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11-10-2011, 12:55 PM
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Bringing The Shelby Name To The Masses
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The Shelby name doesn't come cheap. Vintage Shelby Mustangs and Cobras can command six or sometimes even seven figure sums. The current Shelby offerings are much cheaper - the GT350 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/shelby+gt350/) is priced around $70,000 while the Ford-built GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/shelby+gt500/) is a little less expensive with a base price just short of $50,000 - although we still wouldn't consider them attainable to the average guy with a mortgage and 2.5 kids.
Shelby sees that as a problem. The majority of its customers are the people who craved a GT500 or Cobra back when they were kids in the 1960s. Those customers are getting older, and like many other automakers, Shelby has decided to reach out to younger buyers. At the New York Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/new-york-auto-show/) earlier this year, Shelby announced the GTS (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/21/shelby-mustang-gts-new-york-2011/), a new model designed to be attainable to the masses. The GTS would be available in both V6 and V8 form and, with a package price of $9,995, could be had for less than $33,000 in base form. "It's a car that reaches a younger buyer while acknowledging the economic realities of our times," said Shelby American president John Luft at the time.
We have to wonder, though. Are younger buyers interested in buying a Shelby Mustang? Will people actually buy a Shelby with a V6? We aimed to find out for ourselves and picked up a V6 model in Race Red with White Le Mans stripes at Shelby's facility in Gardena, CA for a week-long test.Continue reading 2012 Shelby GTS (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/10/2012-shelby-gts-review/)
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Bringing The Shelby Name To The Masses
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/2012-shelby-gts-review.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-shelby-gts-review/)
The Shelby name doesn't come cheap. Vintage Shelby Mustangs and Cobras can command six or sometimes even seven figure sums. The current Shelby offerings are much cheaper - the GT350 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/shelby+gt350/) is priced around $70,000 while the Ford-built GT500 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/shelby+gt500/) is a little less expensive with a base price just short of $50,000 - although we still wouldn't consider them attainable to the average guy with a mortgage and 2.5 kids.
Shelby sees that as a problem. The majority of its customers are the people who craved a GT500 or Cobra back when they were kids in the 1960s. Those customers are getting older, and like many other automakers, Shelby has decided to reach out to younger buyers. At the New York Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/new-york-auto-show/) earlier this year, Shelby announced the GTS (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/21/shelby-mustang-gts-new-york-2011/), a new model designed to be attainable to the masses. The GTS would be available in both V6 and V8 form and, with a package price of $9,995, could be had for less than $33,000 in base form. "It's a car that reaches a younger buyer while acknowledging the economic realities of our times," said Shelby American president John Luft at the time.
We have to wonder, though. Are younger buyers interested in buying a Shelby Mustang? Will people actually buy a Shelby with a V6? We aimed to find out for ourselves and picked up a V6 model in Race Red with White Le Mans stripes at Shelby's facility in Gardena, CA for a week-long test.Continue reading 2012 Shelby GTS (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/10/2012-shelby-gts-review/)
2012 Shelby GTS (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/10/2012-shelby-gts-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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