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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
It doesn't matter if everyone wants that trim level. That's the whole point of having so many trim levels. They don't have to get everyone to want it, they just have to get 5,000 a year to want it, or whatever the figure may be. The rest of the mustang shoppers can choose from the other 3 trim levels. I doubt it will be 60k anyway.
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I don't doubt it at all. They seem to keep changing rather significant portions of this car every year...they aren't exempt from the rules of automotive manufacturing (consider everything that's effected by an output of this kind of power) -- and that's
not cheap. This hasn't been reflected in their price points, which leads me to believe they've justified eating some profit in order to one-up their competitors at the same price...
And I realize how supply and demand works with these sorts of cars - I'm sure it will sell, just not in the same volume the current GT500 has...what I'm trying to say is that in my eyes -- a 60k "exclusive" Mustang isn't...a Mustang. Which was a comment in response to a thought about the direction Ford is taking...I'm having a difficult time figuring out what the "direction" is...
You hear it all the time (and its not smoke and mirrors), that Chevy didn't transplant an LS9 into the Camaro because a 60+k pony car won't sell like they want it to...it won't be a Camaro anymore...so it's weird to look at Ford doing the exact opposite.
And no, before anyone plays the "fanboy" card; I'm not saying either camp is right or wrong....current events prove they have almost
never done anything the same as one another...it's just interesting to me to see this particular diversion in philosophy...