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Originally Posted by nards444
exactly why they are a non-factor in the Macro view. Even if ford netted every penny on the 50k car thats 275 million, vs selling 100k camaros for an average cost of all models at 29k for a total of 2.9 billion. Really you ask 9 out of ten people what cars come to mind that Mustang(GT), Corvette, Camaro. Doubt you will hear the 500. Ecomomics drives business. Ford has done the 500 to try to have something to compare to the vette and sorry vette has that market covered even viper doesnt hold a candle. Look at history of car production, cars were not all ways produced or pulled from production because of people thought they were fast or because it could beat another car, its because the money behind it.
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You can't cross shop a Vette and a GT500. They are two entirely different cars built for two entirely different markets. One is a pony car in a 2+2 factor that is built to be a monster at the drag strip and track performance is second. The Vette is a 2 seater designed to be a track car and take on high end imports.
I can use a GT500 as a daily driver because I can get 4 people to lunch as needed but I couldn't ever use a Vette as a DD. I'm not everyone but it's one example of why they aren't comparable.
Also, you can't compare revenue numbers that isn't how much Ford makes on these cars. Look at gross profit. I'd rather not get into the details of cost accounting but lets just say there is a few concepts that come into play: marginal cost, production capacity constraints, and others.
So yes Mustangs/GT's contribute more to Ford's top line in aggregate but I guarantee you the GT500 contributes more to gross profit per unit than the GT or V6 edition.
This entire argument applies the ZR1, GT500, Z28, GT-R, etc.