Man I hope Ford gets their shit together soon.


Just as General Motors and the Chrysler Group are ramping up their performance vehicle operations, I get the impression that Ford's own in-house performance group, the vaunted Special Vehicle Team, is in danger of losing its autonomy and focus.

Worse still, replacements for SVT's core products, the Mustang Cobra and the F-150 Lightning, are months behind schedule, leaving a potentially embarrassing gap in Ford's performance-vehicle lineup. Even if everything goes right, the next-generation Lightning probably won't reach dealerships until model year 2006, while the next-generation Cobra may not hit the street until model year 2007--a year later than planned for both products.

And the next-generation SVT Focus? May not even happen, according to the speculation among suppliers.

 

I also read that there will be no "special edition" mustang for next year. It was supposed to be the "Boss" but its been scrapped Another interesting "special edition" rumor thats been scrapped was the "LX 5.0" which was a stripped down GT with a 5.0 Liter 4 cam motor. Now THAT would have been sweet