[crysalis_01]

GT350 is, from what I remember, a 4yr run so '15-'18. I would imagine, and this is straight conjecture on my part, we'll see GT500 bow in for MY '19 along with a MCE.

I'd imagine that a base GT500's intoductory msrp will be in the bottom $60k range. That'll increase rapidly with additional packages bumping the cost easily to mid/upper $70k range.

To keep a higher than GT performance option available and "affordable" I see Mach1 at say a $6-8k premium over GT Premium's msrp. That would start it in the mid $40k range. This would also probably come about in MY '20 and finish out the 6th gen.

This would be very similar to the '03/'04 Mach1 development method, unlike the GT350 or GT500 a new powerplant won't have to be developed. So, R&D would be mostly spent on fitment, tune, and emissions. This would comparatively keep costs down. Also, the added cost of aesthetic modifications would be minimal. Use of the gen2 3.5EB would be multipurposed. It would provide an output for the above GT slot in a ready to use form. It would also allow Ford to gauge the public opinion of a TT-V6 under the hood of Mustang in a performance oriented option, which if goes well will make using said engine in the gen7 GT all the easier.

Of course I could be wrong on every single point. But that's why this is merely conjecture. I do somewhat attemp to keep it "real" but in the end it's all guesswork. All I do know is that these are indeed amazing times in the pony car world. . . not so much for my bank account though.