[drewnel22]

Originally Posted by gimmethemuumuu

Yeah, I don't really see the point of the straight-line muscle car. Good body lines, sounds, etc.--impressive on a certain level. However, if a professional driver has to concentrate so just to keep the damn thing on the road, how many regular drivers are gonna out that car in a ditch.

He was just messing around as you could tell in the video. Its the furthest from a straight line car out of every Mustang made. This car is a track car at heart. Read some more about it.

Originally Posted by nick3753

Dealer mark ups

Yes but you can't pick the highest mark up and say every GT350R will be 140k. Thats dumb. Many have gotten the regular GT350 at MSRP and a typical mark up on the R is around 20k. Still ridiculous but it will come down after its released.

[osteome]

Originally Posted by Arktis_Conviction

I've always been a fan of American muscle, and especially with today's advanced engineering in the C7 Corvette, Mustang, etc. But I don't see the point of a muscle car that can't even drive in a straight line.

It lapped the Nurburgring in 7:32.19. That puts it on par, and actually slightly faster than a Ferrari 458 Italia, the Italian muscle car....

[hellrotm]

Originally Posted by gimmethemuumuu

Yeah, I don't really see the point of the straight-line muscle car. Good body lines, sounds, etc.--impressive on a certain level. However, if a professional driver has to concentrate so just to keep the damn thing on the road, how many regular drivers are gonna out that car in a ditch.

LOL, this is not a "straight line" muscle car.

[Vincz]

That thing is freakin amazing! Sounds great, if the Ring times are true, it's got super car numbers on the track to back it up. Ford or not, it's a quality piece of engineering, starting at 47k after first model year ( F dealer ADM....only idiots pay that shit)

[hellrotm]

GT350R-C debuts this weekend in Continental Tire 150 at Watkins Glen.

They captured pole today. Not bad for first race weekend.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by auf Deutsche

Until Ford stealerships stop applying $70k ADM on the R, nobody in their sober mind (or with unlimited fundage) will consider buying one.

I agree. It will outperform the M4, amongst most everything else but, paying 6 figures on a Ford that isn't a GT is ludicrous.

Yes, you read that correctly....70k ADM on top of $70k MSRP equals.....

Go google the ADM that BMW dealers we putting on the Z8 when it came out. And that's before the front shock mounts started to crack...

[Blackhawks]

At the end of the day... it's still a Ford.

[WhatsADSM]

No one in their right mind will pay 140k. This thing will be slightly under MSRP in a year or two. And it's a smoking deal for all the performance you get.

Unfortunately I'm just not much of a big car guy. Although very very excited for focus rs.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by WhatsADSM

Unfortunately I'm just not much of a big car guy. Although very very excited for focus rs.

Yes, this looks to be amazing. Goodbye Sti.

[AW335TT]

Who's You Ford?? Haha jk. This car is a fkn beast!

[Labeef]

Originally Posted by pikkagtr

Yah but then you just look like you left Hertz rental along with all the red mustang coupes on the road

Sleeper. That's a ok with me.

[DieGrüneHölle]

Originally Posted by NickyC

I'm not sure if that's what he meant. I like that GT350R sure, but there's just so many of the near identical looking cars on the road. They're a dime a dozen, there's just no individuality at all to them. I'd never own one just for that reason, but it's still an amazing car performance wise.

That still doesn't make sense to me. If a car is amazing to drive, it is amazing to drive. Who cares what is on the road or how many or what people think. It really is irrelevant. That same argument is used against the M3. There tons of regular 3-series on the road, you can go buy $30k 320i. That doesn't change the fact the M3 is fantastic car. You will be missing out on a lot of great cars, using criteria like that to eliminate them.

[san~man]

Originally Posted by pikkagtr

Yah but then you just look like you left Hertz rental along with all the red mustang coupes on the road

If you can't tell the difference, both visually and audibly, between a GT350 and a Hertz 6 banger, we feel very sorry for you.

[kyleb350]

Only idiots would be paying a 70k markup. Didn't take me long to find dealers selling with only a 10k markup.

[Labeef]

Originally Posted by kyleb350

Only idiots would be paying a 70k markup. Didn't take me long to find dealers selling with only a 10k markup.

The $70k mark up in on the first year, which is 2015. Ford is making a limited production run. Most of the time these car collector cars. In addition, you know they will offer one up for to Barrett Jackson and give the proceeds to charity, which is a good thing.

In addition, do you really think anyone is going to pay $70k mark up??? You guys crack me up with all the bashing. Chill out and enjoy it for what it is.

Ford or not, you would be stupid to pick an M4 over this for the simple reason that it's a BMW.

[gtron]

Originally Posted by pikkagtr

Yah but then you just look like you left Hertz rental along with all the red mustang coupes on the road

[osteome]

Originally Posted by Blackhawks

At the end of the day... it's still a Ford.

So do you merely pity Ford owners or find them despicable?

[Blackhawks]

Originally Posted by osteome

So do you merely pity Ford owners or find them despicable?

I didn't say anything about the owners. There's a reason why Detroit is a ghost town.

[phrozen06]

That was bada$$ right there.

[osteome]

Originally Posted by Blackhawks

I didn't say anything about the owners. There's a reason why Detroit is a ghost town.

I don't own a Ford, but if I was going to buy an American brand, that would probably be the one. From a financial stand point, I think that they weathered the economic downturn rather well. A quick Google search shows that in 2014 Ford sold about 2300 F series trucks per day. Not too shabby.

To discount a brand in its entirety is a rather narrow view. Something akin to saying that all BMW drivers have no friends.

[drewnel22]

Originally Posted by osteome

It lapped the Nurburgring in 7:32.19. That puts it on par, and actually slightly faster than a Ferrari 458 Italia, the Italian muscle car....

It never did. That was a rumor started by Horsepower Kings...that website is a bunch of BS. Ford has not published Ring times for it. And they may never do it the way it looks now.

[Blackhawks]

Originally Posted by osteome

I don't own a Ford, but if I was going to buy an American brand, that would probably be the one. From a financial stand point, I think that they weathered the economic downturn rather well. A quick Google search shows that in 2014 Ford sold about 2300 F series trucks per day. Not too shabby.

To discount a brand in its entirety is a rather narrow view. Something akin to saying that all BMW drivers have no friends.

If you had $144,000 in your budget for a car... I assume a Ford wouldn't even cross your mind.