Considering a Purchase on a 2004 SVT Cobra!
 

Any Cobra owners here? sure there is but anyway im looking for a new 2003 or 2004 SVT Cobra whats a good price bad price.. and suggestions for haggling the sales man.... i would be happy to get the stick down to about 32,000$

A couple of posts down RBatson got a 04 Mach for 25k. I would think somewhere close to that would work. If not get a Mach. I like them better than the Cobra anyway.

yeah but a mach doesnt have a super charger:-\ and 85 less horsepower:mad:

also what about rear suspension is the Mach 1 independant rear also or a solid axle?

03 cobras are going for $29k coupe, $30k 10th coupe, $33k vert, $34k 10th vert. if you dont get those prices, you aren't calling enough dealerships...

now if you want an 04 ure paying msrp...

:) hope you get one

really after about an hour of reviewing that Mach 1 looks pretty damn sweet... doesnt perform to bad compard to the svt in all the test and if i can score one for 25k thats even better:)

Mach 1 = solid axle

Cobra = IRS

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yeah.... i believe for the price different im gonna get the mach 1.... I got a 2004 mach1 with the premium package priced for 24,987! i thought that was pretty good haggling on my part.... but i havent bought it yet.. Very sweet black one

Cobra has more potential for cheap mods...pulleys, intake, exhaust can give you well over 80rwhp
:)

I test drove a Mach 1 at our local dealer a few months ago. He was asking 28k but I live in a small town prices are usually higher on everything. I thought the car was sweet that shaker hood just screams drive me fast. Although a little to much aluminum trim for my taste.

big fan of aluminum and polished aluminum so im like oo hell yeah:D

<---- Got my new baby for $200 over dealer invoice.... in early July....


Seemed like a good deal at the time... and it was considering the local dealership wanted $4K over sticker for the same car...

maaaaaaan i got one priced now for $24,685 my local dealer actually beat that one places price tag!

I wanted a Cobra to start with but the more I looked at the Mach the better it looked, more car per money. It really isn't that far off. Mid-low 13s with the Mach, mid 12s with the Cobra. If you want a Cobra then by all means, that is what you should get... I got a dealer in Jacksonville Fl down to $31,800 for a new white 2003 model. I just decided the Mach was a better deal, to me. The silver trim is the 'interior upgrade pkg', mine doesn't have that(about $345). The premium pkg you are referring to is the Mach pkg, there isn't much you can add to a Mach besides the iup. You get the 460 Mach stereo and the 1000 Mach stereo is not an option on the Mach. It had a solid rear axle and is lowered 1/2". If you have any other questions, just let me know... I have to go xmas shopping now.. /being pulled by the ear..

here's a quick pic

front.. can't see the strips too good on the black cars

Without the upgrade(this pic)... the pedals are black instead of metal, the locks are black instead of metal, metal trim around the gear shift and you get a 4 way head rest with the upgrade.

Oh Yeah!! There is supposed to be a used 2003 model on the showroom floor in Wilson NC, I heard the price is $19k. Good Luck!!

I love the dash on these cars.. this is mine

well...
 

i was gonna get a mach 1 and i was actually signing the paperwork and then i got thinking about it and said heeeeeeelllllllll no! they didnt wanna give me but like 18 for my trade leaving me with 5,000$ extra to pay... so i was financed at like 31,000 and those payments and insurance wouldnt have worked...:mad: i reallllly want one but i dont think ill get out from under this truck... pretty much looks like im stuck with this slow *** non offroading POS!

btw sweet car!
 

just like the one i wanted except it had the aluminum trim package inside... if you dont mind me asking how much do you end up paying monthly??? i was looking at around 600-650....:(

It's all about your personal finances.

I have a friend who has a Mach1 right now and regrets not going for the Cobra. He got stung by the drag fever this summer, and realized after reading up a lot that the Mach1's higher compression alluminum heads is not capable of sustaining reliably a power adder like a S/C.

He also reads around about 'bras running with 600, 650, 700 and 750HP on stock engines with different boost via different S/C.

Mach1 is a hell of ride. This one guy at Sanair this summer kept on clocking 13.1-13.2 at 103MPH factory stock (even the rubber). It was a good day... I was clocking high 13.8s with my stock GT.

FYI: The shaker hood looks more cool than is effective... but don't tell anyone, they don't need to know.

Re: btw sweet car!
 

If I remember correctly the sales manager said it would run me around $440-470 a month, depending on my credit. They are offering 0%/60mths financing if you don't take the rebate. I financed $15k@4.9%, payments of $283 for 5 yrs.

I don't know how it would run with a blower but I don't plan on adding one anyhow.. it pulls pretty hard now. The rumor going around it that a K&N, exhaust and tires will have you in the mid 12s and with the other usual bolt ons some have seen high 11s- low 12s... I haven't seen this first hand but 'thats what I hear'. I'm sure folks will add blowers to the Machs though, heck they added them to the high compression Cobras and LS1s for years.

BTW, this car pulls soooo much harder than the 97 Cobra vert I had.

Dude I thought the Nissan was all that?

Sell it to an individual (99.9% of the time trading is a rip off. The dealer has to get it from you cheap enough to sell it again for profit)

Try and pay as much CASH as you can. I bought my GMC about a year ago and it really makes a HUGE difference in the price. I paid cash and got it for under the loan value. I know it is a lot of $$$$$ but if your worried about that you need to keep the Nissan and pimp the fox body.;)

well cancel this thread...
 

i traded the nissan and got a brand new mitsu lancer Evo ford wouldnt finance me .... and really im happier i got the evo its about 10 times the car... not to mention it fits my big legs much better... being 6'5 driving that mach 1 wasnt exactly comfy...

Really?? My dad drove my car and he said it fit him perfect, he's 6'4.. As far as it being 10 times the car..

Dude I drove he mach 1 and I'm 6'3" and about 250 had as much room as any other car. I hope I misunderstood, are you saying that the lancer is ten times the car the mach is.

If you don't mind me asking how much $$$$$ for the ricer.