diamondback Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I seen a commercial from ford announcing 0% financing for 60 Months on all Ford Mustangs and the first car to drive by in a line of Mustangs in the commercial was a Shelby GT500. I thought to myself, Nooo Way! So I went to the ford website and investigated and seen: Excludes Shelby GT, Shelby GT 500 and GT Bullitt. in the offer. So my question is WHAT THE HELL was the GT500 doing in that commercial then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I seen a commercial from ford announcing 0% financing for 60 Months on all Ford Mustangs and the first car to drive by in a line of Mustangs in the commercial was a Shelby GT500. I thought to myself, Nooo Way! So I went to the ford website and investigated and seen: Excludes Shelby GT, Shelby GT 500 and GT Bullitt. in the offer. So my question is WHAT THE HELL was the GT500 doing in that commercial then! Are you sure the commercial said "ALL" Ford Mustang? Or did it just say....0% financing on Ford Mustang? As for seeing a GT500 in the commercial, it is no different than seeing a loaded up top of the line model on a vehicle they are offering a low lease payment on which the vehicle that gets you that low payment is the base model that has little to no options on it. I don't agree with that type of advertising and admit that I think it is misleading, but that is what they do. BTW, they probably had small print at the bottom of the commercial that discloses everything but most people don't see that and even if they do see it they can't read it fast enough to know what it says! You would have to be recording the thing so you can play it back and put the recorder on pause just to be able to read the fine print! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 BlueBoy, I read it. I took the Evelynn Woodhead sped redding corse from Cheech and Chong. It improvved my redding and comprnesion 100 percentile. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton shelby Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 lol! Grabber you crack me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 BlueBoy, I read it. I took the Evelynn Woodhead sped redding corse from Cheech and Chong. It improvved my redding and comprnesion 100 percentile. :happy feet: So what did it say OrangeBoy? Cheech and Chong? You ain't smoking that dog %&$# too, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdwaterHotrod Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 So what did it say OrangeBoy? Cheech and Chong? You ain't smoking that dog %&$# too, are you? Faygo's dogs name is Harley... That must mean it was one heavy harley dog log he rolled up & smoked to come up with that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Faygo's dogs name is Harley... That must mean it was one heavy harley dog log he rolled up & smoked to come up with that one Cheech will not be happy hearing that. He really likes St Bernard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdwaterHotrod Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 this sounds like a Zip-Lock baggie commerical gone bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idareu Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I would bet that the annual labor day sale will havE 0% on gt500s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Doctor Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I got a coupon from Ford for $750 off my next car purchase that had the GT500 on it, and the dealership refused to honor it. When I called FoMoCo marketing about it they told me that dealers are not bound to any special. Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I got a coupon from Ford for $750 off my next car purchase that had the GT500 on it, and the dealership refused to honor it. When I called FoMoCo marketing about it they told me that dealers are not bound to any special. Nice... Those are private offers from Ford and have nothing to do with the dealership. Ford pays that just the same as a rebate from Ford. Those offers do not include Shelby's. So Ford would not honor it nor would they pay the dealership back if the dealer was to accept it. Here are the vehicles you can use it on: Ford Division is announcing Customized Fulfillment Private Offer, effective April 1, 2008. This program is an ongoing handraiser program that provides customized fulfillment to select individuals who request information on a Ford product. - This is a Direct Mail Offer. - There will be a manuscript available for this program. - The Manuscript will be available through ConsumerTRAC on April 4, 2008. NOTE: To verify customer certificates and eligibility please utilize Smart VINCENT Certificate Inquiry screen. - Final Paid Vehicles are eligible. All new 2008-Model Focus $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Fusion $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Taurus $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Taurus X $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Mustang GT $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Mustang GT Bullitt $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Mustang V6 $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Edge $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Escape $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 SportTrac $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Explorer $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Expedition $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Ranger $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-150 Regular Cab $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-150 Super Cab $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-150 Super Crew $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-150 Super Crew Foose Edition $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-Super Duty Crew Cab $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-Super Duty Regular Cab & Super Cab $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 E-Series $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 ============================ 2007-Model Crown Victoria $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Focus $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Five Hundred $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Freestyle $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Fusion $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Mustang GT $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Mustang V6 $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Taurus $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Freestar $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Escape $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Edge $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 SportTrac $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Explorer $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Expedition $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Ranger $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-150 $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 F-Super Duty $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 E-Series $750 04/01/2008 - 06/30/2008 Ford Motor Company will periodically audit dealer records to ensure compliance with incentive programs and amounts paid to the dealers. As the dealership is responsible for providing proof of eligibility, the dealership must retain photo copies of all required supporting documentation in the sales jacket. These documents and related records, including journal and ledgers that relate in any way, in all or in part, to vehicle sales claim transactions must be retained for at least two years. This includes proof of transfer and copy of original finance contract showing co-signer for eligibility. Failure to retain such documents will result in payment reversals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I would bet that the annual labor day sale will havE 0% on gt500s How much would you like to bet? I bet they don't! There are not enough around to justify offering that. Less than 50% of dealerships have one to sell. So with over 50% not having any, what reason would Ford have for offering it? Especially when dealers are still getting top dollar for them and some still getting ADM's? Do you think Ford cares about offering discounts on their end just so dealers can continue to get premiums? It ain't gonna happen! Now IF they had 10's of thousands sitting and dealers were having a problem giving them away with steep discounts then you might see incentives. This is not the case and far from it. There are less than 50% of the dealers that even have any to sell and many of those have more than one. Most dealers don't have any to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idareu Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 How much would you like to bet? $100 :burnout: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtile Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I got my 07 Gt500 for 3 years and 0% back in july of 07. It was a small 3 week window and then it was gone. So it might very well happen. Some dealers were telling me no way so I refered them to the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Doctor Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Those are private offers from Ford and have nothing to do with the dealership. Ford pays that just the same as a rebate from Ford. Those offers do not include Shelby's. So Ford would not honor it nor would they pay the dealership back if the dealer was to accept it. You don't think it's deceiving to show a picture of a red GT500 on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyDude Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 You don't think it's deceiving to show a picture of a red GT500 on it? I think it's misleading. Same when they run commercials for a lease and they show a top of the line model fully loaded up but the advertised lease payment is for the base bare bones model! I've complained about it, but it doesn't do any good. I think they should advertise the payments based on the fully loaded models then if a customer wants one with less options or a base model the payments will be even lower! But that isn't what they are selling. They are selling money by advertising the cheapest payments while showing the nicest models on TV which makes the vehicle look better. It's all about generating traffic to the dealerships. Of course I haven't seen it ever work very well in the 6 years I've been here! But what do I know? I'm just the guy on the front line that hears what customers want. Ford has all the young college grad bean counters fresh out of college that are much smarter than we are they know better what customers want then the customers themselves do! ShelbyDude for CEO! I can fix it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckySnake Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I seen a commercial from ford announcing 0% financing for 60 Months on all Ford Mustangs and the first car to drive by in a line of Mustangs in the commercial was a Shelby GT500. I thought to myself, Nooo Way! So I went to the ford website and investigated and seen: Excludes Shelby GT, Shelby GT 500 and GT Bullitt. in the offer. So my question is WHAT THE HELL was the GT500 doing in that commercial then! Trickery, plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I got my 07 Gt500 for 3 years and 0% back in july of 07. It was a small 3 week window and then it was gone. So it might very well happen. Some dealers were telling me no way so I refered them to the website. Me too. We got a special deal that likely won't be repeated unless lots of '09s sit around a while. I also got the $500 college student discount... good to be going for my MBA at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXPcustom Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 Me too. We got a special deal that likely won't be repeated unless lots of '09s sit around a while. I also got the $500 college student discount... good to be going for my MBA at the time! I got my car on the last day of the July 07 36 month financing. Sure my payments are high but I figure I can refinace if I need to and I still have not needed to yet. Plus I got a Tungsten so that deal will never be available again for a Tungsten gt500. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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