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Old July 29th 08, 04:58 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang
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Default Idea of the muscle car is dead (Or, why Ford can't sell cars now)

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:26:19 -0400, Falcon Guy
> wrote:

>Not a chance in hell of getting a condo or cheap house in Toronto at
>that price. Maybe if you were trying to buy two GT40's.
>
>Rich wrote:
>> The traditional idea of a muscle car was a stripped-down product, with
>> power. In later years (1970-71) the muscle car version of a line
>> became almost a luxury vehicle. Now, Ford only knows that kind.
>> Check out the sticker on a convertible GT in Toronto, Canada.
>>
>> $45k, plus $3000 insurance (way more if you are younger) and $3000/yr
>> in gas means this car costs about the same as the mortgage to a medium-
>> priced condo or a cheap house.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/100830683


What? Toronto doesn't have any slums? :0) LOL
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