2013 Mustang pricing is crazy..

[Txstang1]

We'll see. It will probably have to be ordered from what I am told. I still need to decide between Sterling Grey and Performance White. Not sure which I like more. Seems most other people really like the Deep Impact Blue because it looks so close to Sonic Blue.

White ! Although our Sonic blue Gt was beautiful.

[Sgt Beavis]

The styling improvements on the 'stang are very nice, but not THAT nice.

I think there will be plenty of discounts to be had in the next few months. Well, except on that GT500. 202mph is going to get some attention..

[32vfromhell]

i am really skeptical the piston coatings can keep them alive under the kind of abuse 2011-2012 users are putting them through.

[Steve]

In other words the wife said no. lmao

Hahaha! Bastard, made cough up lemonade, that shit hurts!

Actually i could get it but like you i cant justify the cost with how nicely the new cars run and optioned just as nice.

[racrguy]

Coating pistons is an easy way to find HP. I'd do it in my race engine if the rules allowed it. They have different coatings for the skirt, top/dome, and the underside. The top coating is to keep piston temps down, the skirts have an anti friction coating, and the undersides have a coating that sheds oil. It's not cheap though.

HAHA! Being married myself, im sure it had something to do with his wife. The difference between buying a 25k car vs a 50k car is significant. Like $500.00 vs. $1000.00 a month is substantial.

Yeah, no shit. I couldn't justify it to myself even if I could afford it. My beater gets me to work every day just fine. They sure are nice though!

[slow99]

Well, let's hope skip isn't holding his breath for this one.

[Rick Modena]

HAHA! Being married myself, im sure it had something to do with his wife. The difference between buying a 25k car vs a 50k car is significant. Like $500.00 vs. $1000.00 a month is substantial.

I'll locate the article I read it for you later, but Traxx pretty much covered it. Trust me, I've been doing my research on this after deciding buying a GT500 wasn't worth the extra cost with the way Coyote's respond to mods.

In other words the wife said no. lmao

[Rick Modena]

My original plan was to wait on the 2013 in the spring, but after looking them over, I decided that I really liked the overall look of the '12 better and I wouldn't be able to touch a '13 for a while at the price that I wanted to pay for one. Very happy with my decision.

I hear ya brutha, I felt the same way. I really like the 10-12 styling better than my 2009 GT and the 5.0 4v is direct derivative of the original 4.6 32v with updated features one of them being the VVCT on the cams. I love my car and the 2013's have a weird styling on the back end...

[STRONGNUFF]

I'll keep the Challenger

[Steve]

I'm not sure where Steve heard this, but I thought they just tweaked the PCM for more power, I don't see how deleting the oil squirters gains 8HP.

I'll locate the article I read it for you later, but Traxx pretty much covered it. Trust me, I've been doing my research on this after deciding buying a GT500 wasn't worth the extra cost with the way Coyote's respond to mods.

Regarding the oil squirters and the 8 hp, here is what I read and copied from another board:



3/19/2012 - Car and Driver, "Ford has found eight more ponies in the 5.0-liter V-8, achieved by applying Boss 302 piston coatings and discontinuing the oil squirts formerly cooling the undersides of the pistons, a function the engineers now believe to be unnecessary based on experience with the 5.0".
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3/19/2012 - Motor Trend, "Let's start with those eight extra horses, which nobody was clamoring for, but are welcome just the same. They were found in Boss 302-inspired calibration changes like making the spark retard a bit less conservative and deleting the oil-squirters that cooled the pistons but were deemed superfluous and a source of windage losses".

[Steve]

Can someone tell me how much new car dealer ships mark up these cars? Someone who actually has experience and knows? Or how much a car like this cost to build on an assembly line?

Invoice on a 12 GT base coupe is $27,459 with MSRP of $ 29,710

Invoice on a 12 GT Premium coupe is $31,059 with MSRP of $33,710

Invoice on a 13 GT base coupe is $27,952 with MSRP of $ 30,300

Invoice on a 13 GT Premium is $31,642 with MSRP of $34,300.

The 12's currently have a $3000 rebate on one if you can find any left you like.


As for what it costs the factory to build them, no idea. lol.

[Doug Hatton]

I've heard the squirters are a big part of what's keeping these things together with boost!

[Doug Hatton]

My original plan was to wait on the 2013 in the spring, but after looking them over, I decided that I really liked the overall look of the '12 better and I wouldn't be able to touch a '13 for a while at the price that I wanted to pay for one. Very happy with my decision.