As a real cobra owner I've seen it from all the angles. There are a few different views from what i can gather:
1. the person who thinks the car is just flat out amazing but couldn't really tell you why
2. the person who see's that its special but not like some superdope amazomachine
3. the person who see's it as just another mustang
i'm somewhere between 2 and 3. I didn't even want a cobra. i proved that when i stuck a V6 nose on it. so for me, who see's a cobra as 80% branding and 20% upgrade with 90% of that being the motor which isn't THAT far removed from the GT's powerplant... I think clones are silly but not for the reasons most people do.
I don't look down my nose and scoff at a guy who wants to pretend he has something he doesn't. I think its silly because GT's are just fine.
SVT quality control was worse than ford's factory quality control and that's REALLY saying something in the 90's'.
most of the problems that were a headache to fix on the car were done by FORD. the cluster sucks. the engine is overly complex. the panels weren't right. they didn't even put the rear end holes in the right spot so going out of your way to make a clone of something that wasn't that great to begin with... is silly.
that said if someone could legitimately copy a 2000 cobra R and throw some AC in that hoe i'd be down like james brown for some of that.
1. the person who thinks the car is just flat out amazing but couldn't really tell you why
2. the person who see's that its special but not like some superdope amazomachine
3. the person who see's it as just another mustang
i'm somewhere between 2 and 3. I didn't even want a cobra. i proved that when i stuck a V6 nose on it. so for me, who see's a cobra as 80% branding and 20% upgrade with 90% of that being the motor which isn't THAT far removed from the GT's powerplant... I think clones are silly but not for the reasons most people do.
I don't look down my nose and scoff at a guy who wants to pretend he has something he doesn't. I think its silly because GT's are just fine.
SVT quality control was worse than ford's factory quality control and that's REALLY saying something in the 90's'.
most of the problems that were a headache to fix on the car were done by FORD. the cluster sucks. the engine is overly complex. the panels weren't right. they didn't even put the rear end holes in the right spot so going out of your way to make a clone of something that wasn't that great to begin with... is silly.
that said if someone could legitimately copy a 2000 cobra R and throw some AC in that hoe i'd be down like james brown for some of that.
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