Just how many KIDS do you think can go out to the local Ford dealership and buy a $85,000. Shelby, and afford the insurance to drive it? Sure there are a select few parents who will foot the bill, but most buyers will be seasoned drivers with 6 figure incomes to qualify. A fully loaded Shelby will be expensive with dealer mark-ups and unless we have a downturn in the economy, there will be some price gouging in the real world of daily sales. Joe-JDC
Youtube front page shows there are plenty of spoiled trust-fund kids getting cars they didn't, and will never, earn.
Kills me when I work hard, save, make smart decisions, and take years to earn something when some Youtuber kid gets it handed to him for his 15th birthday along and loses interest in it in a month. The other scenario which is far too common is younger people putting themselves in serious debt because the "monthly payment looked affordable." On another forum, about 10 years ago, I remember reading a story about a member who made $15/hr along with his wife, and they got approved to get an 08/09 GT500 at 20%APR on a 96 month loan. Ouch.
Funny story though, when I bought my '14 GT500, it almost slipped through my fingers. Some 16 year old kid was sitting in the sales office with his mother, about to sign for the car for his 16th birthday. Apparently the father showed up, made a scene, and cancelled the sale, so I got it...
When I was 15, my father handed me two newspaper clippings- both private car ads. One for a 4cyl Mustang and the other for a 305 Camaro. "I'll go for the V8!" I said. He crumpled it up, handed me the 2.3l ad, said "you failed the test," and two years worth of after-school work pay were sunk into that rust bucket before I knew what hit me.