The new 450HP Shelby Cobra Mustang is supposed to be "within the price of the prior generation SVT Cobra". This came direct from Ford.

 

when are we going to get a :GMowned: emoticon?

 

STOP asking about that

 

every day that goes by leads to a higher and higher necessity to have a :GMowned: emoticon

 

Yup. GM is definately getting owned.

I don't see a Camaro competing with this new Cobra unless they throw in an LS7, but that ain't gonna happen.

 

That is really good news.

 

This is what I was saying yesterday. Two different Ford reps said this car would only be about 5% more than the '04 Cobra. It's going to be near impossible to get one the first year with everyone fighting over them. Unfortunately we Ford "fanboys" are now going to have to compete with the Chevy guys to buy one, lol.

 

$35K. That's what I said. Well lesse here, by about late summer or fall of '06, the demand may have waned enough to get one for sticker. So I'll wait till '07.

Oh.. and to the GM followers, the new Cobra SUCKS. DO NOT BUY IT. Wait for the next Camaro and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

 

Price seems good. It will be a live axle, right? Also will IRS be optional?

 

Do you have a link or anything???

I keep hearing the car will start at $39K and change so I'm going to have to throw up a on this rumor.

Since the last Cobra ranged in price from $36K-$43K for a mysticrhome vert. technically $39,995 would be in range of the prior generation.

 

I'm a bit skeptical my self.

But then again, most of us where skeptical from the get-go that it'd have anything near 500hp and turns out it does.

 

All my life, I've hated Fords in general and M*stangs in particular. No real reason for it. My dad was a Mopar guy so it didn't come from him. I've owned 4 Camaros. I still own three of them. I simply don't see anything that tells me that there will be a Camaro that can compete with that Cobra. Even if it comes in at 45K, a pulley swap and exhaust would have you running down LS7s for a rediculously lower price. This is the first M*stang I would seriously consider owning. If they would just do something about that horrible dashboard and steering wheel...(even that may not be a deal breaker)

 

You can get a 500HP Lingenfelter LS1 GTO for about $36K after rebate and what not.

 

I'd fall asleep every time I looked at it. It wouldn't have a forged bottom end either. Beautiful interior though.

 

If the SVT Cobra means that GM is getting owned, it would also mean every other amnufacturer is getting owned as well, but to more of an extent. How much of the entire car market will the SVT Cobra make up?