Another Boss versus GT500 article

[ace72ace]

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/09/life-with-shelby-part-one-a-thousand-street-miles-and-a-meeting-of-the-siblings/

 

[Sesshomurai]

That guy was my instructor at VIR TrackDaze last month! lol

I road shotgun in that shelby.....

btw, Jack is a great instructor.

 

[Justin]

good read didnt really do much of a comparison of the two though lol

 

[CaliMR]

Just looking over the article quickly, he seems to make the Boss driver a jerk and uninformed, as he sneers at the lack of adjustable suspension :

Also, the 20k difference in price is a little unrealistic at least out here. 20k in MSRP, but you can get a Boss (non LS) for MSRP while a 12 Shelby will have 20k markup as a leftover. I don't know how much the markup on the 13 is as I have not shopped for one, but my friend who has bought like 8 Fords from the same salesman at the same dealer (including a few GT500s, Boss, Roush and just bought a Raptor) had to pay like 10k markup on his 13. So I'm guessing for the normal buyer it is considerably more. So what 85k street price? That is almost a 2nd Boss just in the difference in price. Maybe it is worth it, I haven't driven his car yet, but comparing MSRP on cars like these doesn't really give an accurate comparison.

 

[litsnsirn]

Did the prices of Shelbys go up because he died? Why would there be a 20k markup on a leftover 2012?

Just looking over the article quickly, he seems to make the Boss driver a jerk and uninformed, as he sneers at the lack of adjustable suspension :

Also, the 20k difference in price is a little unrealistic at least out here. 20k in MSRP, but you can get a Boss (non LS) for MSRP while a 12 Shelby will have 20k markup as a leftover. I don't know how much the markup on the 13 is as I have not shopped for one, but my friend who has bought like 8 Fords from the same salesman at the same dealer (including a few GT500s, Boss, Roush and just bought a Raptor) had to pay like 10k markup on his 13. So I'm guessing for the normal buyer it is considerably more. So what 85k street price? That is almost a 2nd Boss just in the difference in price. Maybe it is worth it, I haven't driven his car yet, but comparing MSRP on cars like these doesn't really give an accurate comparison.

 

[CaliMR]

Because California. There was 30k on a lot of them when they were current, depending on the dealership. I offered MSRP on an 11 6 months after the 12s were out and was basically told to gtfo.