2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Black Key or Red Key?

[Icewater Jones]

Fuck all the Ford talk...


http://wot.motortrend.com/6699925/a...hotographs-of-2011-challenger-srt8/index.html




FTW.

 

[Facetious]

I'd like to see buick come out with the new grand national rear or awd. Perhaps with a reworked and turbocharged version of the Camaro 2lt bored out to 3.8 liters for tradition.

If they could keep it under 40k it would sell and give buick some extra cache.

Buick is already doing fine in China.

 

[Hot Mega]

An original Mustang Boss 302? Wow! How much does FreeOnes pay moderators anyway?! You fellows are livin'
large! I'm not sure if you can find an original Boss 302 (1969-70) for less than $100K. A few years ago, a pair of them sold for over $500K. I mean, there were less than 10,000 of them originally built... although I've read that there are over 20,000 of them in existence now. You really can't compare a modern mass produced car (even a specialty model) to what is essentially a museum piece. I'd rather have an original Series 1 E-type than a modern XK8. But like with the Boss 302, I'm a few hundred thousand $ short so I had to settle for the XK8... until I get hired by FreeOnes, that is. Then I might go for a Series 1 and an XJ-220! :1orglaugh

Hell, while we're spending Georges' loot, why not toss in a '69 Boss 9 and a '71 conv. Hemi 'Cuda too.:1orglaugh

I believe this new Boss is priced somewhere around $40K? And although I'm not a huge fan of Mustangs or Camaros, I've read nothing but good things about this latest offering from Ford. Sure, you could buy a more standard model and maybe do the mods yourself. But in doing so, you'll pretty much void the warranty and you also take the chance that the value will be negatively affected. A lot of people shy away from heavily modified cars (myself included).

Agree. If you want the best performance for you buck buy yourself a Fox platform LX and do all of the tuning/mods yourself to speed to your heart's content. But I wouldn't advise looking at the car as anything more than your toy with not much value if any beyond what you put in it to anyone else. Unless you're a recognized tuner no one's going to pay you for a Mine 001. People pay the premium for a factory tuned, serialized performance..in this case and iconic and legendary reprise.

From reading the OP, it sounds like you can get a streetable car with one key and a (real) track day car with the other. For that money, I think that's pretty damn impressive. Good job, Ford! :clap:

Exactly, change your PCM without risk of voiding the warranty or needing to go under the hood? :surprise:

 

[Facetious]

An original Mustang Boss 302? Wow! How much does FreeOnes pay moderators anyway?! You fellows are livin'
large! I'm not sure if you can find an original Boss 302 (1969-70) for less than $100K.

Really, that much, huh? . . .Impressive!
Two long lost friends of mine from an opposing local high school had Bosses, one was in factory yellow, the other in gold . . . of course they both had motorhead fathers, that always helps.

A few years ago, a pair of them sold for over $500K. I mean, there were less than 10,000 of them originally built... although I've read that there are over 20,000 of them in existence now.

No confusion there, we both know what's going on there . . . bums!

BTW, how much were these cars going for in the mid to late eighties?
I ask this because these two guys sure seemed confident about the originality of their cars in a nice kind of way . . . they were actually pretty cool, not a couple of stuck up jerks like so many are. . . for Ford guys anyway. :1orglaugh

 

[luis1972]

:why::why::why:

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Well, if you know anything about Mustangs (or car enthusiasm in general) you'd know that when you decide to buy a Boss Mustang, you're not just buying it for it's additional performance premium.

I mean, how many average drivers of a 400 HP car are actually going to use that performance in a way that makes a difference anyway?

To be honest, the car in those pictures is just plain fugly, in my opinion...HOWEVER, I was at a Ford dealership a couple of weeks ago, while my wife was car shopping, and they had a couple of Boss Mustanges that looked pretty good...the Saleen's, and Roush's looked much better. The problem with the car pictured, is the rims...I like chrome, or polished aluminum. Personally, I like the Challenger, just because it's bigger, but I don't think it's pushing the same horse power.

 

[meesterperfect]

I just saw a dealer advertisement on TV earlier . . $10,000 off the sticker price of any Challenger . . . still, I'd much rather go the classic car route as they can usually be repaired by a relative layperson whereas with electronic cars, that isn't the case.

Nice '66 you had there . .I vaguely remember my eldest brother's metallic dk green 66 FB GT.

i agree, a classic muscle car is best for me too.
and for 40 grand think what you can get.


and my 66 was dark green too, original paint.

 

[meesterperfect]

I would rather get an original 302 boss from 1969 or 1970 or if not a ford, a 1968-1969 cougar xr7 eliminator with gt e package and the 427ci side oiler/428 ci scj engines

thats some big money there boy.

but i do love the resemblence though

 

[roronoa3000]

:drool2:

 

[E-Ann-Hilden]

Buick is already doing fine in China.

doing great here as well! Outselling many other brands. The upcoming Regal GS is a nice car. Based on the Euro Car of the year. If I didnt live in the snowbelt a Mustang GT or Camaro SS would be a prime choice.

 

[Facetious]

doing great here as well! Outselling many other brands. The upcoming Regal GS is a nice car. Based on the Euro Car of the year. If I didnt live in the snowbelt a Mustang GT or Camaro SS would be a prime choice.

What is the name of that unit that's selling so well here and abroad . . The "Lucerne" is it? I honestly wouldn't know one if I t-boned it at high noon. In any event, yes, it's a nice story if America can still produce well made, high demand vehicles under any name plate... I'm just astonished that Buick wasn't the first or second to go ahead of Olds & Pontiac.

 

[Rey C.]

BTW, how much were these cars going for in the mid to late eighties?
I ask this because these two guys sure seemed confident about the originality of their cars in a nice kind of way . . . they were actually pretty cool, not a couple of stuck up jerks like so many are. . . for Ford guys anyway. :1orglaugh

I'm really not sure what a Boss would have gone for back then. A guy I knew in high school had a totally restored Mach I and I think he had maybe 4 or 5 grand total tied up in that. I was more into Mopars in high school and I had my choice of a Challenger with a 340 and a 4 speed for $750 or a Plymouth Roadrunner with a 383 Magnum and an automatic for $500. $750 was a LOT of money to me back then, so I went for the Roadrunner. I'd say either of those cars would easily go for $10 grand now. And I know in the 70's (with the gas crunch), it was hard to get much of anything for a Shelby Cobra. I figure that's when a lot of barn queens were born. Between gas prices and dead sons who never returned home from Vietnam, I'm sure more than a few (now legendary) muscle cars wound up sleeping safe & warm under bales of hay.

 

[Facetious]

Hell, while we're spending Georges' loot, why not toss in a '69 Boss 9 and a '71 conv. Hemi 'Cuda too.:1orglaugh

If there's any residual loot remaining, I'll help myself to a '63 Split Window or a '69 Trans AM or a '65 Z-16 or a '67 GT 5oo <- Click pic for full screen res.) 427 w/ Paxton SC or a '701/2 Z-28 . . .:drool2: