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Originally Posted by Deki
Because Ford didn't just slap a blower and pointless cosmetic bits on the car and call it a day. It's a car that is properly engineered to handle that power in every way possible, and it wasn't done by some old guy throwing big power at a chassis and putting on off the shelf brake and suspension pieces, taking the warranty away, and then charging a ridiculous amount of money for it. I think a lot of people are going to be surprised just how well the new Shelby is going to perform. Ford is not stupid enough to release their halo car and not let it live up to the hype.
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I'm actually a bit tired of the Shelby moniker now. Well actually I was personally turned off way back in 2007 with all the price gouging and supposed collectible nature of the 2007 GT500... ha.ha.HA! But that is neither here nor there and really not Shelby's fault directly, just people getting starstruck by the name Shelby.
The real reason I'm tired of it, is that the GT500 (especially in the case of the 2013) is full creation of SVT. SVT deserves the credit entirely, and Shelby shouldn't have his name associated with it at all especially when all he really does these days is body kits and boost (slight exaggeration). This car IMHO should immediately revert back to the Cobra name plate. I know Cobra and the cobra symbol also have their roots with Shelby, but I believe those symbols are more associated with SVT given the Cobra and Cobra R models SVT produced over the last 20 years, and I really really really believe SVT should getting all the name recognition.
I really hope that at least with the next generation Mustang they go back to Cobra.