mk70ss

Went to Alexander Ford in Franklin TN this morning to look at a 2012 Shelby GT500. They have the car at $56XXX.00 on the invoice, then add $8000.00 on top for the "rarity factor". There was nothing rare about the car, no special edition, not unusual, just a porking of potential customers.

They also had a Boss in there with a $7000.00 FU fee.

Orion_240

they figure those cars will draw in lookie-loos, like YOU! It worked, right?

The longer they keep the cars there the greater the chances of them selling a car to someone. It's just a way of drawing in people.

Some salespeople will let you look on your own, while the more aggressive ones will try to hype you up and then try to sell you a V6

Derf00

Dealers are alotted low production vehicles based on volume of sales.

A dealer with a low volume will only get one or two cars at a time to sell of these "rare" cars.

Problem is they are typically shady so they will continue to have a low volume of sales.

Perfect example. Three Ford dealers in my area. One is hella shady but in a prime spot. They only get one or two low volume production cars when they are available and their prices include a markup just because they feel its necessary.

The one I have bought from and have my cars regulary serviced by is out in the boonies as far as dealerships go but always has a decent selection of everything including low volume production models. Their prices on the low production models is at highest (MSRP), never higher unless they include their own dealer custom package. Then they get outrageous in the markup.

mk70ss

Wrong. That dealership had the Shelby advertised on their website as $56XXX. So I was thinking of buying it and trading my '08 GT. Then at the dealership, the guy says oh....by the way there is this $8000 fee we need if you want the car....... Thanks but no thanks. I will buy elsewhere.

72MachOne99GT

Greedy pockets, it's their "way" of making some extra cash.

Surprised dealerships don't have Carrol Shelby stop in and sign every damn part of the car and try to jerk buyers even harder.

Snakebite64

I don't get it and it's probably different but new 2009 window sticker 57,900.00 +++ = 60795.00 We paid 49,100.00 out the door. We bought in Jan 2009

NaplesFL11GT

I'm sure once the 13 GT500 starts to trickle out you can be able to pick up a 12 GT500 at a much better price than they are now.

Tanner05

You can find damn good deals on them though if you look around.
In OKC they actually had one with Nav for $49k internet price.

cheftjpeck

Yeah.. Just shop around.. Bought my in 2008 while the sticker was 47,300 plus there was a 10k ADM on top of that I negotiated 46,800 ...
Plenty of owners unfortunately did buy their 2007 and 2008 for as much as 15k over .. Not me though ...

JIM5.0

Do buy somewhere else like you said you will. Rewarding bad behavior only makes them mark up their other cars similarly.