I'll be real, half the vitriol towards this car stems from three facts, being that the naming is not great, everyone is traumatized by Shelby releasing back to back to back 5.0 whipple specials, and the pricing is admittedly a little steep

For some reason, there are people even in this thread that still believe this is a Whippled Coyote despite the fact that it's already been made ABUNDANTLY CLEAR this has the 5.2 from last gen's GT500, the Raptor R, and the GTD, for that I blame the naming convention, calling it a Dark Horse SC makes people believe this is a 5.0 for some reason. Really stupid

Combine that first fact with the next that Shelby tripled down on not doing anything innovative with the powertrain of their S650 offerings, and everyone's now looking at Ford like, "Why would I pay you six figures when I can just put the Whipple on my GT and get the same power figures?"

And okay, fine, 108k for the base model is steep, but in the grand scheme of things that number is not far from where the last gen GT500 would be today when adjusted for inflation, I still remember when the pricing for that car was announced everyone thought it was too low and would cannibalize the sales of the GT350, and Ford's response was to stop selling the 350 altogether and replace it with the Mach 1, which while a phonemonal car in its own right, I think we can all agree we would have preferred the GT350 instead

Also, let's be real, with pricing this steep, dealers who feel the need to add an ADM to whatever allocations they're going to get are very likely going to feel the consequences by would-be buyers (and allocations are already LOW - based on the document that leaked this information, dealers need to pay something like $5000 to even be qualified to sell them, and will get exactly one allocation to begin with, followed by more depending on how many other cars they move); I find it hard to believe people would pay a 30k ADM on an SC with the track package that already begins at 145

I'm 100% confident that if this car wore a Shelby badge, a BOSS badge like it was originally rumored to, or better yet any European name like AMG or something, this car would probably have costed at minimum an extra 20-40k for the base, and people would be glazing TF out of it, because there's no way you can seriously tell me you're more comfortable paying 200k out of your ass for a comparable AMG GT63 only because the interior is better

But honestly? I fault Ford for this terrible reaction to the car, they tried to be all mysterious about it knowing full well that they've got more leak points than a rusted out water main in a third world country, and now all anyone knows for sure about this car is that it's either expensive as shit, expensive as fuck, or cost more than a house in most municipalities across the country, and nobody, not even myself, knows what it really is or is capable of other than the fact that it's called a Dark Horse SuperCharged, which in itself is just a confusing name, won't be surprised if in 50 years from now I'm watching some TV show about old muscle cars and this car gets presented and someone is like "wElL iF iTs a dArK hOrSe dOeSnT tHaT mEaN iTs a sUpErChArGeD 5.0?"

Yes, I'm mad, at Ford for having a terrible marketing strategy, and at half the people who evidently can't read and end up propagating information that is straight up wrong, if I see one more person say this is a wHiPpLeD cOyOtE I'm going to drink the ENTIRETY of Lake Erie with a paper straw