Dark Horse 2026!!

[Phollister]

GT 350/ 500 are trademarked by Shelby Mach 1 is owned by Ford. Now seeing Ford and Shelby have gone there own ways. However Ford just retrademacked "Boss". So logicly the next one down the shut will be most likely be a BOSS of some kind.

Not only did they trademark Boss they also trademarked Dark Horse Boss. I do believe that all the spy shots we have seen and most people think its a GT500 are wrong. It will be a Boss or Dark Horse Boss with that new engine.

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[IceGamer]

Not only did they trademark Boss they also trademarked Dark Horse Boss. I do believe that all the spy shots we have seen and most people think its a GT500 are wrong. It will be a Boss or Dark Horse Boss with that new engine.

Hardly anyone believes that the GT500 successor will be called GT500 but it's the best we can call it atm. It also shows how much better GT500 is compared to Boss, Cobra and what not. Everyone in the world understands that GT500 is above 350 and above a GT. No one (outside some old school fans) knows what Boss or especially Cobra stands for... A snappier version? An overall superior top of the line product, a trim line?? They have been all of it in the past, diluting the name...
The next GT500 successor will most likely not be called GT500 but judging it by its possible names it has a lot of work ahead of itself in terms of making a name for itself.

 

[Bikeman315]

Hardly anyone believes that the GT500 successor will be called GT500 but it's the best we can call it atm. It also shows how much better GT500 is compared to Boss, Cobra and what not. Everyone in the world understands that GT500 is above 350 and above a GT. No one (outside some old school fans) knows what Boss or especially Cobra stands for... A snappier version? An overall superior top of the line product, a trim line?? They have been all of it in the past, diluting the name...
The next GT500 successor will most likely not be called GT500 but judging it by its possible names it has a lot of work ahead of itself in terms of making a name for itself.

There is no “most likely”. Without an agreement between Ford and Shelby American there will no longer be a Ford GT350/500.

 

[IceGamer]

There is no “most likely”. Without an agreement between Ford and Shelby American there will no longer be a Ford GT350/500.

'most likely' in terms of 'we don't know the specific name right now so at least there's a .1% chance that it's going to be called GT500 but most cetainly not' ;-)

 

[Q6543]

The people saying “ford can’t call it gt500, because Shelby deal”

come TF on…. It’s FORD GD MOTOR COMPANY.

they can do whatever they want, I don’t care what it’s called, but let’s not act like a 40Billion dollar company can’t get a deal done

Shelby of America isn’t making a GT500 are they?

 

[NegativeMultiplier]

The people saying “ford can’t call it gt500, because Shelby deal”

come TF on…. It’s FORD GD MOTOR COMPANY.

they can do whatever they want, I don’t care what it’s called, but let’s not act like a 40Billion dollar company can’t get a deal done

Shelby of America isn’t making a GT500 are they?

Personally I wouldn't rule anything out. I just don't think this is our GT500, it doesn't look like the full package yet. I could be wrong though - I don't know what Ford is planning to do with this car.

 

[Q6543]

I was driving my friends 20 GT500 last night, the DCT is just so different, I prefer my 10r80 with a Tq converter…. You can actually feel the clutch engaging as you roll out on the DCT … super cool tech

 

[Germansheperd]

The people saying “ford can’t call it gt500, because Shelby deal”

come TF on…. It’s FORD GD MOTOR COMPANY.

they can do whatever they want, I don’t care what it’s called, but let’s not act like a 40Billion dollar company can’t get a deal done

Shelby of America isn’t making a GT500 are they?

Oh they can but……….they will wind up in court so fast writing millions of dollars to Shelby American and still writing SA a check for every one they sell.
Without a contract with SA there will never be a GT500. Same thing is some tuner company or SA makes a Cobra Ford will have them in court faster than the car.
With that said Ford CAN ink a contract with SA and it’s all good. That has not happened yet and doesn’t look like it on the horizon either.

 

[Germansheperd]

I was driving my friends 20 GT500 last night, the DCT is just so different, I prefer my 10r80 with a Tq converter…. You can actually feel the clutch engaging as you roll out on the DCT … super cool tech

My 2022 was a different animal just like my mid engine C8/DCT is just a different driving experience.

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