ShelbyDude Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Well it appears to be what some were already saying as far as what was going to be new for the 08 GT500. Vapor is the new color. Tungsten no longer available. New front driver and passenger seat side-mounted air bags provide side impact head protection and rollover protection To add to the driving experience, today's 2008 Shelby GT500 features SVT tuned Mustang front and rear suspensions, 18" wheels and tires, and numerous interior and exterior upgrades All New Ambient Lighting and HID Headlamps options New Available Options are: HID Headlamps Ambient Lighting All other options remain the same. New Stripe Colors: Alloy Satin Silver For color and strip combo: Torch Red you get 3 stripe color choices White, Silver or Black Alloy you get Satin Silver stripe Vista Blue only white stripe Performance White you get Vista Blue, Alloy or Black Grabber Orange you get White or Black Ebony Clearcoat you get White or Alloy Vapor you only get Black stripe. That is the only changes I can see. Still no price guide posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadTony Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 what is Ambient Lighting? Will the HID Headlamps be a direct replacement for the 07 GT500's already produced? Don't the current 2007 GT 500's already have SVT tuned Mustang front and rear suspensions, 18" wheels and tires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Here's a link to the order guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpretzel Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Oh !! They are offering black stripes on the Grabber Orange. Why didn't they offer that combo on the 2007? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07-SHLB Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 What are the odds that the "Red Stripe Appearance Package" will be an option on the 2008? I am going to order on Monday and have always been going for Grabber Orange & White...Now I love the Ebony with Red! What do you all think about ordering Ebony with stripe delete and adding the package myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilkilla Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 ambient lighting is colored lighting in the floorboards and cupholders that is changeable up to 7 colors. will be on most if not all fords in 08/09 model year(09 flex will be on lots in august) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alloy Dave Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Well it appears to be what some were already saying as far as what was going to be new for the 08 GT500. Vapor is the new color. Tungsten no longer available. New front driver and passenger seat side-mounted air bags provide side impact head protection and rollover protection To add to the driving experience, today's 2008 Shelby GT500 features SVT tuned Mustang front and rear suspensions, 18" wheels and tires, and numerous interior and exterior upgrades All New Ambient Lighting and HID Headlamps options New Available Options are: HID Headlamps Ambient Lighting All other options remain the same. New Stripe Colors: Alloy Satin Silver For color and strip combo: Torch Red you get 3 stripe color choices White, Silver or Black Alloy you get Satin Silver stripe Vista Blue only white stripe Performance White you get Vista Blue, Alloy or Black Grabber Orange you get White or Black Ebony Clearcoat you get White or Alloy Vapor you only get Black stripe. That is the only changes I can see. Still no price guide posted. Great info Shelbydude...thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ati Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Well it appears to be what some were already saying as far as what was going to be new for the 08 GT500. Vapor is the new color. Tungsten no longer available. New front driver and passenger seat side-mounted air bags provide side impact head protection and rollover protection To add to the driving experience, today's 2008 Shelby GT500 features SVT tuned Mustang front and rear suspensions, 18" wheels and tires, and numerous interior and exterior upgrades All New Ambient Lighting and HID Headlamps options New Available Options are: HID Headlamps Ambient Lighting All other options remain the same. New Stripe Colors: Alloy Satin Silver For color and strip combo: Torch Red you get 3 stripe color choices White, Silver or Black Alloy you get Satin Silver stripe Vista Blue only white stripe Performance White you get Vista Blue, Alloy or Black Grabber Orange you get White or Black Ebony Clearcoat you get White or Alloy Vapor you only get Black stripe. That is the only changes I can see. Still no price guide posted. Did they add any new colors for the interior??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpretzel Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Here's a link to the order guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang crazy Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ordered my 2008 gt 500 today what a great feeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now comes the waiting :banana piano: :banana piano: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5.4 Shelby Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Anybody remember how long after the order guide came out that the pricing came out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker45 Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Anybody remember how long after the order guide came out that the pricing came out? I think last year pricing came out about a month prior to production starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Roger Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 As an owner of a 2007 GT500 coupe in Tungsten with Satin Silver stripes, I have to say that I'm glad to hear that the Tungsten color will not be available for the 2008 model year. :happy feet: If you see a Tungsten/Silver GT500 on the road, it will be a 2007 - unless it has been repainted or unless it is a clone. The 07GT500 Michigan license plate was taken, so this is the next best thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06ragtopGT Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Oh !! They are offering black stripes on the Grabber Orange. Why didn't they offer that combo on the 2007? Hope you are not having second thoughts on color choice. Sad Tungsten stripes are gone, they sure looked great on V blue and G orange (just saw a couple), and black and Im sure it looked great on white but never saw any good photos of one. Tungsten RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbortnick Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 As an owner of a 2007 GT500 coupe in Tungsten with Satin Silver stripes, I have to say that I'm glad to hear that the Tungsten color will not be available for the 2008 model year. :happy feet: If you see a Tungsten/Silver GT500 on the road, it will be a 2007 - unless it has been repainted or unless it is a clone. The 07GT500 Michigan license plate was taken, so this is the next best thing. I hear ya. GO / Tungsten also not offered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckstang Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 How much should we expect to pay for the HID lights on our 07 GT500s???? take a guess $500 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mach1fever Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Tim my price keeps going up and up. Ambient lighting sounds like my jakuzi. In florida you can't have blue or red lights in the cabin. I wonder if these two colors are offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5.4 Shelby Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 In florida you can't have blue or red lights in the cabin. Why? Are they afraid our cupholders will impersonate a police officer? Does this include in dash lights like my color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy23c Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Bummer on the Grabber Orange not being offered with Tunnngsten. I loved that combo and don't think black or white will do it. So it's most likely Alloy or Vapor for me, provided I can make a reasonable deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad103 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Well it appears to be what some were already saying as far as what was going to be new for the 08 GT500. Vapor is the new color. Tungsten no longer available. New front driver and passenger seat side-mounted air bags provide side impact head protection and rollover protection To add to the driving experience, today's 2008 Shelby GT500 features SVT tuned Mustang front and rear suspensions, 18" wheels and tires, and numerous interior and exterior upgrades All New Ambient Lighting and HID Headlamps options New Available Options are: HID Headlamps Ambient Lighting All other options remain the same. New Stripe Colors: Alloy Satin Silver For color and strip combo: Torch Red you get 3 stripe color choices White, Silver or Black Alloy you get Satin Silver stripe Vista Blue only white stripe Performance White you get Vista Blue, Alloy or Black Grabber Orange you get White or Black Ebony Clearcoat you get White or Alloy Vapor you only get Black stripe. That is the only changes I can see. Still no price guide posted. Any pics of the VAPOR color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelster Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Since they haven't added any content per se to the '08, I wouldn't expect a price increase of over a few hundred dollars from the '07s based on previous pricing actions. Since ambient lighting is a new option, there's really no telling what the price will be, (but assuming it'll be offered on so many other vehicle lines it shouldn't be priced too steeply), and based on the option costs on other FoMoCo lines, expect the HID headlamps to list about $700, and navigation to run about $2700, (or about $2000 over the Shaker 1000 cost)...which, if my crystal ball is working, should result in a loaded coupe having an MSRP of just barely under $50K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07Shelby#6200 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Since they haven't added any content per se to the '08, I wouldn't expect a price increase of over a few hundred dollars from the '07s based on previous pricing actions. Since ambient lighting is a new option, there's really no telling what the price will be, (but assuming it'll be offered on so many other vehicle lines it shouldn't be priced too steeply), and based on the option costs on other FoMoCo lines, expect the HID headlamps to list about $700, and navigation to run about $2700, (or about $2000 over the Shaker 1000 cost)...which, if my crystal ball is working, should result in a loaded coupe having an MSRP of just barely under $50K. The Nav system has been available since December and is priced at $1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.J. Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Does anybody no when we can see this new color vapor and stipe combinations in pictures or at fords gt 500 website for the 08s it is still showing o7 colors. I would like to see what Ebony W/Alloy looks like. Thanks J.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraCrazy Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 One of the things most complimented on my Shelby is the Vista Blue/ Tungsten stripe combination. I wonder sometimes what Ford is thinking? Oh well, as someone else said, that will just make my color combo that much more rare. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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