"It's a Shelby Mustang"

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Well, opened the local rag, a Ford dealer advertisement caught my eye - "$44,000 - Look, Look - These are Shelby Mustangs"

I'm thinking - wait a moment - like a Shelby GT500? Perhaps the mark up is gone?

I was ready to visit the dealership first thing in the AM, but looking closer - the 5 available Mustangs were GT's - further research revealed that they are GT's with $13K of God knows what added to make them "Shelby Mustangs" - yes, and Shelby GT is on the side of each car. They are basically a $32K Mustang with $13K in Shelby stuff - so a discount of around $1K is being offered - WOOHOO!

Now I'm thinking that Shelby has sold out his name to Ford to do with whatever they want to do and call it a Shelby. This just seems wrong, but probably isn't.

Next stop - the local Ford dealership just to admire once again the two Ford GT cars that they have on the lot - both red with white strips. One of them now has a new price sticker - $156,890, plus $75,000 - with the notation "Rare Car" - so, $231,890 plus tax, etc. - I was thinking - is the rare - as in rarely sold? After all it is a 2005 car! Another interested fact is that they leave both cars out at night with full access to the lot - and, don't even take the cars inside when it occasionally rains. Hmmmmm........