Well, I'm guessing the Cobra will remain absent until Ford's honeymoon with Carrol Shelby is over. How long that'll take?......who knows. In the meantime the GT500 will remain the top model Mustang. Personally, I think the Shelby badge will stay on the Mustang until the next model update (which is rumored to be for the Mustang's 50th anniversary in 2014/2015). At that point I think we'll see the return of the Cobra.