How rare is a Shelby Really?

[Zach@Granger]

I thought this was interesting tidbit to share.

On Monday my routine is to run through our Ford allocation and order units for stock. I had a Mustang order to place and I normally pull the Ford Fast Turn report to see which Equipment Group, trim, and colors are moving most quickly and place orders accordingly. I came across this information and I thought I would pass it along.

Out of the 458 Mustangs sold in our region over the last 90 days 126 or 27.5% were Shelby GT350s or GT500s.

It surprised me how high that number is. Now granted, we're in just one region, but if you would've asked me that question before I looked I would have told you less than 10% of the overall number of Mustangs Sold.

Our Region sales break down like this
GT Fastback = 39%
GT500 & GT350 28%
Ecoboost Fastback 25%
Convertible 7%
Bullitt 1%

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[kilobravo]

I don't have the numbers but twenty-five percent does seem quite high to me. Nationwide, I'd wager it's closer to fifteen percent.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

That can’t be right. There is no way they are moving more shelbys than ecoboosts.

 

[Tomster]

Shelby allocations (beyond the program guarantee) are based upon mustang sales. Unless a dealer is buying allocations from other dealers, it doesn't add up. You have to sell a lot of mustangs to get extra alloctions.

 

[Sparky75]

Is it possible that the numbers are distorted because the order banks just opened and there was an in rush of orders or is this on delivered units only?

 

[Zach@Granger]

Is it possible that the numbers are distorted because the order banks just opened and there was an in rush of orders or is this on delivered units only?

This report is based upon sold vehicles.

I believe this is probably skewed a little bit because of covid and shorter supplies on some models. Also the crossover with both GT350 and GT500.

Our new orders for 2021 show about 10% of currently scheduled dealer stock in our region is Shelby GT500. This is more in line with what I would anticipate as "normal".

 

[kz]

Ask owners. They'll tell you that they are definitely rare based on some combination of color, interior and lug nuts.

 

[Reddirocket27]

I began a thread like this before and got shamed for it. It seems like half this forum is about 350/500 owners (and usually their woes). Seeing SO MANY Shelby's devalues them in my eyes, especially when the dealer markup is so insane. They're fun cars, but there's something to be said when they're so popular.

 

[dps]

Always interesting to see the #'s. We don't have to speculate on rarity or popularity though. We know the production numbers for all the models. Sales timing, launches, models discontinued, computer chip & covid production delays and incentives all drive monthly variations.

 

[Snoopy49]

This report is based upon sold vehicles.

I believe this is probably skewed a little bit because of covid and shorter supplies on some models. Also the crossover with both GT350 and GT500.

Our new orders for 2021 show about 10% of currently scheduled dealer stock in our region is Shelby GT500. This is more in line with what I would anticipate as "normal".

Out of the 923 2021 GT500 VINs that have been issued, only 14 were for IA.

Out of the 5930 2020 GT500 VINs that were issued, only 71 went to IA.

 

[Zach@Granger]

Out of the 923 2021 GT500 VINs that have been issued, only 14 were for IA.

Out of the 5930 2020 GT500 VINs that were issued, only 71 went to IA.

Our region is Ford's Kansas city, so it includes parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraksa and Illinois.

 

[Warpath]

Ask owners. They'll tell you that they are definitely rare based on some combination of color, interior and lug nuts.

, Honestly i don't even care about how rare it is. I don't care how it may or may not fall short on this or that performance matrix. It's just the right car for me. Checks all the boxes. And i enjoy cruzing with chevy's and sometimes dodges. Sometimes....

 

[V00D00]

I love reading non shelby owners tell me how not rare a car is..

 

[Melmark93]

Our region is Ford's Kansas city, so it includes parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraksa and Illinois.

Zack, how many 500s have you sold? If I recall your first one went to "Jin" in Michigan. Seems like most of the Iowa cars left the state. In a Facebook group of around 500 Mustangs in Iowa, I'm the only one that I know of in a 50mi radius of Iowa City.

 

[Zach@Granger]

Zack, how many 500s have you sold? If I recall your first one went to "Jin" in Michigan. Seems like most of the Iowa cars left the state. In a Facebook group of around 500 Mustangs in Iowa, I'm the only one that I know of in a 50mi radius of Iowa City.

I can't tell you the last time we sold a "specialty car" in the state of Iowa.

Now you had me curious so I had to look. We sold our first GT350 in December of 2015 to a gentleman 15 minutes away from us. Since then we sold them to Texas, California, Illinois, Montana, Massachusettes, Michigan and Florida.

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