Pericek Signs Off on GT350 Engineering

[VoodooBoss]

We should start seeing more preproduction vehicles running around soon. The order banks should be open by June if not sooner.

"Pericak said last week he signed off on the final engineering of the GT350 and GT350R Mustangs which customers will be able to order soon."

http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2015/02/27/ford-gt-tops-list-performance-vehicles/24141469/

And more comments in the following article.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20150227/BLOG06/150229858/why-does-ford-race?-because-it-can

 

[Grant 302]

That could still make my guess of mid-March +/- 1 month for order bank opening!

Woohoo!

 

[cloud9]

Getting excited and need to start getting serious about color selection. Still not hearing anything on quantities, especially the R version. Could they be limiting production to a number tied to a racing series that requires a minimum number of production vehicles be produced? When you read these comments in the article, it makes you wonder why Ford won't just produce as many as people want to order.......

Ford wants to take advantage of a 70% increase in automaker performance vehicle sales in the U.S. and a 14% increase in Europe. The vehicles attract new and younger customers; half of which end up buying another Ford, and also retains current customers, Paricek said in a presentation to the Automotive Press Association Friday.

 

[fuhrius]

the second piece mentions GT350R carbon fiber seats (as well as wheels)...I hadn't seen anything prior to this about CF seats. It would be awesome to see a real (fixed-back) racing seat on the car stock.

Re: quantities...I'm thinking that the GT350 will be relatively plentiful (they'll build as many as people want to buy) but the R will be limited, primarily, by supply-side constraints.

 

[fuhrius]

Getting excited and need to start getting serious about color selection. [/i]

same here...gravitating to white as it seems so classic gt350 and I like white cars...but feeling like I should mix it up a bit after my white boss.