The long version

Buyers here mostly cross-shopped the base GT350 and paid the R premium on purpose, which weeds out anyone who wanted back seats or sound insulation more than a flat-plane crank redline. Tire and clutch bills run higher than a normal Mustang's, and the owner base has largely made peace with that as the cost of a genuinely track-honed chassis rather than a styling package. Values firming up recently have not emptied the paddocks yet — it has just started attracting a second wave of buyers who want the collector upside without giving up the driving.