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Old July 29th 08, 02:26 AM 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 carsnow)

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

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