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King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

wohho — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:16:52 EDT

Who wants to bet that bamfford beats off to old copies of 5.0 magazine?

wohho

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

bamfford — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:12:31 EDT

The Mustang continues being the King! It killed the sales of the camaro/firebird/trans am for GM and challenger/GTX/satelite cars for Chrysler. NOW that Ford is reeping all the sales even more, again, the other two are taking notice and finally waking up, but they will never compare to the Mustang. Sorry, the proof is in the pudding, cannot change the facts and history non-Mustang Lovers!

bamfford

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

smokyburnout — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:13:58 EDT

i really like the look, but when are we going to see a variant with the wider taillights, as seen on some old-school shelbys and the 2003 mustang concept?
and, it needs more power. the shelby gt doesnt have enough horsepower up on the mustang gt, and this dont have enough on the gt500...

smokyburnout

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Jonny Lieberman — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:29:08 EDT

@Mad_Science: Actually -- I was asking for a little more power.

Jonny Lieberman

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Elhigh — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:30:13 EDT

That's the same ratio as stock on my '87 Toy PU. Better brakes, though. I bet I could swap that axle in.

Elhigh

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Rabbi Dave — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:22:18 EDT

you know I didn't think to ask but will they make a 2008 GT500 and 2008 GT500KR?

Rabbi Dave

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Mad_Science — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:47:50 EDT

@BenWojdyla: Exactly

I never heard anyone saying "You know, that 500hp in the GT500 isn't quite enough...what for really needs is about 40 more HP, then I'll totally buy one"

Actually making the GT500 was a great idea and hearkens to the Ford of long ago.

Making a cosmetically different, incrementally upgraded edition of what's already a low volume halo car is very Ford-of-recent-years.

It would've made more sense to replace the GT500 with this.

Mad_Science

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

danio3834 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:44:47 EDT

All cynicism and industry BS aside...

This thing is Bitchin!

danio3834

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:59:55 EDT

Right, this was totally necessary.

"Hey guys, lets get in a dick waving competition with GM and their superior bargain supercar chassis while the Japanese and Koreans eat our lunch with everyday products"

"Sounds cool, lets throw a bunch of dev money down the toilet"

"Only if we can spend a truckload of money on tooling and equipment we'll have to maintain for the federally mandated 10 years of service parts"

"Hey guys, isn't the Cobra a good enough halo car? Do we really need another Mustang when the Taurus, Focus, Crown Vic, minivan, b-class, and hybrid programs could use some attention?

"....STFU! What a total newb! who hired this guy? GTFO."

Ben Wojdyla

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Miscellanea, now on the main floor! — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:43:02 EDT

@David Thomas: and looking at other companies to partner with.

Miscellanea, now on the main floor!

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Jonny Lieberman — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:42:24 EDT

@David Thomas: Yes, my imaginary god is a kind, fake god.

Jonny Lieberman

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

Rabbi Dave — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:28:31 EDT

maybe that's why saleen had to lay off some folks recently.

Rabbi Dave

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

SteveR — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:26:01 EDT

That thing is a rolling mullet...I love it!

It occurs to me that they're not leaving much wiggle room for Saleen and Roush with these things, are they?

SteveR

King of the Road Indeed: The 2008 Shelby Cobra GT500KR Concept Surfaces

FrankRizzo — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:23:56 EDT

My GOD, they make more Mustang variants that my beloved Subaru does Impreza variants, and THAT'S saying something!

I still think it'd get smoked on a road course by lesser cars, as I bet the suspension setup is still just above what Fred had in the Flintstone-mobile.

FrankRizzo