Re: Ford kills SVT unit

tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx (Brent P) wrote:

In article <Xns978062D6DD102pettyfogery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Backyard
Mechanic wrote:
2007 Shelby Cobra Mustang to be performance division's swan song

Source: Autoblog

http://tinyurl.com/f47ew

Too bad, but inevitable. There's no way Ford could continue to
justify SVT, considering current market and Corporate fiscal
conditions.

So what does this mean? One model year of GT500?

It clearly means that they are going to filter them out one per dealer
or so. Which means significant price mark ups by itself, but with SVT
going away even more. If there is only one model year of GT500 the
mark ups will be incredible. It's as if ford is trying hard not to
sell cars.

I dont think that necessarily follows.

Unless Ford LOSES money on each one - which COULD be the case, if the
MBS's so desire- then the more they sell, the better for the bottom line.
It aint the production costs, it's the design and tooling.

And remember the significance of these specialties against the corporate
sales/bottom line.

What it DOES mean is that a smart aftermarket guy like Saleen, or even
Shelby who isnt that smart, can really make some money from this... if he
can hire away -or part time- one or more of the skunkworks designers.
What Saleen DOESNT do, in my opinion, is give a design that really
integrates into the original appearance flow.. eg should look less like
'bolt-on'


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