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08-12-2007 01:26 PM |
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Originally Posted by Rock36
(Post 8913)
A couple things:
I think the only problem with the GT500 aside from the weight, is the dealer gouging on the car. It is amazing someone would think that 440 rwhp from a SAE rated 500hp for $41K is pathetic. Well $41K is what it is supposed to cost.
A GT500 IS NOT supposed to compete with a Corvette Z06. There is nothing more to say about that. Just because they both have 500hp does not put them in the same market segment.
The GT500 coupe still comes in just a hair under 4000lbs, it is the vert that weighs 4100lbs+. I'm spiliting hairs, but I'm being accurate.
The 1999 Cobra was overrated, but Ford implemented a fix, and it was indeed a black eye for SVT. However, that was the only year the Ford Mustang Cobra had that issue.
The 2003-2004 Mach 1 was rated at 305hp from the factory, but makes around 285 rwhp. So either it has only 6.5% drive train loss or is underrated. I'm guessing it is underrated. Just providing a counter-example to the claim that Fords are overrated.
I'm well aware how underrated the LS1 F-bodies were, but saying a car feels faster that it is rated is pointless. Your butt dyno is no more accurate than mine.
EDIT: I didn't join this site merely to defend Mustangs or anything, but being a guy that is involved with both the Ford and Chevy communities there is a lot of misinformation and skewed perspectives on both sides. I don't want anyone to think I am here being a troll especially since I haven't bashed the Camaro. I just might end up owning a new Camaro, but that doesn't change facts.
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that thing about the shelby GT 500 not being comp for the corvette is 100% false. when the first shelby cobra raced lemans in 59, they raced and lost to the first year corvette stingray. from that point on shelby and corvette were not only competitors but fierce rivals. that includes the shelby GT 500. GT 500 is simply a shelby version of the mustang, like roush, saleen, and is not to be put with the V6 and GT mustangs. with that being said the GT 500 isnt to be compared to the V6, or the SS/Z28 camaro's maby the GMMG editions. the GT 500 is to be compared to who it was built to be direct competition for. and thats the corvette. and so goes my lesson for the week!:respekt:
oh yeah and the ford cobra had nothing to do with shelby, and in my opinion those cars can be compaired to the SS/Z28
and heres a couple of quotes to support that
carrol shelby:
"With all due respect to the Mustangs developed and sold by Ford Special Vehicle Engineering and the Special Vehicle Team between 1993 and 2004, Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby American during the 1960s. Anything else is something else--no matter how promiscuous Ford was with that hallowed badge over the last three decades."
motor trend:
"the highly sought Mustangs sold from 1965 through 1970 that bear Shelby's name never were called Cobras, even though that trademark snake logo appeared all over them. And this is the same mindset that underpins the naming--and development--of the first new, legit Shelby Mustang in 35 years. You'll find snake (and SVT) logos all over this one, too--but, officially, it's the Shelby GT 500. No misapplied Cobra branding in sight." |
