Photo: Redwood Ford
It happened before, you know. When Ford Performance took the veils off the Shelby GT350, dealers marked the flat-plane crankshaft V8-engined pony like there was no tomorrow. The same happened with the previous generation of the Shelby GT500, and as you’d expect, the C8 Corvette is pretty expensive these days too.
The question is, would you pay no fewer than $149,995 for a car that actually retails at $100,000 or thereabouts? The $50,000 markup comes courtesy of Redwood Ford, a dealership that didn’t even post pictures of the actual car on its website. The configurator-sourced images, however, show a lovely spec with an orange exterior.
Complemented by an Ebony interior with Smoke Gray accents, the Shelby GT500 before your eyes is also decked with five notable options. First and foremost, the Carbon Fiber Track Pack alone is $18,500 while the Technology Package adds $3,000 to the tally. The painted black roof retails at $695, the Recaro seats with leather and suede are $1,595, and the Exposed Carbon Fiber Instrument Panel package boils down to $1,000. Let’s configure this car on Ford’s website, shall we?
Excluding destination, the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 starts at $72,900 or $535 less than the Shelby GT350R. Adding the aforementioned options as well as the $495 paint job (officially known as Twister Orange) translates to roughly $96,785 including freight. So yeah, the difference is a little higher than fifty thousand bucks.
More importantly and rather curiously, Redwood Ford didn’t specify the $1,500 Handling Pack that adds the Gurney flap and splitter wickers as dealer-installed upgrades. But there’s a reason for that. To the point, you can’t add the Handling Pack on top of the Carbon Fiber Track Pack with adjustable strut top mounts.
Climate-controlled front seats and the six-way power driver seat with power lumbar adjustment aren’t of the essence in a muscled-up pony like this one, more so if you remember that Recaro buckets are meant to keep you snug into place while tracking the car like a man on a mission. Still, the question remains. Would you spend $150k right now on this Shelby GT500 or choose another dealership that isn’t as greedy?
A dealership in New York - City World Ford of Bronx - offers a 2020 model at $81,365. And there are plenty more to choose from, so yeah, the answer is pretty obvious.
Complemented by an Ebony interior with Smoke Gray accents, the Shelby GT500 before your eyes is also decked with five notable options. First and foremost, the Carbon Fiber Track Pack alone is $18,500 while the Technology Package adds $3,000 to the tally. The painted black roof retails at $695, the Recaro seats with leather and suede are $1,595, and the Exposed Carbon Fiber Instrument Panel package boils down to $1,000. Let’s configure this car on Ford’s website, shall we?
Excluding destination, the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500 starts at $72,900 or $535 less than the Shelby GT350R. Adding the aforementioned options as well as the $495 paint job (officially known as Twister Orange) translates to roughly $96,785 including freight. So yeah, the difference is a little higher than fifty thousand bucks.
More importantly and rather curiously, Redwood Ford didn’t specify the $1,500 Handling Pack that adds the Gurney flap and splitter wickers as dealer-installed upgrades. But there’s a reason for that. To the point, you can’t add the Handling Pack on top of the Carbon Fiber Track Pack with adjustable strut top mounts.
Climate-controlled front seats and the six-way power driver seat with power lumbar adjustment aren’t of the essence in a muscled-up pony like this one, more so if you remember that Recaro buckets are meant to keep you snug into place while tracking the car like a man on a mission. Still, the question remains. Would you spend $150k right now on this Shelby GT500 or choose another dealership that isn’t as greedy?
A dealership in New York - City World Ford of Bronx - offers a 2020 model at $81,365. And there are plenty more to choose from, so yeah, the answer is pretty obvious.
Google News