Daniel60

thanks I have been questioning that myself.

Retrorocket

My local FordDealer still has a black Shelby on the showroom floor for a mere $56,000. According to the Shelby sticker,$27,000 of that is for the Shelby package.

Foose12

Yeah Sheppard, sucks...spent some time there. I'm at Andrews AFB now, bout to go to Keesler

TheDutchTexan

Seriously... people have to be DAFT to buy a shelby GT for a price that is even above the MSRP of a GT500...

Orion_240

They don't have to be daft. They could be good collectors, who know that in 20-30 years their Shelby GT will be worth more than the GT500... or any modified GT. It's the Shelby name.

Just saw a cool black 5speed Shelby GT at Lompoc Ford going for just $5000 over invoice. The salesman said one reason they mark it up is to try to keep the car there longer. Then when people call or stop in and ask if they have a Shelby GT they can say yes, but when the guy won't pay the markup maybe they can sell him something else...

btw, here's one getting off the truck... they don't ship them on those open car carriers!


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ajaibr

If you run into a dealer that claims they can get 20k over sticker, but happens to have the car sitting there on the floor what does that tell you? They obviously can't get 20k over sticker in that market. Tell the dealer they're full of it and offer them less. If they want to move the car, they will sell it to you. I can't imagine paying more than sticker for anything. If the grocery store said the milk was so good that week that you should pay double, would you? Yes the Shelby is a fast car. Yes it has tons of extras. Yes it has a supercharger. Yes they charge more for all of those things. Why pay the dealer for them all over again? All you're doing is padding the owner of the dealers pockets. They're just making money on us wanting something. The supply will catch up with the demand eventually.

ilmor

I guess I'm stupid because I would pay a reasonable amount over msrp for a Shelby GT. But I don't care because they just look so drop-dead gorgeous to me!I believe they will beinstant collector's items as they are produced in limited numbers. The car is, I think, the sum of so much more than its parts. No matter how hard someone trys to make his own GT into a "Shelby", it just won't ever happen obviously. Anyway, I am going to call my dealer about a white Shelby GT today, just to see what he is asking. I've seen ads asking anywhere from msrp (which I would pay) to $45K (which I would not pay). Lastly, I wonder if Shelby GT's will be produced in '08?

Scotty07

I got a chuckle out of the Ebay link....nothing like a crap load of pictures showing basically the same thing [8D]

stangdude81

The dealer in the town I live in is kinda wierd with the shelby's too. I know for a fact that he's sold two GT500's for MSRP just four months after they started arriving on showroom floors. I'm still not sure how the heck he got them since he isn't and SVT dealer. He has a white/silver Shelby GT on the lot now he is selling for sticker. However, due to his reputation for giving bad trades, no one will buy from him around here, he stays in business mainly on his fleet sales. Unless you are willing to pay MSRP(like in theShelby case)or have X plan pricing, most people will go to the next town over to buy a Ford, and have it serviced in my town.

americaniron

They have been selling the shelby gt for msrp here in elizabeth city n.c. from the begining. These are not going to be as geat a collectors car as people think. ford has already said that they will make 10k units per year for the next 3 yrs. and if they sell good they said they will consider up to 13k units. That will be a lot more than the 03-04 cobras produced by far.