geetee500 Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I am trying to convince myself that I will be in the market for a 2008 or 2009 GT500 in the near future. In my recent searches of dealer inventories, I have seen several 2008 GT500 window stickers that have the following items: GT500KR package ($210) 3.73 Gear ratio No Gas Guzzler Tax Charge What does this mean? I didn't think the 3.73 ratio was available as a option. Plus, what does the credit for the 500KR package mean? No Gas Guzzler Tax? I tried to attach a link to a web page of the window sticker in question, but had no luck. I found the window sticker by searching dealer inventories on the Ford Vehicles website and came across at least 5 or 6 cars like this in my area (Florida). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Those are the GT500KR cars. There will be addendum stickers added to those from SAI which bumps MSRP to $80k+ in addition to the the $20K - $80k ADM dealers are tacking on. If you noticed, those with the KR package are all one of 4 colors. Silver (which is not available on regular GT500) Black, Vista Blue or Torch Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee500 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wow, you mean they are ready to be converted if the new owner decides to do so? I wondered why I saw so many Silver and Black GT500s with stripe delete. All of these cars were listed with all of the other Shelbys and their price was in the mid $40's, so it didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Does this mean that you could buy this car for whatever the window sticker says (or whatever the dealer is asking) and NOT pay for the gas guzzler tax? Plus get the 3.73's? That sounds like a good deal. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjbarnet Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wow, you mean they are ready to be converted if the new owner decides to do so? I wondered why I saw so many Silver and Black GT500s with stripe delete. All of these cars were listed with all of the other Shelbys and their price was in the mid $40's, so it didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Does this mean that you could buy this car for whatever the window sticker says (or whatever the dealer is asking) and NOT pay for the gas guzzler tax? Plus get the 3.73's? That sounds like a good deal. Thanks No, the dealer is not going to give up his 25-40K ADM. I still think the lottery for the KRs was staged, my dealer had sold several GT500s and didn't get a single KR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee500 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 If these are KR ready cars, my first thought was, why am I seeing so many (at least 5-6 in my research) of them on the dealer lots? When I try to go to the specific dealer websites, I can't find any of them that state that they have KR ready Shelbys, just regular GT500s (if they list them at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 If these are KR ready cars, my first thought was, why am I seeing so many (at least 5-6 in my research) of them on the dealer lots?When I try to go to the specific dealer websites, I can't find any of them that state that they have KR ready Shelbys, just regular GT500s (if they list them at all) They're not on the dealer lots. They have technically shipped (and probably appear in dealer inventories) but they were ALL shipped to SAI in Vegas. There they get the KR package applied and then get shipped to the dealer. Only a few have been completed by SAI, and they haven't said if any have actually been shipped to their proper (dealer) destinations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee500 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Ah, I see. That makes sense. Thanks for the answer Tony. It still just seemed like a lot of cars, considering the KR is a fairly limited production vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wow, you mean they are ready to be converted if the new owner decides to do so? I wondered why I saw so many Silver and Black GT500s with stripe delete. All of these cars were listed with all of the other Shelbys and their price was in the mid $40's, so it didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Does this mean that you could buy this car for whatever the window sticker says (or whatever the dealer is asking) and NOT pay for the gas guzzler tax? Plus get the 3.73's? That sounds like a good deal. Thanks No, you can't buy the cars like that. They are all shipped to SAI straight from Ford and get the KR conversion. Then they get shipped to the dealer. None of those are actually on the dealer lots. As soon as Ford builds the car at their plant Ford then adds the car to the dealer's inventory. Then it is automatically in their system and it will show up online as if it was in stock even though they are not there yet. Any mustangs like Saleen and Roush will show up the same way and not list anything about being a Saleen or Roush unless the dealer goes into the system and manually changes it. Anything built at Ford is listed as it is built there. Anything that goes to another company afterwards will not show up unless the dealer edits it to reflect what it is. These KR's have been showing up for months now, but SAI just started production on their end so they should start showing up in the week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis70Mach Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hey Shelbydude, I know this is a little off topic, so sorry guys. But when I ordered the GT 500 for my son I was desperately looking for the "smoke" covers or whatever that were on the headlights of the super snake show car. But every place I called said they only made the ones for the regular mustang. Can you tell me whats on the headlights of the blue GT 500 on your signature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hey Shelbydude, I know this is a little off topic, so sorry guys. But when I ordered the GT 500 for my son I was desperately looking for the "smoke" covers or whatever that were on the headlights of the super snake show car. But every place I called said they only made the ones for the regular mustang. Can you tell me whats on the headlights of the blue GT 500 on your signature? Those are static cling. They can be taken on and off as needed. I got them on ebay Item number: 230251142129 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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