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Originally Posted by NoWRX
As much as GM likes to take credit for Ford developing the Boss and the '13 GT500, that simply isn't the case. GM still has no competitor to the Boss, therefore it wasn't developed in response to anything. Additionally, the ZL1 had nothing to do with the '13 GT500's development, either. Ford needed to bump up the GT500 because there wasn't enough differentiation between the Boss and the '12 GT500 in terms of performance. (A '12 Boss is nearly as fast in a straight line as the '12 GT500 was, for thousands less)
Pretty much. A new 5.0 isn't much slower than a '07-'09 GT500 was, the entire model lineup has just made a natural progression upwards.
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---and you'd know this because you sat in how many Ford Product Planning meetings???
Lots of conjecture in this thread.
Yes - the ZL1 was meant to take on the GT-500 --
Yes - the ZL1 was meant to take on BMW and many other cars
-- and the proof of this is a lap around Nurburgring..........or any other road course.......
I suspect (...notice I said 'suspect'.....) that the ZL1 will beat the Pony around a road course - and the Pony will be a bit faster in the quarter mile -- BUT -- as several people have pointed out: The Driver will make a difference........
Competition is good......it gets you most of what you ask for!