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Inside Line has the skinny on something that will bring tears to the eyes of many a high-performance
enthusiast… the end of SVT as we know it is close at hand. Stephen Cole Smith of Inside Line
predicted such a fate for Ford’s in-house skunkworks, and on on April 1, 2006 he’ll be proven right.
According to Cole, as of this moment SVT’s PR/marketing staff, engineering staff, dealer network, press
fleet and events trailer (all exclusively dedicated to the division) have been dismantled. The 2007 Shelby
Cobra-badged Mustang will be the last vehicle to be developed, start to finish, by the SVT program. If anything,
Cole says, we might get a vehicle with an SVT-tuned suspension. Maybe.
RIP SVT
(Thanks to Hank for
the tip)