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slmdLS1
11-25-2003, 08:38 PM
Short article, taken from here (http://jacksonville.com/getjaxwheels/autonews/stories/112403/04276850.shtml)


DETROIT -- Ford Division, planning to take the SVT performance brand to a more premium position, will drop the SVT Focus after the 2004 model year, the company says.

Dropping the car is part of an overhaul of the SVT lineup. No SVT models, including the SVT F-150 Lightning and the SVT Mustang Cobra, will be produced for about 18 months starting in the spring.

Ford will still sell a performance Focus, called the Focus ST, a four-door sedan. That car will debut in the 2005 model year.
louy99
11-25-2003, 10:30 PM
cant afford one anyways
Slow ET
11-26-2003, 09:13 AM
No SVT models, including the SVT F-150 Lightning and the SVT Mustang Cobra, will be produced for about 18 months starting in the spring.


Not like Ford has ANY competition to worry about during their hiatus. If the GM camp had their act together, they would launch a new performance vehicle during that SVT vacation.
99mustang
11-26-2003, 11:44 AM
what about the 04 lightning?
Black01GT
11-26-2003, 12:28 PM
If the GM camp had their act together, they would launch a new performance vehicle during that SVT vacation.what a big "IF".
Slow ET
11-26-2003, 01:35 PM
what a big "IF".

Oh i know theres no way in hell it will happen.
T
11-26-2003, 04:38 PM
Not like Ford has ANY competition to worry about during their hiatus. If the GM camp had their act together, they would launch a new performance vehicle during that SVT vacation.
GTO?
redmach1
11-26-2003, 05:07 PM
special edition GTO with Z06 power.
Slush
11-26-2003, 07:37 PM
I am not suprised that they aren't gonig to produce any SVT cars for the next 18 months, they just changed the F-150 and Mustang(for next year). No biggie, hopefully when the new Lightning and Cobra come out there won't be any bugs ie..99 cobra zIiiiinng........
brandboZ28
11-26-2003, 07:59 PM
special edition GTO with Z06 power.
That would be nice but the GTO is gonna be a fucking pig. Anyone know the projected curb weight??? :shrug:
Bryan02TA
11-26-2003, 09:35 PM
GTO?
one word...UGLY!
slmdLS1
11-27-2003, 12:20 AM
That would be nice but the GTO is gonna be a fucking pig. Anyone know the projected curb weight??? :shrug:


right around 4000 would be my guess :shrug:
redmach1
11-27-2003, 06:44 AM
That would be nice but the GTO is gonna be a fucking pig. Anyone know the projected curb weight???

C&D lists it at about 3821 curb weight. That means the car will weigh 4000 lbs + with driver and fuel. GTO = pig
Slow ET
11-27-2003, 08:44 AM
Hmmm pig... i might have to get one
Slush
11-27-2003, 12:37 PM
Hmmm pig... i might have to get one
Didn't you just get a new girlfriend? :shrug:
Slow ET
11-27-2003, 01:48 PM
:joystick:
Bryan02TA
11-27-2003, 01:56 PM
guess i'll have to wait to buy the 06 Cobra
SloNLo_350
11-28-2003, 02:50 PM
C&D lists it at about 3821 curb weight. That means the car will weigh 4000 lbs + with driver and fuel. GTO = pig
Everything I have seen has said it was right around 3770. Yeah, thats only 50 pounds, but weight is weight. Also all the quarters I have seen are between 13.8 and 13.5, I would venture to say that is NO pig.
Bryan02TA
11-28-2003, 04:10 PM
i saw it say 14.1, which makes more sense to me. it weighs more than the LS1 camaro's and it has basically the same engine (i think). No way it will run 13.5 stock
SloNLo_350
11-28-2003, 09:55 PM
Well it IS Car and Driver... you have to take a few tenths off their times anyway, if you read their little disclaimer in the back with the explaination on how they test you'd know why. It is very possible I am mistaken on the 13.5, but I am certain that Motor Trend got WELL below a 14.1. If anyone has a MT on 'em I'd like to see what it says in there. I just saw the show on Speedvision the other day, and forgot exactly what the numbers were, I have to go off of websites (which sometimes aren't too reliable).
redmach1
11-29-2003, 11:15 AM
Everything I have seen has said it was right around 3770. Yeah, thats only 50 pounds, but weight is weight. Also all the quarters I have seen are between 13.8 and 13.5, I would venture to say that is NO pig.

You can still be a pig and run 13.5's in the quarter. Look at the diesel running 11.5's. That is most definately swine.
SloNLo_350
11-29-2003, 01:26 PM
You can still be a pig and run 13.5's in the quarter. Look at the diesel running 11.5's. That is most definately swine.
true true!