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Vega · 03-25-2011, 06:03 AM

Mkay, i have quite an oppinion on this (as usual haha, only maybe not so controversial this time LOL) so here goes...

Seems to me Ford decided it was so scared of what GM might do that it started getting scared of itself in the process. So Ford creates the Boss 302 and it tops the GT500 only its lighter and N/A. GM responding late, as usual, creates a GT500 fighter, basically clones a GT500 with GM parts and fixes all of the retartedly simple points Ford continuously misses on (adding near slick-width tires and launch control). Now if i were Ford id stop there. Here Ford has a brand new model that BESTS the GT500 without forced induction and does it CHEAPER. What better way to destroy GM's brand new pride and joy than to put it in a market all by itself? Nobody would want it, itd be $10k more expensive than Ford's Boss and would force GM back to the drawing board before their new baby even hit the streets.

But no, instead Ford decides they have to trump back and adds more hurt under the hood when the problem has nothing to do with power at all, its all in the fact that it cant hook up for sh*t, and as such an SS Camaro, rival to a GT mustang not a GT500, can pull almost the exact same times. So instead of making the car grip and pulling those times down to where they should be, they add 70 more horsepower on which isnt going anywhere but a bigger smoke cloud at the tree. And as if that wasnt bad enough, now Ford is saying "we're done with retro, i know i know, we just redesigned the Mustang but we're tired of it already" well guess what Ford, THE PUBLIC ISNT. Here we're JUST getting into the new styling and Ford is saying "we want to go modern" which to me sounds more like "we wanna look like Europe".

So lets recap...the GT500 is running from the GM, the ZL1, the Boss 302, its own styling, and the thought of not having the most horsepower. I admire Ford for trying to stay ahead of the game so much and succeeding so well as it has. But after reading this article i realize Ford has botched on 3 major decisions that could have kept them in that winning-streak.

1.) The Boss 302 could have destroyed GM's dream of a GT500 fighter before anyone even got a chance to buy it. Even if the ZL1 pulled better numbers (which im sure it would) the $10k difference on a car that can do double as both a tight-wound track car and a tame daily driver would have under-cut the ZL1 easily.

2.) The GT500 does NOT need more horsepower to trump the ZL1, it needs BETTER TRACTION. Its needed this since it was introduced, how can you overlook this? Besides, Ford is still looking at the LSA in the ZL1 as it is in the CTS-V, my advice is dont expect the luxury car's version to match the high-performance muscle car's version (again, doesnt exactly take Sherlock F*ckin Holmes to understand that)

3.) Ford is revising the look of the Mustang to look more modern. The retro theme is a huge hit right now and something YOU started, why duck out now? Sure youre sales arent the highest in the pony car market but people are still happy and youre still making money so why potentially compromise that by trying to go "modern"..again? The reality is you've sold so many cars that people are seeing them everywhere, and nobody wants a cookie-cutter car, they want a car that represents them, something original and semi-unique that isnt on every street corner. So ironicly the reason you want to go modern is because you sold too much of the previous design -_-' wow...

03-25-2011, 06:03 AM	#10817
Vega Drives: 91' Camaro RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 589 View My Garage	Mkay, i have quite an oppinion on this (as usual haha, only maybe not so controversial this time LOL) so here goes... Seems to me Ford decided it was so scared of what GM might do that it started getting scared of itself in the process. So Ford creates the Boss 302 and it tops the GT500 only its lighter and N/A. GM responding late, as usual, creates a GT500 fighter, basically clones a GT500 with GM parts and fixes all of the retartedly simple points Ford continuously misses on (adding near slick-width tires and launch control). Now if i were Ford id stop there. Here Ford has a brand new model that BESTS the GT500 without forced induction and does it CHEAPER. What better way to destroy GM's brand new pride and joy than to put it in a market all by itself? Nobody would want it, itd be $10k more expensive than Ford's Boss and would force GM back to the drawing board before their new baby even hit the streets. But no, instead Ford decides they have to trump back and adds more hurt under the hood when the problem has nothing to do with power at all, its all in the fact that it cant hook up for sht, and as such an SS Camaro, rival to a GT mustang not a GT500, can pull almost the exact same times. So instead of making the car grip and pulling those times down to where they should be, they add 70 more horsepower on which isnt going anywhere but a bigger smoke cloud at the tree. And as if that wasnt bad enough, now Ford is saying "we're done with retro, i know i know, we just redesigned the Mustang but we're tired of it already" well guess what Ford, THE PUBLIC ISNT. Here we're JUST getting into the new styling and Ford is saying "we want to go modern" which to me sounds more like "we wanna look like Europe". So lets recap...the GT500 is running from the GM, the ZL1, the Boss 302, its own styling, and the thought of not having the most horsepower. I admire Ford for trying to stay ahead of the game so much and succeeding so well as it has. But after reading this article i realize Ford has botched on 3 major decisions that could have kept them in that winning-streak. 1.) The Boss 302 could have destroyed GM's dream of a GT500 fighter before anyone even got a chance to buy it. Even if the ZL1 pulled better numbers (which im sure it would) the $10k difference on a car that can do double as both a tight-wound track car and* a tame daily driver would have under-cut the ZL1 easily. 2.) The GT500 does NOT need more horsepower to trump the ZL1, it needs BETTER TRACTION. Its needed this since it was introduced, how can you overlook this? Besides, Ford is still looking at the LSA in the ZL1 as it is in the CTS-V, my advice is dont expect the luxury car's version to match the high-performance muscle car's version (again, doesnt exactly take Sherlock F*ckin Holmes to understand that) 3.) Ford is revising the look of the Mustang to look more modern. The retro theme is a huge hit right now and something YOU started, why duck out now? Sure youre sales arent the highest in the pony car market but people are still happy and youre still making money so why potentially compromise that by trying to go "modern"..again? The reality is you've sold so many cars that people are seeing them everywhere, and nobody wants a cookie-cutter car, they want a car that represents them, something original and semi-unique that isnt on every street corner. So ironicly the reason you want to go modern is because you sold too much of the previous design -_-' wow...