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Originally Posted by rodneym
Seems to me that the price increase won't hurt Shelby much. I believe that most CSX owners are people who may own other toys, like Ferrari's. We obviously all have discretionary income, but an average CSX owner probably has more than most of us. For the wealthy it's a no brainer. They think, "Vintage Shelby's are more than I want to spend, so I'll get the next best thing". Not, "Vintage Shelby's are too much, so I'll spend countless hours researching the vast Cobra replica market and make a sound decision based on value for the dollar". Let's face it, if you own a Ferrari, names DO mean something to you. Period. Nothing wrong with that IMO, for I too believe provenance has value.
For most of 'us' (if we're in the market for upper echelon replicas) are even considering a CSX, than ten grand for the name may not be worth it. But to the guy who bought his wife a $30k ring 'just because', the money won't mean as much.
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Boy, did you hit the nail on its head.
Actually I own 4 ferrari's, F40, F50, and 2 Enzo's, just because I can. I actually never even priced a CSX car compared to others, I just told my buyer to get me one of those instead of a real one, even though I could afford one, two, or several. What, $30K for a ring? I'm actually insulted, I never spend less than $50K for any piece of jewelry.