Buyers Remorse on Dark Horse | Car now Scheduled for 22May2023 Built

[raptor5244]

In my opinion if you don't need the +2 seats of the DH for that price point the C8 is the car to go for. Better performance, a huge leap in build and material quality, great (optional) features like driving recorder, front camera, heated/cooled sportsseats, HUD, etc.

If going for a Mustang7 I would choose a GT w PP1 and spend the saved $10k on customization/ mods. Aftermarket exhaust, bodyparts, better fitting 20 inch wheels, etc will result in a way more impressive car than a Dark Horse is for the price.

Agreed, C8 much better sport cars for the money, but it is missing the manual transmission, which is a deal breaker for a lot of folks that enjoy the driving engagement of a manual. A lot for guys traded their C7 manuals for C8s and many of them love the car but got bored after a while and missed shifting.

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[IPOGT]

The C8 is a hideous pig.

 

[Toretto]

Definitely overpriced, but as others have attested, that's how the market is right now.

I'm in Toronto as well, and I got my '21 GT with 301A/Black Accent pkg/Active Exhaust for $47k CAD out the door. The base GT starts at about that price now, not to mention 1.49% APR financing.

 

[derklink]

I think it is priced right. It will probably outrun the GT350 and Mach 1 on the track (it kind of has to) and has upgraded tech and a little bit of nicer stuff here and there (flat bottom steering wheel, rear Brembo brakes, for example). Would I personally buy one? Probably not anytime soon. Still can't get over the tacked on tablet-style dash design. My Mach 1 is plenty of car for me and was a good deal.

 

[kkcoolstang]

Definitely overpriced, but as others have attested, that's how the market is right now.

I'm in Toronto as well, and I got my '21 GT with 301A/Black Accent pkg/Active Exhaust for $47k CAD out the door. The base GT starts at about that price now, not to mention 1.49% APR financing.

Just can’t swallow paying $101K CAD out the door for DH, is it 2x the car as your 21 GT? No it’s the exact same motor. I’m pretty close to just not taking the DH, will let my 1K deposit ride for now and see what happens.

 

[shogun32]

A lot for guys traded their C7 manuals for C8s and many of them love the car but got bored after a while and missed shifting.

and yet EASY to fix, albeit shift-by-wire. But hell if GM can get away with brake-by-wire, a joystick and clutch-by-wire is childs' play.

 

[AlloyPony]

I guess I’m jaded. I had a 2003 Mach 1. To me it was worthwhile because it came with 20% more horsepower in addition to the shaker scoop and an exclusive color not offered on any other Mustang and finally retro wheels you couldn’t get elsewhere. In short, the car was special.

It today’s world, ALL of these “special” Mustangs are cookie cutter. Bullitt, Mach 1, Dark Horse, it doesn’t matter they’re all the same engine. None of them are really unique. I understand that there are MINOR differences between them like decals and small interior changes but none of them are unique. To me it’s absolutely stupid to pay $20 or $40k more money for a car that has $3k worth of actual upgrades.

The fact that the new Mach 1 didn’t have a hood scoop built in the same mold they used in the 1960s like they did with the ’03 car was a travesty. The fact that a Dark Horse is commonly going to have a $85k sticker price and will have it’s doors blown off by 2018 base GTs with bolt on modifications is worse.

 

[Germansheperd]

$90000 CDN converts to $65569 USD. A Canadian buyer is paying 37% more than a US client would for the same product (at today's exchange rate, $1.37 CDN buys $1 USD).

A member from Korea chimed in earlier of pricing, feeling the same pain. Inflation is one factor. The appreciation of the USD, another. For anyone outside the US, it is not a good time to buy a US product.

For auto manufacturers, currency exchange, supply chain and inflationary pressures have influenced them to produce fewer cars in-general, with the focus on upper-end models and higher-priced options.

By the time you put taxes, fees, license you are over 70k. That is WAY to much for an NA Mustang. We didn’t even get to ADM yet.

 

[IPOGT]

I guess I’m jaded. I had a 2003 Mach 1. To me it was worthwhile because it came with 20% more horsepower in addition to the shaker scoop and an exclusive color not offered on any other Mustang and finally retro wheels you couldn’t get elsewhere. In short, the car was special.

It today’s world, ALL of these “special” Mustangs are cookie cutter. Bullitt, Mach 1, Dark Horse, it doesn’t matter they’re all the same engine. None of them are really unique. I understand that there are MINOR differences between them like decals and small interior changes but none of them are unique. To me it’s absolutely stupid to pay $20 or $40k more money for a car that has $3k worth of actual upgrades.

The fact that the new Mach 1 didn’t have a hood scoop built in the same mold they used in the 1960s like they did with the ’03 car was a travesty. The fact that a Dark Horse is commonly going to have a $85k sticker price and will have it’s doors blown off by 2018 base GTs with bolt on modifications is worse.

Hood scoops are as passé as hiking up the rear ends to fit bigger tires.

 

[AlloyPony]

Hood scoops are as passé as hiking up the rear ends to fit bigger tires.

Don't tell Dodge. They sell Shakers as fast as they can make them.

 

[IPOGT]

Don't tell Dodge. They sell Shakers as fast as they can make them.

Just as a RETRO car should. No one does RETRO better than Dodge.

 

[shogun32]

Hood scoops are as passé as hiking up the rear ends to fit bigger tires.

maybe so but they WORK on the Dodge Challenger and people lap them up! Ford could have done the same and I suspect the take rate would have been respectable.

 

[spedy7]

Kinda feeling the same after seeing the official B+P numbers now. Getting all the features and options my '23 has (301a, black accents, AE, security package) would've put me at +$2k...and I'd want upgraded brakes as well...so $50k puts me out of S650 GT territory.

 

[Korvus15]

Honestly for a split moment this morning I was like " im gonna go do the dark horse". Went to the premium. Started doing the build. Was pleasantly surprised that you still got a performance wing even without the handling package.

Then i saw it only came with cloth seats lol. That was a wrap for me. I can't sit in recaros, and i cant do cloth seats for that money lol.

 

[Freedom]

a new chassis would atleast be somewhat compelling. still a cool car though.

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