RE: Shelby Mustang Super Snake announced

[Fleckers]

I like it lots and if I win the lottery at the weekend it will be on the shopping list

[mrclav]

flatso said:

How long before the european manufacturers will understand that a lot of us still want a good old V8 with a manual transmission at a decent price.
Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes etc.etc. have all jumped on the über-technologische bandwagon with useless driver aids that nobody asked for, and forgot on the way that a manual V8 will opean the pockets a lot easier then any infrared night vision, massage seat hokus pokus.

Bravo Ford!

Judging from their sales figures, they obviously understand what their respective markets better than you do.

[jamieduff1981]

flatso said:

How long before the european manufacturers will understand that a lot of us still want a good old V8 with a manual transmission at a decent price.
Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes etc.etc. have all jumped on the über-technologische bandwagon with useless driver aids that nobody asked for, and forgot on the way that a manual V8 will opean the pockets a lot easier then any infrared night vision, massage seat hokus pokus.

Bravo Ford!

This car is great and I really like it.

Just on the above though I do agree, but the Jags are far simpler than the Germans. The gearbox is an auto but with great programming and the manual modes work. There's a button to firm it up or soften it down and one to switch the traction control off which doesn't do much when it's on anyway. There aren't a zillion ways to configure the car and I like that. It's ultimately a family car, albeit one you can still overtake in going uphill in a strong headwind when fully loaded and you don't need to brake every time the road changes direction like soft barges.

A Shelby Mustang would look great next to it on my driveway.

Clearly I'm a chav in the eyes of the PH "wealth whispers" fraternity, but I love the colour, the stripes, the bonnet scoop and even the wheels.

My wife was on about test driving the Mustang (V8 of course - zero interest in a 4 banger) but a Shelby would be awesome.

[flatso]

Nothin against all the schicky-micky programmable electronic gizmoes, but WHY can't a classic manual transmission be offered even as an option?
Jag coupe, great V8, looks porn, but no auto.
M3,M5,M6 all auto
AMG models...auto

Surely the accountants of all these companies have done their research and thier sales figures speaks for them. I for one will not even consider a sports car without a manual transmission. I'm buying the damned thing as a toy, to take out for special drives. The accountants forgot that one buys a sports car to DRIVE it, not to pretend you are sitting in front of the playstation flicking throgh gears.
I would have bought a european, but they are literally forcing my hand to hand my dough to the yanks.

[Mastodon2]

Probably the most desirable car I'll see all year. I'd have one of these for doing the shopping, or a Challenger Hellcat.

[aeropilot]

Yeah fking hah.....and YES please



(very slight question mark over the wheels, but that's an easy fix)

[Clivey]

aeropilot said:

Yeah fking hah.....and YES please



(very slight question mark over the wheels, but that's an easy fix)

Agree with all of that!

Isn't it funny that many Brits used to criticise the Yanks for needing a slushbox and 27 cupholders to take them to the end of the street, yet now it's them that are producing the fun, exciting, V8, RWD cars with manual 'boxes?

[Zad]

For those few people who haven't seen it yet, Ford have their performance parts catalogue online:
http://fordperformanceracingparts.com/

[anonymous-user]

Or for a lot less you can get a supercharged VXR8 or an older, far cooler Monaro

[RadQuinn]

Still stealing....er...borrowing styling tips from Aston Martin, eh? Cool.

[Wacky Racer]

Fleckers said:

I like it lots and when I waste my money on the lottery at the weekend it won't be on the shopping list

EFA.

[unsprung]

Centurion07 said:

I'd imagine if we were buying 12,000 a month the price would probably come down a bit.

That would be a staggering disruption. Imagine 12,000 Mustangs monthly... solely within the UK.

Edited by unsprung on Friday 19th June 03:25

[MikeT66]

Fleckers said:

I like it lots and if I win the lottery at the weekend it will be on the shopping list

Same here, Fleckers - a standard Mustang is one of the very few brand new cars that I'd love to own. As for this particular model, it appeals to me so much more than any of the usual German suspects ever could. Bloody lovely.

[pSyCoSiS]

That's a beast. Looks lovely and the interior actually looks of decent quality!

[gracey]

Gorgeous! But can mine be in dark grey please?

[daniel1920]

I'd like to paint the GF that colour

[NicoG]

vz-r_dave said:

Sorry where does the 'not handle' comment come from? The last Mustang was pretty much on par with the E90 M3.

Fair point, but my CSL is my own barometer for handling ! (and noise for that matter....)

[Curator]

daniel1920 said:

I'd like to paint the GF that colour

Priceless!

[Clivey]

Curator said:

daniel1920 said:

I'd like to paint the GF that colour

Priceless!

It does look very, very nice.

[X5TUU]

Ill be in vegas in a few days time, and normally pop to the heritage centre just to oggle and drool ... now I have an extra lump of metal to see if its as outstanding in the flesh as the pics