He’s made $80,000 on Ford but lost $20,000 on GM. :P

How many people think its worth investing in Fannie and Freddie?

As for the Stang’ I love it. I love the colors – interior looks good. KEEP MAKING ME MONEY FORD !

I stopped reading at:

“The road’s crowded, but with the ability to reach one hundred and thirty miles per hour in seconds, any visible gap is usable”

IIRC, this is the same guy that was going 120mph with his family in tow when an accident unfolded infront of him.

I really hoped he learned from that.

Apparently not.

Mr. Baruth, your reviews should be confined to the track!

Jonny and I had a great time on that press trip. It’s always good to see the Loverman in action, so to speak.

There is a stagger in the lineups between the Mustang and the Camaro. The base V6 Mustang undercuts the price of the base Camaro by around $1500, but the Camaro outperforms it, the Mustang GT outperforms the V6 Camaro, but not the SS, but sits in between the two in price, and then the Shelby sits on top of the SS in price, but outperforms it.

But that Robin’s Egg Blue photo is enough to make me toss my cookies.

Would a real man spend 50 large for that color?

Seriously.

Jack did you forget about the CTS-V

It may have 540 HP…but it still is the slowest 500+ HP car on the planet.

And…the ZO6 Corvette has 505 HP, the CTS-V has 550+ HP.

Do tell. I miss your writing around here. Not to take anything away from Jack, this was a great review!

Even though I’m a Bimmer guy, I really appreciate the Mustang GT500. There is just something about a raw car that can kill you in a second with ludicrous power and weight bias that speaks to me.

IMO, I think these are the kind of models that Chevy is going to have to build to keep their Camaro current and fresh. Case in point – the RX-8 R3 and any Miata special edition. Anyone with half of an automotive brain knows that the hard core buyers will scoop up theirs at once, and then there will be a few stragglers that get them with good lease/financing deals…and then they collect dust. GM can’t really expect the Camaro to turn their fortunes around. However they can go the Mustang route and make limited runs of special high performance models. That keeps the fire hot and write-ups in the auto rags.
A lot of car companies have found out that when you flood the market with a retro car, all of the things that made it a special car vanish.

…and I want this Mustang Shelby on a dragstrip with me behind the wheel!

My dealer will sell the GT500 2010 for sticker…now taking orders willby33@msn.com

At some point in the model year, I may very well be able to sell a 2010 GT500 for sticker…we sold the ’09’s for sticker this year….if you are serious about knowing when you can buy for MSRP I’m at willby33@msn.com

Ford loves to do this. They set the MSRP on their mega-cars really low to get press accolades. However, this isn’t what people pay because the the Ford dealers just crank the price up.

If anyone (that isn’t pals with Ford) actually gets a 2010 GT500 for under $55K, I would like to hear about it.

Oh geez, now there’s a problem I’d like to have…

I am off two minds about this car. One, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Two, it’s a lot of money for a Mustang. I guess it’s better to focus on the 540 bhp part.

Something about the nose of it rubs me the wrong way, but I think it would look better without the stripes, or at least in a darker base colour. The new, more pinched headlights combined with the big grill opening looks a little off to me.

And as jeremyb mentioned: Jack seems to have forgotten the CTS-V. Still more expensive than the GT500, but not thrice the price.

He left out the good parts.

There’s something about Mustangs. I drive a 2008 Bullitt and I have a strong feeling that in 2 or 3 years I’m going to pick up a GT500. No stripes, and I’ll clean off as much of the badging as I can as well.

For a little extra money you can push the car into truly bonkers territory.

http://store.roushperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=1012

Add long tube headers and a custom tune and you’re staring down the barrel of 700 hp at the wheels… without a powertrain warranty ;)

I agree. No stripes for me either! It was a bitch trying to find a stripe delete car when I was shopping for my Ford GT. But this new GT500 is the first Mustang I’ve considered since my 91 LX 5.0 notchback.

2)They are just tape anyway, so they can be peeled off with no damage, unlike the painted on stripes of the 2005-6 Ford GT supercar.

Hmmm. That makes this sled, especially in a low key solid black or solid white, all that much more compelling. For the first time in ages, Ford is making some cars I desire, let alone respect.

Yes, it is:

1)they are optional

2)They are just tape anyway, so they can be peeled off with no damage, unlike the painted on stripes of the 2005-6 Ford GT supercar.