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Posted by Full_Blown_Cobra (Member # 6548) on :

Ford SVT Team is gone either moved to another part of company are gone. There will be no more production on any SVT products after the 2007 Shelby cobra. This was on ESPN2 just a few mins ago. Said that the SVT Cobra and Lighting will be worth more now !!!!

Posted by 5LiterRiceEater (Member # 6322) on :

heard that to but we all know how that goes, they'll be back again

Posted by Eagle347 (Member # 6205) on :

I just saw that to. Did I hear they are part of SRT now?

Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :

old news as of 4-01-06 they were dismatled.

Posted by Wolfie351 (Member # 651) on :

SVT disbanded April 1st and it's my understanding that future SVT vehicles will be engineered by the regular design teams. If you think about it, it's probably how it should always have been. It doesn't take an engineering genius to add horsepower, brakes, springs and a body kit to a production vehicle. Hopefully that will speed up SVT products to market as they will be designed along with the base models and not as an after thought. Can always hope, anyways

Posted by svt306snake (Member # 1967) on :

oh well we are all are own svt when you think about it [Big Grin]

Posted by bookoo (Member # 6304) on :

everybody is goin to go and buy somthin SVT now before it goes up. maybe the svt people think that ford is going to fall off the market with all the upcoming specialty mopar vehicles.

Posted by DRIVINFST (Member # 2430) on :

Glad I have my SVT. Any offers? [Big Grin]

Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :

http://www.fordmuscle.com/blog/more-on-the-fate-of-svt/11280

Posted by wilit (Member # 3367) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Wolfie351:
SVT disbanded April 1st and it's my understanding that future SVT vehicles will be engineered by the regular design teams. If you think about it, it's probably how it should always have been. It doesn't take an engineering genius to add horsepower, brakes, springs and a body kit to a production vehicle. Hopefully that will speed up SVT products to market as they will be designed along with the base models and not as an after thought. Can always hope, anyways

It already been done like that. And IMO it's the worst way to do it because you don't have a dedicated group of enthusiasts designing the car. When you have the "special" cars designed by the same people who design the regular ones, you get these high performance cars. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eagle347:
I just saw that to. Did I hear they are part of SRT now?

SRT is a dodge brand, unless ford bought them out [Razz]

My reading of the various news articles was that they were basically absorbed into the Ford collective... We will see what the future holds tho!

Posted by Eagle347 (Member # 6205) on :

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Originally posted by 94gt:

quote:
Originally posted by Eagle347:
I just saw that to. Did I hear they are part of SRT now?
SRT is a dodge brand, unless ford bought them out

My reading of the various news articles was that they were basically absorbed into the Ford collective... We will see what the future holds tho!

I know, I thought I heard them say something about the SVT people moving over to SRT. You know, like how Shelby was part of the Viper? Thats why the first GTS was blue with white stripes, just like the AC cobra. [Razz]

Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eagle347:

quote:
Originally posted by 94gt:

quote:
Originally posted by Eagle347:
I just saw that to. Did I hear they are part of SRT now?
SRT is a dodge brand, unless ford bought them out

My reading of the various news articles was that they were basically absorbed into the Ford collective... We will see what the future holds tho!
I know, I thought I heard them say something about the SVT people moving over to SRT. You know, like how Shelby was part of the Viper? Thats why the first GTS was blue with white stripes, just like the AC cobra.

lol

Who knows? Maybe next Dodge will pay Shebly to put his name on a SRT model [Razz]

Posted by Wolfie351 (Member # 651) on :

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Originally posted by wilit:

quote:
Originally posted by Wolfie351:
SVT disbanded April 1st and it's my understanding that future SVT vehicles will be engineered by the regular design teams. If you think about it, it's probably how it should always have been. It doesn't take an engineering genius to add horsepower, brakes, springs and a body kit to a production vehicle. Hopefully that will speed up SVT products to market as they will be designed along with the base models and not as an after thought. Can always hope, anyways
It already been done like that. And IMO it's the worst way to do it because you don't have a dedicated group of enthusiasts designing the car.

You're forgetting it's a business and it obviously wasn't profitable for Ford to have a dedicated team to engineer these cars. I don't know how SRT does it, but Ford should take a good look at how they do things.

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