End of production of Shelby GT350/R after 2020. Will resale price climb?

[Tomster]

The laguna seca that was quoted, for over 80K, was that a PP model?

And what ever happened to the non-'15 R model that was put up for auction last March?

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[dpAtlanta]

I’m on pace for putting on 75,000 miles in 5 years because I love this car.... can’t stop driving it....!
I plan on buying someone’s 2020 GT350 garage queen in 2024 with <10,000 miles and start all over again!!!!

 

[ParkCity06]

I’m on pace for putting on 75,000 miles in 5 years because I love this car.... can’t stop driving it....!
I plan on buying someone’s 2020 GT350 garage queen in 2024 with <10,000 miles and start all over again!!!!

has it been reliable for you?

 

[Nelsond003]

I don't know how much mine will be worth with a few hundred thousand miles on it, lol. I didn't buy her to save the fun for the next owner!!!

 

[LFG_Cory]

Remember that brilliant plan by Congress to get all the heaps i.e. classic cars, off the roads? Cash for clunkers I think they called it. If they do that again to push people into EV then that will cut the number of GT350s on the market and the prices will climb just as they did for the 65-70 Mustangs. But then again if gas at the pump is 10 bucks a gallon.......there will be a lot of garage finds in 2050, 60, 70 ect after we are all dead.

 

[LFG_Cory]

And I'll just add that Shelby American Mustangs will be more sought after and more collectable than Ford produced GT350s.

 

[stanglife]

And I'll just add that Shelby American Mustangs will be more sought after and more collectable than Ford produced GT350s.

only the ones produced when Shelby was still with us, IMO....and even then, I don’t agree that they are better cars for the most part - just a money machine. I’d take a Ford produced one these days.

 

[LFG_Cory]

only the ones produced when Shelby was still with us, IMO....and even then, I don’t agree that they are better cars for the most part - just a money machine. I’d take a Ford produced one these days.

Name sake means a lot as we have seen with his cars at auction.

 

[stanglife]

I wouldn’t expect to make money but I think the 2020 R’s will hold their value well if they are well cared for and kept original.

I didn’t plan on buying one this year but I was motivated by the same reasons you were.

First or last..will not matter. It's what happens in the industry that will steer it. Certainly, this is an excellent drivers car that will remain desirable.... The only thing that will boost (more likely just sustain) its value, IMO, is an announcement that indicates STRONGLY that this type of experience will no longer be available. Here are some things that have a very real possibility of happening in the next handful of years.

This one already happened:
- no more FPC

Then there's the future:
- no more N/A (or at least fewer technology improvements result in not much/any power increases)
- no more manual transmission
- govt requires more electric
- Ford goes all electric

Now...the cars aren't immune to going the other way, either! Here are a few things that could kill it:
- Ford stops production of the car or otherwise goes out of business (parts shortage)
- big brother gets to the point where we simply can not drive the cars any differently than a Prius
- The electric push causes fuel prices to increase?
- Society reduces "going places" and the market floods with used fun cars



I think these are the last and closest thing to a modern analog Mustang...if you can put those together. I mean, yes, the rack is electric and the gauges receive a digital signal...but everything is made to look and feel analog. It's why I didn't complain that they didn't DCT it... At one point, I would have wanted the digital dash but now I feel the plain dash is very purposeful as are the other down-to-business aspects of the car. My wild ass guess for the future?... - I think the cars are overpriced as new...I think all cars are right now. An R is an 80k Mustang. I think these will settle in the next 5-10 years... 350 at $40k and Rs at $50-$55k. Unless the miles are nuts, I cant see any non-r or R going for less than stated.

Rs will be valuable (specifically 20s and 19s w/ gen 2 voodoo) but 350s will not be.
I don't think they'll go UP in value, but will HOLD value well. We probably won't see the hold for 6-18 months though

I like to think of it as a floor. Can you see a 16 GT350 non-r but with track package every selling for less than X? At some point, they hit a mark where enthusiasts just cant resist buying or for that matter, they don't want to sell them, either. If I had an incredible car like that and the values hit $40k (for example) - I cant see selling it - which will keep the values up.

I still say $40k for non-r and $55k for R. Of course, miles, condition and use will affect certain cars +/-. For example, a 16 with higher than average miles and that has been tracked quite a bit might be a little lower than that...same car with engine replacement, maybe a little lower. Buying from original owner, maybe bring a few more dollars...all par for the course when buying an enthusiast car.

Keeping accurate records has always been a great thing for enthusiast cars and I think it's especially true with the 350.

I think we can all agree that a regular 350 will never be as valuable as an R.

This is the way I look at this, take the Demon. If I remember correctly, 3300 were made in one model year. Those things are going for a pretty penny right now even though dodge is now making the Red Eye and the Super Stock which are both within spitting distance of the Demon in power and technology.

Compare that to the 350R. If you take all the 350Rs that were made from 2015-2020 they amount to a little over 3300 cars (not sure exactly, too lazy to do the exact math).

Here is my argument, why would an R not become as valuable as a Demon or at the very least, hold it's value ?? Does the fact that the R was manufactured over a 6 year run as opposed to a 1 year run have any impact on its value?

Lots of pages here just 1.5 years ago. Safe to say this is going faster than anyone realized. I was way wrong.

 

[ecoboost321]

Lots of pages here just 1.5 years ago. Safe to say this is going faster than anyone realized. I was way wrong.

well, you are back in a 2020 GT350R in the color that you like, so you did some thing right

 

[stanglife]

well, you are back in a 2020 GT350R in the color that you like, so you did some thing right

I'm not complaining! Just fun to look back so recently at all our wild ass guesses.

 

[ecoboost321]

I'm not complaining! Just fun to look back so recently at all our wild ass guesses.

hindsight is always 20/20. But you are good example of buying the car you want at the price your are comfortable with, and then enjoying it !

when I lived in Detroit about 10+ years ago, I remember meeting couple of well-heeled Ford GT owners who had each two cars, one they would put a ton of miles with rallying and track events, and one a delivery car in the wrapper. Sad to see from an enthusiast perspective, but long term their investment has paid off for sure.

 

[aham23]

it took once in a lifetime circumstances to get here guys. the majority of that is responsible.

 

[tobaccokid]

No.

The car will always be desirable, but not rare, with over 20,000 made during its 6 year run.

Wrong - also just over 20,000 1969 Camaro Z28's were built. Paid $4,000 for mine. Want to buy it now - six figures now.

 

[tobaccokid]

only the ones produced when Shelby was still with us, IMO....and even then, I don’t agree that they are better cars for the most part - just a money machine. I’d take a Ford produced one these days.

Depends on one's and societies criteria. "Better" is in the eye of the beholder. Not possible to quantitively define "aesthic aspect of a product" - although it is an aspect that can be critical to its desirability.

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