On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:41:23 -0500, "JWGroovin" wrote something wonderfully witty:
I think that is the best that can be expected right now. I tried & I tried, but dice on moving off list price. There was an awful lot of people lining up early on with big deposits over list to be first owners of this new Mustang. Same thing happened with the GTO & SSR introductions and those people are now regretting it as they see these first years being discounted massively to move what is left of the first model years inventory out the door. I've heard of Pontiac dealers sending `04 GTO's off to wholesalers to get them off their lots. What is funny is that they are doing it again for the "New & Improved" second year of these two vehicles.
I doubt that we are going to see any massive leftovers of this first year run of the GT's. In my area I certainly didn't see them offering anything special on the `04 GT's & Mach 1's either. Most were all gone by the middle of the summer. There was this sweet `04 Mach 1 that I really wanted to make a deal on, but the dealer wouldn't budge. It got sold at list like all most everything else on the lot. They do have plenty of `04 V6 drop-tops still available though. No idea what kind of deal they are making to move them though.
Anyhow, good to hear that you were able to get what you wanted, when you wanted it at I guess a fair price. If everyone is paying list or better they should hold their value well in the out years. I've heard from a dealer that the upgraded interior parts supplier is having problems meeting demand and that option has been suspended from ordering at this time.