jdmcbride

Yes, you would be crazy to get a 2010 now! There won't be market-adjustments to inflate the 2011 GT like the early GT500's IMO. The Mustang GT is a mass-produced car(the 5.0 replaces the 4.6, not an option to the 4.6) and not a special-edition (ie. Shelby) so an X-Plan PIN number should apply (invoice pricing).

There will be rebates on the 2011 once Ford dumps the remaining 2010 Mustangs - however long that will take!

iDance

I've noticed that most owners that have high-horsepower cars don't plan for them to be at that level. If one were to plan on it from the beginning, it would be a LOT more affordable than "stepping up" power levels.

swat 79

Yeah that's what I was trying to get at...but the "meh" Yeah! "meh" makes a lot of sense, I hadn't looked at it that way.

GT Premi

You seem to be forgetting the new GT350. It's blown. Only huffing 4 or 5 psi and that puts it over 500HP. Also, it is not cheap to get a 4.6 3V to the same power levels as the upcoming 5.0. The money spent on a supercharger/turbo plus installation will already throw you over the price difference of the '10 & '11 and you get none of the other little niceties of the '11; the uprated suspension, brakes, transmission, etc.

And vanity has nothing to do with wanting the twenty-'leven GT considering it and the '10 "look" identical other than the 5.0 on the fenders and a slight change to the rear valence. It's nostalgia, not vanity. Those of us who have been in the world for a while have been aching for the 5.0 to return for 16 years! Now that it's back, we'd be crazy not to jump at the opportunity to get it. For those of you that weren't alive when the 5.0 was or were just learning how to crawl/walk, its return is no big deal. For those of us in the know, yeah, it's kind of a big deal.

Boozshey

2011 would be my vote for all the reason everyone has mentioned above.... Be patient. I know you are all excited, but don't let your haste let you make a mistake.

1morepart

this is simple to me: i have waited since 95 for the 5.0 to come back..2010 never!

Ryan T.

Yeah I definitely hear you, but it's not so much a matter of patience as cost. If I lived outside the snow-belt and could drive it year round, no doubt I'd trade in my Subaru and order a 5.0 for 30k+ tomorrow. However, as it's a summer ride, I have to be a little more conscious of cost since I'm not a super wealthy guy. To that end I've been checking out used 'stangs, and the value sweet spot seems to be in the 2006-2007 MY, where you can get a nicely optioned GT for ~17k. That might be a better option than the 2010 bare-bones for ~$24k, even though I do like the new body style a bit better.

So many choices!

bluovalguy

With skip ****, oops, I mean shift, I would not really consider that a downfall. I would rather have the 5 speed that lets ME choose the gear I want, not the car. When I want the car to decide my gear for me I will buy an auto. I realize that if you drive it hard skip shift wont interfere, but a manual is bought for driver control.

thedarkside

It sounds like money is an issue to you, I know it was for me :/

I picked up my one owner 2006 GT premium, with the interior upgrade, in mint condition with only 40k miles, plus the mods I wanted, just a couple weeks ago for only $15,240! 2006-2007 is definitely the value sweet spot

Ryan T.

That's definitely part of it, yeah. I mean, you could buy TWO of your cars for the price of a base 2011 5.0! I've always just been conditioned that used cars are a better value I ...hard to get away from.