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The side mirrors on the Ecoboost look awful IMO. Shape is wrong.
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I don't have any good photo editing program here atm, but when you blackout the triangles, add the GT fangs and remove the blackout of the sides of the upper grille it becomes very clear that the facelift and the GT350 have a very similiar design Approach :D

Yep.Ford does it with every mid-cycle refresh. They hint at the features from the previous Shelby that differentiate it from the standard GT, then tweak them enough that the Shelby owners don't get butt-hurt about the GT looking too similar to their cars.
If you remove the middle posts from the '18 wing you'll notice it's very similar to the GT350R wing all the way down to how it mounts on the ends. The quad tip exhaust and lower valance goes without saying.
 

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Does the gt350 get the 10 speed AT option? I would jump in on that.

No it doesn't, the only change is the addition of two new colors.

I just don't like what they did wiith the front of the '18 GT's and Ecoboosts's , especially the headlights, looks like the car has a sad face now. Oh well....
 

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Hot damn I want to make some poor financial decisions for an OF 350. Absolutely love that color.
 

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Orange GT350

Makes me want to get a cool glass of Florida Orange Juice right now.
I would love to start the morning driving that beast. :thumbsup:

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Get it with white interior and you can have an orange creamsicle.
 

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That is because comp orange is red =P
 

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Yep.Ford does it with every mid-cycle refresh. They hint at the features from the previous Shelby that differentiate it from the standard GT, then tweak them enough that the Shelby owners don't get butt-hurt about the GT looking too similar to their cars.
If you remove the middle posts from the '18 wing you'll notice it's very similar to the GT350R wing all the way down to how it mounts on the ends. The quad tip exhaust and lower valance goes without saying.
If only they left the shape of the headlight alone.

But that orange fury looks good on the gt350.
 

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If only they left the shape of the headlight alone.

But that orange fury looks good on the gt350.
But that orange fury looks good on the gt350.[/QUOTE]

No butt-hurt here. I'm smart enough to realize if those R&D costs are not transferred to following models they have to go somewhere. Somewhere being the current model. Look at how Ford advertised the Boss as a goal to beat for the S550 GT PP. When the next hyperstang is released the GT350 will be outdated. That's just how it works.
 

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No butt-hurt here. I'm smart enough to realize if those R&D costs are not transferred to following models they have to go somewhere. Somewhere being the current model. Look at how Ford advertised the Boss as a goal to beat for the S550 GT PP. When the next hyperstang is released the GT350 will be outdated. That's just how it works.
Totally agree.
I just know there is a segment of Shelby owners who really hate seeing clones, copy parts etc... let alone when the factory puts an almost identical front end on a standard GT haha
At least car guys know the difference and that's all that matters.
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