in news:com:
Were you satisfied with your Shelby Charger?
Is that saying enuff?
- 08-16 03:31 PM #7BackyardGuest
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Backyard Mechanic opined in news:168.3.44:
Hmm.. maybe it isnt. What Shelby did in the heyday was great stuff. No one
had a greater impact.
And I didnt really think the C.S. Chili was a bad idea, then came the Shelby
Charger and, - though you understand I'm a 4 cyl turbo guy - I thought WTF!!
But lately he's put his name on anything he can get money for; I'll have to
see he's changed his ways to be impressed.
As to the big picture, Shelby's impact will be little to nil, whatever
happens.
Ford needs to get back on track, keep the freakin beancounters OUT of the
prepoduction engineering/supplier negotiation for their cars and avoid
debacles like the last 15 years.
TFI
3.8 headgaskets
A/T - 1st gear accum piston and undersized clutches
Exploder/Firestone
We need a re-commitment to "Quality: Job One!"
- 08-16 04:18 PM #8CoryGuest
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"GoAwAy669" <com> wrote in message
news:aol.com...
Or a stroked Clevor perhaps? <g>
- 08-16 09:59 PM #9BarrettGuest
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It will be a 2006 Mustang Shelby GT500F sporting a supercharged
version of the modular 5.0 and based on the new platform.
- 08-17 02:49 AM #10RonGuest
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RayS wrote:
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Nah, if nothing else, Ford can survive on pickups alone.
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