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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
That comment (in the link) is a loser's statement. I used to race a guy who every time before we raced either said something was wrong with his car or that he wasn't really trying to beat on his car that night. So if he lost he didn't look bad and if he won then he looked even better. Ford got this statement out which to me is insurance so that if the GT500 doesn't hit it's mark, then they'll be spared humiliation. But lets see...over 700 HP, DCT 7 speed, 6 years in development...why the hell would they think that anyone would believe such a bullshit statement??
Yup!!
Let's go Gen by Gen. Cliff notes...
5th Gen:
-11 GT had to catch up to the 10 SS.
-13 GT500 was catching up to the 12 ZL1.
-15 GT350 was catching up to the 14 Z28. Which we all agree was a stupid and foolish errand on Ford's part.
6th Gen:
-18 GT had to catch up to the 16 SS.
-18 GT PP2 had to catch up to the 17 SLE. And even at that it wasn't available until after the 2nd half of 2018.
-2020 GT500 has to catch up to the 17 ZL1. Will it match the ZLE? Until it does the ZLE will remain the fastest.
Did I miss anything?? |
Yeah, you missed the earlier versions of the GT500 that the '12 ZL1 was made to respond to. 2007 GT500 (where was the Camaro?) had 500 hp. 2010 GT500 had 540 hp. 2011 GT500 was 550 hp. The 2011 Shelby GT500 ran VIR at 2:58, faster than many true sports cars of its time, M3, Viper SRT-10, Porsche GT3, Audi R8 V10...pretty interesting.