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Originally Posted by a_Username
Why do people bring that up? Ford chose a different direction to make those 1/4 times, and Camaro chose the brute force direction. The only thing that should be compared is price range. Out of all the GT500 vs. SS threads I've seen, I have yet to see someone go "That's good for over a 140+ HP, non-supercharged deficit."
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Agreed, diffent people think different but a serious comparison is more about features at a pricepoint than such details. Sure details such as horsepower and gearing ratios are important, particularly for those interested in aftermarket modifications but for general comparison purposes they are nothing more than a distraction.
As for Ford's in general, I had an '84 Ranger and while from the specs it didn't seem like much the abuse that thing took while lasting 200k+ was downright impressive. It was twice the truck the '88 S-10 I later had was, and that's not even counting the thrown rod that punched a hole in the block around 100k. With any large manufacturer you can easily find people with terrible stories, I could tell you some doosies with Chevy's, Fords, Toyota's, Honda's and so forth just off the top of my head. In truth there are certain models, certain engines, etc to avoid but very rarely are there certain manufacturers that just make junk across the board. Even at the low points of the 70s and 80s the worst problems were mostly tied to price across the board and and quality problems were more related cutting corners on certain models to that were struggling to meet competitive pricepoints.