Originally posted by Stry-ped:

Again, my comment was based on the views as a CUSTOMER, not the company or it's sales. Thats all I am saying.



Well, geez, with that disclaimer, you can make just about any statement you want because every cusstomer will have a different view, and there will bound to be one that agrees somewhere, no matter how silly the statement is.

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Just look at several members on CEG alone and they're frustration with Ford and the GT mixup...



I know Roger got frustrated waiting, but who else?

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you can't tell me there is no animosity towards Ford for this exceedingly large miscalculation. Ofcoarse there's nothing they can do abotu it



I'm sure there is somewhere, but by and large, i think most people (Roger included) realize that sometimes, demand will outstrip supply for very popular items. This is especially true when increased production would require hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, and long term expectations won't support the increased production. I highly disagree that there was an exceedingly large miscalculation; any one that REALLY wants a Mustang GT can still get one, albeit at a higher, dealer marked-up price. If there is animosity, I would highly suspect it is due to the practice of dealer markup, rather than Ford building as many as it possibly can and not able to supply everyone immediately.

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and Ford IS making desperate strives to put ALL mustang lovers in teh seat of a V6. Huge incentives, amazing lease rates, and a HUGE dealer aftermarket contribution.



This isn't anywhere near Mustang specific, it is industry-wide, and you will note that the Mustang is excluded from Ford's latest employee pricing promotion . . .

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The GTO's sales are up... but I guess my statement came out sounding like they were better...which they are not. I never said they were better, per se.. just up. Yes, the 2005 Stang has better sales (all trim levels aside) than the GTO, Corvette, or Viper (possibly combined) in 2005. Quite obvious in the Metro Detroit as you see 1 corvete per 20 Mustangs.



GTO production was originally planned at 18,000 units for 2004, and was scaled back to 12,000 units for 2005 due to poor sales. Sales may have gone back up some due to recent promotions, but I highly doubt it is even back up to near the 18k figure for 2004. Compared to a planned production of ~192,000 Mustangs for 2005 (with lots of pent up demand still for 06's . . .) So basically, even your backtracking statement of the GTO sales being up is pretty much just wrong.

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Sorry Rara... I'll put more thought in my posts before I hit "submit".




Please do. And you aren't the only one. At least don't post sheer postulation as fact, spend a few minutes checking out your facts to be sure . . .

Balance is the Key. rarasvt@comcast.net