First of all, and this is a KEY point, "they" did NOT say "BOSS LS"...Dave said "BOSS". And where's the data to back the rhetoric, which this not-ready-for-prime-time launch has been full of...? They also said 200-300 lbs, but fail to release a HINT of Curb Weight specs on ANY version to ANYONE. Why?
KEY point is, every time a Ford fan, and employee, talks PRICE it's the BOSS, and when they talk performance metrics vs. "competition" (but NOT against themselves!) it's the BOSS LS. Why?
Because THAT answers the same question you keep repeating in thinly disguised format, time-after-time.
Ford built TWO BOSSES...one for VOLUME, and therefore the price leader, named BOSS (NO GM engine suffix!) and the other named BOSS LS which, built in numbers pretty equal to what we'll actually see for the Z/28, is the ONLY one that Ford authorized for track-testing. And it was "handled by the le$$-than-BOSS (NO suffix) 1LE.
Without the Hertz Rental-version BOSS (NO suffix) to counter development costs of the 444 hp BOSS engine, what might the ACTUAL selling price of those roughly-1500-only BOSS LS (WITH suffix) be? $55,000? $60,000?
Go ask Dave...and quote him CORRECTLY...
BTW, I find it charming that FORD would sell a halo Mustang with a GM ENGINE FAMILY designation on it...kinda like a Camaro with a "Coyote" badge...
NOT!
