You do realize with that money you can make your car faster than the new GT's right? Its one thing if you want a new car with the comforts and reliability, but for $7500 you can do up a pretty nice GT or even sell your car and buy a cobra with your sale. You can pick up 96-98 blower cobras for 10000 and under.
I wouldn't buy the new GT if you just want a fast car. If you want a fast reliable car with a warranty then go for a new GT. You will have a good deposit for one with the $7500 you have plus any more that you could save until then.
Ill sell you mine its black with blace and gray interior. 306 block dart Sr heads, E-303 cam, edle brock upper and lower, 75mm throttle body, bbk intake tube, mad cap rotor and coil, all new plugs and ford raceing wires, 24 pound injectors wan high flow pump, 7q oil pan. too much to list. also tremmic T5 trans alunium drive shaft, 3.73 rear end with lockers. bbk long tube headers, bbk off road x pype, stage 3 flowmasters. battery in trunk with kill switch. crome cobra r rims and will come with bran new center line indy drag rims 15 by 10 and 15 by 3.5 car has no back seat on a/c and no smog pump tho was going to make a track car but i havent been doing anything with it this summer. i wasnt going to sell it but you can make me and offer i guess then ill just get a boat or something