ok im gonna keep it short and simple i bought a mustang thru a dealer 2-3 months ago and it says cobra all over it and want to find out if indeed it is a fake cobra and its a GT instead heres the deal.......Cobra Rear Bumper,Cobra Emblems on the 2 driver and passenger side fenders,17"Cobra Rims.Now here's where i start to doubt,my car IS indeed a 4.6 V8 BUT has the Pony on the steering wheel,the engine doesnt say cobra on it or should it say it?and the seats have the pony logo on it here are some PICs of it hope you can see! oh and heres the vin i also thought that it should say Cobra if it indeed was a cobra but there is no cobra model on KBB website when i looked it up only up to the GT 1FAFP42X6YF243981 ...i keep thinking the noob that had it before me riced the ass out of a GT but i am happy with a GT lol :) i mean it is a nice looking car dont you all think so too :D

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It'sa fake. No Cobras were made in 2000 except the 2000 Cobra R.

+1. if you owned a 2000 cobra (R), you'd be a very lucky (and potentially wealthy) man. i ran ur vin through carfax (i got a subscription b/c im in the market right now) and it is a GT

Definitely a GT, hope you didn't get ripped off. As side notes, if you posted a picture of the engine it would be extremely easy to see if it was a 4v or a 2v, the steering wheel on both have the Mustang logos though, not Cobras. You definitely don't have a 2000 Cobra R, and that's a GT hood, so someone would have had to swap a GT hood on a Cobra which would be silly. Oh, and those aren't Cobra wheels. They aren't any OEM wheels at all.

psh. i didnt even look at the pics, lol. GT hood, GT side scoops. and aftermarket wheels. cobra has folding mirrors as well

I hope you didn't pay for a Cobra - that would really suck.

You do realize that if you paid for a Cobra and they misrepresented it to you as a Cobra, you can give the car back and get your money back or get the difference of the market value prices back. It's called fraud, yep and most states have some sort of consumer protection law that protects against deceptive trade practices. (I'm in law school, they made me learn that.)

sorry dude thats not a cobra. Post up pics of engine maybe you didnt get completely screwed.

If you look at your reciept and it says "Mustang Cobra", the dealer is liable to correct situation. If your car is NOT a Cobra and sold as one, they owe you a complete refund. I guess if you are happy with the car, then keep it. Sorry, I wouldn't. Especially if I payed a Cobra price for it.

Jazzer

Yeah, if it was sold as a cobra then you can file a police report for theft by deception.

Damn, that is a dirty dealership.[:@]

Hope you get everything worked out with them and get your money back.

^ This was probably and honest, albiet, DUMB mistake. The dealership probably took it in trade and didn't confirm authenticity.

Jazzer

is this a joke?

uhm yeah, no...

The dealerships when receive them in trade plug in and register the vin# which comes right upas a GT... Please use your head before posting.

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^ This was probably and honest, albiet, DUMB mistake. The dealership probably took it in trade and didn't confirm authenticity.

Jazzer

yeah that is so fake it is not even funny.

ORIGINAL: xxkazp3rxx

uhm yeah, no...

The dealerships when receive them in trade plug in and register the vin# which comes right upas a GT... Please use your head before posting.

ORIGINAL: Jazzer The Cat

^ This was probably and honest, albiet, DUMB mistake. The dealership probably took it in trade and didn't confirm authenticity.

Jazzer



Again, albeit, a DUMB mistake. Any dealership that would KNOWINGLY sell a GT as a Cobra, would be BOUND to get caught by purchaser of said vehicle. No need to be an a$$.

Jazzer

I would return it to the Dealer. First, you have lost close to 60 crank HP off the bat and have 2V heads instead of 4v, The cobra crank is much better(I think but unsure of new Edge cranks). No IRS(If you like that) and lost (if 2001 cobra) 31 spline(?) axles. My 99 cobra has the Cobra emblem on the intake and the steering wheel to name a few. Last and not leastThe Cobra namesake. Assuming you financed, paying the bank off will be difficult. You may have to take the dealership to court to get the financed money back. The dealership will likely give you a full refund, but they won't want to pay your finance charges.


Cobra years

SN95

1994, 1995(Cobra R), 1996-1998

New Edge
1999, 2000(Cobra R), 2001, 2002(rare in US non SVT made in Australia?), 2003,2004(Terminators)

This another one post wonder?

the seats also would be more of a bucket feeling, and they would have suede in the center with the snake embroided on them

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This another one post wonder?


99 GTFO of here!!!! Back to S/S and OT!!![8D]

No way... I use to sell cars, and when we took them in (3 different dealers) there was always a system we input vin#'s to.. they had to register it with that vin#... the salesman might not have known, but the dealership did... no way they didn't.

ORIGINAL: Jazzer The Cat

ORIGINAL: xxkazp3rxx

uhm yeah, no...

The dealerships when receive them in trade plug in and register the vin# which comes right upas a GT... Please use your head before posting.

ORIGINAL: Jazzer The Cat

^ This was probably and honest, albiet, DUMB mistake. The dealership probably took it in trade and didn't confirm authenticity.

Jazzer



Again, albeit, a DUMB mistake. Any dealership that would KNOWINGLY sell a GT as a Cobra, would be BOUND to get caught by purchaser of said vehicle. No need to be an a$$.

Jazzer

OK. Then this is either a fake post, or the dealership is taking a MAJOR risk. At this point, I am willing to bet the former :)

Jazzer

Dame that sucks !!!!!

I don't understand why somebody would make a fake post =\

that is a fake ass Cobra.

so what happened to the OP?

It sucks that he got ripped off, but he should have done his research before going out and buying a car. Just saying

I am certain NOBODY got ripped off in this thread. Neither hide nor hair of OP since, so we all got duped [sm=smiley13.gif]

The Jaz

Maybe he really did and is not embarressed?