It's just going to become a trim level because people will buy it just for the name and what it symbolizes. GMC did the same thing when they extended the Denali trim to all of their models. Now you can get a GMC Terrain Denali. Probably won't be long before there's a CLA Maybach. All MB sees is $$$ and they are right to do so. There are plenty of $40k millionaires who would quickly plunk down an extra $10-$20k to drive a "Maybach".

 

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Yup. All these 40K maybachs will end up owned by 27 year old girls in NJ/LA/Miami.

 

I get this, though I agree with 2012wagon too. Devalues the name into merely another trim level.

 

My friends 2010 E93 had a dead battery. Think it would be as easy as going to Autozone and getting a new battery? Nope. Turns out in order to get a new battery in a BMW it has to be programmed in. Almost $400 for a battery.

I guess the car monitors the battery's charging cycle and adjusts as the battery ages. It has to be reset when a new battery is put in.

I guess you really do have to pay to play.

 

If you believe the report, the GT350R lapped the Nurburgring FIVE seconds faster than the Z/28 and also beat the new 911 GT3 @ 7:32.19.

It also said the rumor was even the GT350 will beat the Z/28. They sounds like amazing track cars. I wonder how the GT350 will be as a street driver.

Report: 2016 Shelby GT350R clocks 7:32.19 Nurburgring Lap | HorsepowerKings.com

 

 

That's one fast Accord.

 

What is the price on the Ford Accord 350R?

 

The GT350 will start at $53K so I'm guessing the R will be around $63K to $65K.

 

Not bad. I know how amazing the Stang is, but man prices will be creeping up to the 70s, for a stang?

 

I think the previous GT500 was in the $55K range. And the R will utterly destroy any Mustang built before it.

 

Understood.


But at what point is too much for a Stang? I guess 50K Vettes, now fetching 100K for some models, why not the Mustang I suppose....

 

Well, aside from my mistake about the upgraded leather, I have everything a $50K Audi A5 has for $35K. Had I gotten the better interior I would confidently say that the Mustang is 95% the Audi for 70% the price.

So the GT350/R could very well be 95% of a $90K sports car for 70% of the money and be a great deal.

For example, I would love to see a Jaguar Coupe R and GT350 compared. I bet they are each superior to the other in different categories and yet the Mustang is probably not a ridiculous choice to make.

The new Mustang has one issue IMO: The reputation of the previous cars and its owners. Simplistic and narrow focused cars that really were not very good and owners who couldn't appreciate better alternatives.

I think the new car will go a long way to bringing new blood to the model and hopefully dispelling the mulleted meathead image associated with it.

 

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The Boss brought a lot of new blood to the brand. I thnk you are right. I had a few friends with Boxsters and Caymans get it for their track cars.


However, F type coupe is gorgeous, and to me, even if Mustang did 0-60 in 1 sec and ran the Ring in 5 sec, I prefer the F Type Coupe

 

I hear you. And if I could afford a F-Type, I'm getting that instead because I'm a snob to a degree.

But if I was only able to spend $55-57K on a car I would probably be pretty happy with a GT350 if track days were my thing.

 

Supposedly, the AMG GT S is the $130K model. A 450hp GT model is coming that could be about $110-115K. That's Audi R8 territory. And about $10K more than the F-Type R.

I wish I could play at that level but maybe a three year old $80K model might one day be a possibility

 

To me at the level, asthetics is just as important as performance numbers.




I can't bench race in my garage with my eyes, so I prefer to look at something beautiful at 100K

 

Maybe since I'm not a big MB fan, but I don't care for the AMG GT at all. I'd rather have a 991 GT3, 5.2 R8, Gallardo or NSX.

 

I thnk the MG new AMG GT is a good looking car. Much better looking than the SLRs, which you can see in LA quite frequently.

That said, I agree with you 100%. GT3 RS, NSX, looks much better to me.

I am not a R8 fan, they are everywhere

 

 

Probably the only thing I believe wagon has posted.

 

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You don't have to believe anything I posted. As a person going to Hajj this year, there isn't anything to lie about on an Acura forum.

We have enough chromed out ILX owners on this forum to keep the BS going.

That said, if I am forking out 150k, I would like to find my car in a parking lot

 

If you really are a neonatalogist.. I'll suck your D on top of the Kaaba man.

 

For that budget, I would get a GT3!

 

You can make fun of my Muslim religion and be disrespectful all you want. Have heard it all my life.

I am a board certified neonatologist. I will be in Orlando Feb 16-22, as I told someone on the TSX forum, who will be coming to the conference, and having lunch with me.

If you are in LA, I would be happy to treat your future kids, at any of the 3 hospitals I practice in.

One of my neighbors (forum poster here), knows me well enough, and what I do for a living, since the hospital is next to his house

I would be happy to intubate you for free.

 

He's in LA. This is why he sees tons of R8's. Popular car down there in SoCal.

 

Wait, what are we talking about??

 

Sucking noses out of R8's that look like Accords?


I think?

 

Wasn't digging at your religion.. bruh.. don't you specialize in high risk.. stay away!

You must toss first..

 

GT3 is teh sex.. only reason not to get it is it's a cockmagnet. Or.. do.

 

About you not being lowered yet.

 

Til' you actually get the options you want.

Fully loaded, it's a $180K car all day & they've all been sold.

 

You go have fun in your Beetle!

 

I'm sorry, but ya'll motherfuckers need Jesus ...

 

You lost me there. Better looking than the SLS, sure. SLR gets #3 for me behind the original (1954) SLR & 300SL Gullwing.

But, image is all subjective.

 

My friend modified his daughter's Power Wheels to look like his Charger.

 

F-Type > that

 

Uh, yeah, I get that there may be more in LA. I see them when I drive through Paradise Valley and Scottsdale here in the Phoenix area, but it's not like it's a Prius. They're made in pretty limited numbers. So, unless you are sitting in the actual factory that makes the R8, it goes way beyond reasonable hyperbole to state that R8s are "everywhere".

 

They both make some orgasmic noises, though.

 

True. They aren't everywhere, like my 9th Gen Accord.