Gen 4 500hp dark horse V8

[MORaptor1]

Unfortunately, the next bump in power will likely come from electrification.

Perhaps. Or a tweaked 5.0 coyote dark horse engine!!! ;-)

 

[GordoJay]

Instead they release an R that costs $150k and makes dealers look like scum.

Dealers are doing just fine on their own ....

 

[MORaptor1]

Dealers are doing just fine on their own ....

Well that was never in question.

 

[EricM]

Unfortunately, the next bump in power will likely come from electrification.

Same thing was preached for years before Ford brought back the V8.

 

[BoostCreep]

Same thing was preached for years before Ford brought back the V8.

True, and it pains me to admit, but we only have RAM to thank for that.

 

[shigman]

The TRX and the R coming out showed very clearly which truck people would rather have. TRXs weren’t going for 150K endlessly.

 

[CruiserClass]

The TRX and the R coming out showed very clearly which truck people would rather have. TRXs weren’t going for 150K endlessly.

Maybe they would have if Ram had only built a hand full a month in perpetuity.

 

[shigman]

Maybe they would have if Ram had only built a hand full a month in perpetuity.

Well thats fair…but fords “Shelby” type special editions have always been very desirable. The only dodges that have been special are the vipers of certain years and trims and certain challengers with demon association. I think Ford just handles these situations better. A GT350R is going for the same or more than they were new.

 

[CruiserClass]

Well thats fair…but fords “Shelby” type special editions have always been very desirable. The only dodges that have been special are the vipers of certain years and trims and certain challengers with demon association. I think Ford just handles these situations better. A GT350R is going for the same or more than they were new.

A lot of Shelby cars are desirable and some are...less so. I remember the econo-box Shelby (including, the Dodge versions like the Daytona) of the past and the current F-150 is

Dodge has always been more mainstream, no argument there. They'd rather sell a thousand Chargers than one GT350R competitor, I suppose. Al Bundy drove a Dodge for a reason. It's the everyman-mobile. A pretty cheap way to get a V8 with a reasonably comfortable and capable coupe or sedan wrapped around it. The old school muscle car formula of fast enough to be fun, practical enough for a family man, and affordable on a blue collar salary. Charger outlasted the Taurus by a long shot and how many young people know more about SRT than they know about SHO? Ford's Mustang is their last remaining not-a-truck-or-SUV, and it's a great one, but it's hard to have one as the family's main/only ride.