Aumoore;
Actually, I was waiting for a Shelby type to come along, stretch the T-bird about 10 inches in the front and stick a lightened V-10 in it. Viola! A new generation Cobra!
The truth is, Ford or the rest, keep the prices of the special cars up, so as to not off set their production quotas,among other things. Politics, again. Remember when the PT Cruiser was first introduced? It was a rear wheel drive, using a transaxle, in the rear, kinda like the Prowler. It got the ax in the final stages, and got stuck on the Neon platform, because it would have to be classed as a truck, were it rear wheel drive. That would have put Chrysler into deep dodo, with the feds; as they were already over 50% sales of trucks. It seems that was an issue with Uncle, due to CAFE standards. So, you get a cute little front wheel drive, lousy hanling, POS, rather that a spunky little nostalgia grocery getter.
Like I mentioned, in an earlier post, I'm hoping that the 03 Stang will in fact be what they say. The current MACH I is a 4.6 with 5.4 heads and is rated at a mild 305 as to not kick the Cobras in the but. Ford rumor has it, that the 03 Mustan will be a retro long hood short deck with a nostalgia style of the 64-68 Stangs. If that is true, and the 03 Boss is in fact opened up a bit more than the 02 MachI, I may step for that. Still less than a Vette and some Muscle to boot!
