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Originally Posted by LostM
the track is uphill actually, but thats a good attempt at excuses
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Lol ... with that camera angle in the video I saw it looked downhill. After seeing other videos, it's flat track up to the 1/4 mile then becomes uphill. So it doesn't affect acceleration. No excuses here.
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if you can afford 65k, you can afford 73k. if not, you probably cant afford 65k either, realistically.
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I am not in a market for a new car. Although for those that are, we all know lot's of people getting in Hellcats and ZL1's are putting aside a good chunk of their income to afford them. So going from 65K loan to a 100K loan can break the bank for a lot of the consumer market for these cars.
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You guys keep saying GM did it for less $.. heres the problem, THEY DIDNT. if it cant beat the GT500, then they didnt "do it"
I dont know why you are so mad or unwilling to accept it. newer cars nearly always outperform older ones. Expecting the GT500 to NOT decimiate (kill off) the Camaro was an error on your part.
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Yes, we said GM made the same or better handling car for a lot less. I bet you the standard ZL1 will out handle the base GT500. While costing 15K less. The GT500 will win in a straight line which was expected as Ford doesn't restrict the Mustang and is trying to market the car as a really solid drag car.
So where do you think we are wrong? I personally already said I don't care for 1/4 mile times. I value acceleration, and 650HP/650TQ is plenty for me. Ford realized the car community value HP/1/4 mile too much and thus put a giant supercharger twice the size of the Camaro one to get 760HP(likely underrated too) coupled with a DCT and a drag mode meant to get perfect launches at the strip. In doing so, automotive journalists managed to get an 11.1 1/4 time which is impressive. The A10 ZL1 get's like an 11.4. That's not a big difference to me.
And I prefer a manual anyway. And if I was in the market for a new muscle car, I'd go with the manual ZL1 for the fun factor, value, looks and overall balance of the chassis.