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Old July 30th 08, 01:59 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang
Rich
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Default Idea of the muscle car is dead (Or, why Ford can't sell cars now)

On Jul 28, 2:04*pm, Michael Johnson > wrote:
> dwight wrote:
> > "Rich" > wrote in message
> ....
> >> 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

>
> > Is there a point here? Are you somehow mad at Ford for not putting
> > "muscle cars" in the hands of more young people?

>
> > I don't get it.

>
> This guy resides in my kill file because he is a low grade troll. *He
> posts the same worthless crap in the photography newsgroups and gets
> slapped around their too.


$45,000. In 1988, $16,500 for an LX 5.0 or less. 240,000 sold in
1988. 2008....? Case closed.
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