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from my brother who has some Ford Fleet Orders.
-----Original Message----- From: Ford Fleet Canada Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: The 'Bullitt' Mustang reborn just in time for the Springseason.
This spring, an exciting new feature car will be available in your showroom. The 'Bullitt' Mustang GT, yes the 'Bullitt' is back and it will remind your customers of the great Steve McQueen as detective Frank Bullitt and the powerful vehicle that became the silent star of the movie. The 'Bullitt' will begin production in March and continue throughout the 2001 Model Year. It will be available in 3 different colours: Black Clearcoat, True Blue Clearcoat Metallic and new for 2001 Dark Highland Green. **Please note that the Dark Highland Green will only be available to customers ordering through the internet. The 'Bullitt' Mustang Package includes: Performance * 4.6L V8 Engine with increased horsepower (275) and 315 ft. lb of torque (Preliminary Ratings) * Vehicle lowered (approx. 3/4") with new spring rates * Handling Package * Shocks * Struts * Unique stabilizer bars (front and rear) * Frame rail connectors for increased stiffness * Brake Package * Unique performance calipers * 13" rotors Unique Exterior Items * 17"X8" Unique 5-Spoke aluminum wheels * Unique rocker moulding * Unique C-pillar appliqué * Brushed aluminum fuel filler door * Bullitt badging Custom Interior * Unique performance seats with heritage leather seating surface * Unique heritage instrument cluster * Unique brushed aluminum accents: * Pedal covers * Shift ball * Shifter ring * Door lock soldiers * Sill plate (with moulded-in Bullitt nomenclature) Serialized Special Edition identification Underhood clearcoat paint
Its features will appeal to muscle car enthusiasts... Its Heritage will appeal to nostalgia and movie buffs... Product cards, ordering instructions and pricing will follow later on this month. This will be a limited edition Mustang GT for the 2001 Model Year, take full advantage of the new reborn 'Bullitt'.
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I wish GM would do something like that with an FBody for 2002.
quote:Originally posted by Hawkeye: I wish GM would do something like that with an FBody for 2002.
Hawkeye.
I think Chevy calls it an "SS". But I agree, it would be nice to have brakes, SFC's, and seats to go along with the hood, spoiler, suspension and wheels.
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The Bullit cars are priced between the GT and Cobra. In MFF they said Ford would build 5-10,000 of them depending on demand. It looks better than the GT or the Cobra IMO.
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A marketing tool that GM should have established. GM could released a special edition every 2-3 years. It would have garner ed media attention and keep the car fresh in peoples minds. Look at how stale the fbods are right nothing new. Nothing to keep the medias attention. Every body keeps looking to the future saying wait for the end come
Also a Special Edition should be special. It should be something that you can't add (easily) in the aftermarket world, like specialty paint jobs, and has enough performance mods to back up its apperance mods.
How cool would the '30th anniv TA been if it came with 1LE stock. Instead of it being just a sticker pkg. Imagine a Termenator 3 SS with A Gun metal grey flake paint job with black Stipes and the engine having GMPP or SLP performance heads, headers, lid, and maf.
That wouldn't cost much to do, and would get some huge advertising. People would want the bad ass car the saw in the movie unfortunatly there was only x amount made so the closest you can get is the standard SS.
GM if your reading this its all about the advertising.
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When I got my new DVD player and SurroundSound system for Xmas, this was the first movie I bought.
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MotorTrend did a story on it about 4 months ago or so and it sounds great. I'm not much for Mustangs, but this particular Mustang is great looking. The way they smoothed out the rockers, got rid of those slots and dent in the rear bumper & smoothed the side vents, it looks like the way it SHOULD have been designed in the first place. I was hoping that it would get a Cobra motor so that we'd get some better competition, but no such luck. Best looking late model Mustang so far.
Shay
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But I agree, it would be nice to have brakes, SFC's, and seats to go along with the hood, spoiler, suspension and wheels.
