EDIT: In April 2000, the 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R was released with an MSRP of $54,995 -- running it through an Inflation Calculator, that comes out to $76,019.25 USD in 2014.
EDIT: In April 2000, the 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R was released with an MSRP of $54,995 -- running it through an Inflation Calculator, that comes out to $76,019.25 USD in 2014.
Last edited by novicius; November 17th, 2014 at 09:04 AM.
Yeah, but that was kind of a different car - a pure race car and sold in very limited quantities to boot. I doubt that will be the case with the GT350 which is truly just a trim level. Plus, inflation price checkers really don't work on cars anyway. If they did, a Honda Accord would be $40k ($19.5k in '87) in 2014 and a Saab 9-3 would be $65k ($32k in '88). Cars have in general gotten better and cheaper for the past 15-20 years.
(Side note: I went to check how inflation affected Model Ts and that when I learned that the wood scraps left over from making T parts were turned into charcoal. Originally Ford charcoal, but very quickly rebranded as Kingsford. Fun trivia! OTOH, Model T prices were so all over the map on their 20 year run inflation adjustments don't work on them, either
Ok.
(The 2008-2009 Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500KR MSRP started at $79,995 USD.)
Last edited by novicius; November 17th, 2014 at 09:36 AM.
Very nice.
I expect we're going to see another one of those, too - I just don't think the GT350 is it. It's good (maybe great?), it's neat, but it's not a GT500KR. I think there is going to be a step above the GT350, and if the GT350 is $70k that doesn't leave a lot of room for More Mustang.Originally Posted by novicius
Ok.
Forgot my link -
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/201...py-photos-news
GT350 = Boss 302 ($50k, 2013)
GT500 = GT500 ($55k, 2013)
"The more agile GT350, on the other hand, will get a naturally aspirated V-8 with—look out, Ferrari—a flat-plane crankshaft. This so-called “Voodoo” engine will be a modified iteration of the regular Mustang GT’s 5.0-liter Coyote mill, and it should rev to at least 8000 rpm and pump out 550 Z/28–slaying horsepower."
We live in phenomenal time.
I love it.
Shit, now I'm going to actually have a choice to make instead of HellcatHellcatHellcat!
I'd also guess this will be more than the Boss 302 but less than the Z/28. I'm going to guess about $60k. On the other hand, this engine doesn't sound cheap to build.
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