GT350......DEAD!!

It's all over.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34226316/ford-mustang-shelby-gt350-gt350r-dead/

sad

At $60-$70K, did they sell many of em ?

Pentalab said:

At $60-$70K, did they sell many of em ?

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Looks like about 17,799 per

https://mustangfanclub.com/shelby-gt350-gt350r-production-numbers/

As awesome of a car as it was it was around a year or two too long IMO, but that was probably just to fill the gap waiting for the GT500

IMO both GT350 and the S197 GT500's should have been available with automatics, they would have sold many more of them, and that is what helped Roush sales so much the last several years.

JJ427R said:

IMO both GT350 and the S197 GT500's should have been available with automatics, they would have sold many more of them, and that is what helped Roush sales so much the last several years.

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And Carroll Shelby was an automatic guy.

Flusher said:

And Carroll Shelby was an automatic guy.

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What do you think he would say about the new paddle shifted GT500? As he was a race car driver as well as a builder, I'm willing to bet he'd be right on board.

JJ427R said:

IMO both GT350 and the S197 GT500's should have been available with automatics, they would have sold many more of them, and that is what helped Roush sales so much the last several years.

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Roush have never sold many cars, usually less than 1000 per year. I'm not going to look for all the stats but Roush only sold 707 mustangs in 2017 with only about 1/4 of them being automatics. A couple hundred cars per year is not significant.

Sad that another manual transmission option is gone.

The Mach1 is not a worthy replacement IMO

Flusher said:

And Carroll Shelby was an automatic guy.

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Forgot that later in life his personal cobra did have an automatic in it as with a bad knee he could not longer shift.

It would be cool if they did one special edition every few years. Started with the GT500, then the Bullitt, then the GT350, now the Mach 1 and GT500. We need BOSS to make a comeback with the new 7.3L.

Racer47 said:

Roush have never sold many cars, usually less than 1000 per year. I'm not going to look for all the stats but Roush only sold 707 mustangs in 2017 with only about 1/4 of them being automatics. A couple hundred cars per year is not significant.

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Remember Shelby also did the GT/SC and the GT-H which were also very similar to the Roush's and those were available with an auto. Not sure of numbers of those? Competition is still there between builders regardless of numbers. Don't forget Saleen either.

The oil consumption, albeit normal, did not sit well with the people that bought them. Turned into a PITA for dealers.

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Bingo said:

We need BOSS to make a comeback with the new aluminum block 7.3L.

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There. Fixed it.

Bingo said:

It would be cool if they did one special edition every few years. Started with the GT500, then the Bullitt, then the GT350, now the Mach 1 and GT500. We need BOSS to make a comeback with the new 7.3L.

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BOSS?!?!? No. No. The 7.3s need to be widely available in plain old GT's. It'll never happen, but it needs to happen.

JJ427R said:

What do you think he would say about the new paddle shifted GT500? As he was a race car driver as well as a builder, I'm willing to bet he'd be right on board.

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This is the race world as a whole. Many race cars have the paddle shifting so the drivers always have there hands on the wheel.

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This is the race world as a whole. Many race cars have the paddle shifting so the drivers always have there hands on the wheel.

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And I've also yet to hear a race car driver get out of a paddle shifted car and say they wish it had a stick.

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And I've also yet to hear a race car driver get out of a paddle shifted car and say they wish it had a stick.

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of course not, paddles and DCTs are perfect for racing, however, how many pro drivers are there compared to enthusiasts who like the visceral and primal feeling of banging gears. I love my manual and hope to have one for as long as I am able to use one.

stkjock said:

of course not, paddles and DCTs are perfect for racing, however, how many pro drivers are there compared to enthusiasts who like the visceral and primal feeling of banging gears. I love my manual and hope to have one for as long as I am able to use one.

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Not denying that feeling, but most guys who complain about the paddles and not having that stick have yet to even drive a car with paddles. You still get to shift the car, your just doing it in a different way. And it does not take very long to get accustomed to, as now I get into my 2010 Roush and catch myself reaching for the paddles, as well as that damn push button start....