Glenn
03-11-2006, 03:59 PM
The new Summit Super Store in McDonough, Ga (my home town) had their grand opening today. What an unbelievable store! It must be 250,000 s.f. including the warehouse. The place was standing room only. Summit's entire catalog can be seen in the store. The main Summit suppliers were at the store including Ford Racing.
The FR rep had some interesting comments during our discussion that I thought you might like to know.
Ford has some really serious business and finanical issues that will take 2-3 years to work through. (GM is in far worse shape). Do not expect any Ford performance vehicles except the Mustang GT/Shelby GT-500 during this time.
SVT is essentially gone! SVT is now combined with FR and many people have left. No new vehicles except the Shelby - No Lightning!
Absolutely nothing on MM! Not even performance parts. (We all must be thankful for all the performance vendors that have provided our mods for us.)
Strong respect for Trilogy, knows several of the people who started company from Ford. Ford office is 3 miles from Trilogy. Still has business relations with Trilogy. Many SC parts are from Ford.
Bottom line - Ford cannot offer any performance cars until they work through their current difficulties. We all must be patient. It's going to be a tough 2-3 years. Keep the Blue Oval faith!Glenn
The FR rep had some interesting comments during our discussion that I thought you might like to know.
Ford has some really serious business and finanical issues that will take 2-3 years to work through. (GM is in far worse shape). Do not expect any Ford performance vehicles except the Mustang GT/Shelby GT-500 during this time.
SVT is essentially gone! SVT is now combined with FR and many people have left. No new vehicles except the Shelby - No Lightning!
Absolutely nothing on MM! Not even performance parts. (We all must be thankful for all the performance vendors that have provided our mods for us.)
Strong respect for Trilogy, knows several of the people who started company from Ford. Ford office is 3 miles from Trilogy. Still has business relations with Trilogy. Many SC parts are from Ford.
Bottom line - Ford cannot offer any performance cars until they work through their current difficulties. We all must be patient. It's going to be a tough 2-3 years. Keep the Blue Oval faith!Glenn