Wow.

Again, Wow. What a beautiful car.

I got a call on Thursday from Frontier Ford. Tony called to tell me that a Stage 3 was just unloaded from the truck. He invited me to come down to have a look. I went to the showroom on Saturday to have a look. As I told Tony, my expectations were exceeded.

They had gotten in a Roush Stage 3 Rally Package coupe. The first thing I noticed was the rear exhaust. This one did not have the signature side exhaust and skirts. It had a standard GT rear exiting exhaust with the standard GT rear bumper. Although I am a big fan of the side exhaust, I must say that this still looked great.

The next thing that jumped out at me was the Eaton Gen-4 blower poking it's head above the engine compartment. It was much nicer than the protos I had seen in pictures. It seemed to be perched real high on the engine, and the black color with the Roush logo was just awesome. Almost makes a guy not want to close the Cobra hood that comes standard on the Stage 3. Also very noticable in the front of the car was the new front valance. This is a complete replacement of the front bumper, as the other stages are additions to the front bumper. The round fog lights and the screened opening in front for the intercooler went well with the car.

Another feature that I was very attracted to was the new Stage 3 badging. There was a new Stage 3 rear badge on the rear trunk lid, square Roush logo badges in place of the GT emblems on the sides, a serialized plaque in the engine compartment, and a plaque below the stereo, just in front of the shifter (see pics page).