Car Buyers sue Ford Default Car buyers sue Ford over limited edition vehicle
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08-06-2008 | 11:59 AM
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Car Buyers sue Ford Default Car buyers sue Ford over limited edition vehicle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Car buyers sued Ford on Monday complaining that a limited edition of a modified Ford Mustang was not so limited after all.
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The class action lawsuit on behalf of a New York man and other buyers of the 2007 Roush Stage 3 BlackJack vehicles claimed they paid a premium price of nearly $59,000 (30,000 pounds) last year because Ford advertised that only 100 would be made.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accused Ford and Roush Performance Products Inc of manufacturing at least 100 more of the vehicles in 2008.
Representatives of Ford were not immediately available to comment, a company spokeswoman said.
"The vehicles purchased by the plaintiff and the other class members were not as unique or rare as the defendants had stated them to be," the complaint said. "Their value from scarcity and as collectors' items were and are dramatically less than the buyers had been led to believe their value would be."
Ford manufactured a limited run of a modified version of the Ford Mustang, made especially for conversion by Roush into the Stage 3 BlackJack, the complaint said.
Drew Conner of Bardonia, N.Y., and at least 100 other people are members of the class seeking a jury trial and more than $12 million in damages.
(Reporting by Grant McCool; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
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The class action lawsuit on behalf of a New York man and other buyers of the 2007 Roush Stage 3 BlackJack vehicles claimed they paid a premium price of nearly $59,000 (30,000 pounds) last year because Ford advertised that only 100 would be made.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accused Ford and Roush Performance Products Inc of manufacturing at least 100 more of the vehicles in 2008.
Representatives of Ford were not immediately available to comment, a company spokeswoman said.
"The vehicles purchased by the plaintiff and the other class members were not as unique or rare as the defendants had stated them to be," the complaint said. "Their value from scarcity and as collectors' items were and are dramatically less than the buyers had been led to believe their value would be."
Ford manufactured a limited run of a modified version of the Ford Mustang, made especially for conversion by Roush into the Stage 3 BlackJack, the complaint said.
Drew Conner of Bardonia, N.Y., and at least 100 other people are members of the class seeking a jury trial and more than $12 million in damages.
(Reporting by Grant McCool; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
Question, why are they suing ford, and not Roush? Doesn't roush determine how many mustangs they convert to Roush mustangs, and have no direct relation with Ford?
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08-06-2008 | 12:08 PM
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Question, why are they suing ford, and not Roush? Doesn't roush determine how many mustangs they convert to Roush mustangs, and have no direct relation with Ford?
Question, why are they suing ford, and not Roush? Doesn't roush determine how many mustangs they convert to Roush mustangs, and have no direct relation with Ford?
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08-06-2008 | 12:11 PM
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Well, you can order\buy Roush modified mustangs thru your local Ford dealer. So if Ford is saying that only 100 are going to be made, and then 200 people order them thru their Ford dealer, then that's Ford's issue, not Roush's. But yeah, if I take my mustang in directly to Roush, ask for it to be modified into a BlackJack, then i don't see what the problem is, regardless of how many havv been made by them or ordered thru Ford. It's Ford that made the limited edition claim, not Roush.
So could you really just take a GT and have it converted to a black jack by Roush, even if all of the 100 vehicles are out?
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08-06-2008 | 12:17 PM
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I don't see why not. BUT; Checking out some articles from when the BlackJack was announced, most of them are worded that it would seem that it WAS Roush that was advertising, selling, and promoting them as limited editions, and only a quantity of 100 would be made. In which case, I go with your original question; Why are they suing Ford? I then reply with a new answer: Ford has more money than Roush.
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08-06-2008 | 12:22 PM
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Also, as a co-worker just pointed out, the limited edition claim was for 100 in 2007. That's all that were built. 2008 is a whole NEW model year. And as the article states, Roush is only makeing another 100 for 2008. So the claim was; There were only going to be 100 built in 2007. The reality is; They only made 100 in 2007. No breach of claim in my eyes.
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08-06-2008 | 01:57 PM
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Boo hoo I bought somthing special so I could say to the people around me ha ha my car is rarer than yours so i'm better than you and now it's not so special anymore...... wah wah
lol at people who by cars to collect as opposed to driving
lol at people who by cars to collect as opposed to driving
#7
08-06-2008 | 02:44 PM
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lame.
lame of ford to do that
lame of the people to cry about it.
doesent everyone have a special edition or a limited edition of some sort or other?
Its getting to the point where the rarest mustangs are the ones that are not a part of a special edition or limited edition package
lame of ford to do that
lame of the people to cry about it.
doesent everyone have a special edition or a limited edition of some sort or other?
Its getting to the point where the rarest mustangs are the ones that are not a part of a special edition or limited edition package
#8
08-06-2008 | 04:38 PM
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+1 jack
the rarest mustangs are the one's in our garages for most are modded to our standards, not others. so in reality, you and i have more unique cars than the the Blackjack. lol
as for the lawsuit, i believe that the plaintiff is in the wrong. and i agree with RCtrucker7 for the facts.
the rarest mustangs are the one's in our garages for most are modded to our standards, not others. so in reality, you and i have more unique cars than the the Blackjack. lol
as for the lawsuit, i believe that the plaintiff is in the wrong. and i agree with RCtrucker7 for the facts.
#9
08-06-2008 | 05:47 PM
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There is a guy in town here that has a Blackjack with only 26 miles on it. He trailers it to shows and never drives it. ******* IMO. The Blackjack is at the top of the list of Roush cars that should be put on a track/raced/driven hard.
But yeah as long as only 100 were made in '07, 100 in '08 I don't see the problem.
But yeah as long as only 100 were made in '07, 100 in '08 I don't see the problem.
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