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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole

And that was the problem with Ford. They needed a new platform, more HP, CF wheels, etc, to go up against an outgoing Z28 that GM had long since abandoned. Although I do not care for the Z28 one bit, GM did create it as a purpose-built track car that sacrificed a lot of creature comforts. It came out in 2014 and the last year for it was 2015. Ford then put out the GT350 and kept it going for years. The only time it seems that FOrd can beat Chevy is when they're fighting backwards against an old platform and when they have more tech and HP at their disposal. Even then they don't win by much. Or they get tied at something. Or they lose at something. Ford cannot clean sweep a Camaro unless everything is stacked in their favor and even then it is still questionable or they need an upgraded version that costs even more money to do it. Hence the CF GT500 at $94K. They are going up against a car from 2017, they have more HP, the car costs $25K more, and it is still not a guaranteed victory. And even then, if it does win at everything, you have to ask if the cost justifies the performance or if you can even buy one in the first place.

I'm not one of those people. All this tells me is that people are very gullible and easily manipulated into spending money on something that does not exist. I don't care for ranting and raving. I don't care if every reviewer gets out of a car and declares that there is "something about it". If you can't show it to me, if you can't show me what I'm spending my money on, then I'm basically throwing money away. I could pour syrup on shit and call it "pancakes" and say it's the best thing you'll ever eat and there's just "something about it" and at the end of the day I'm selling you shit with syrup on it. And to each their own. If someone thinks there is some magical quality about the GT350 and that it gives them some sort of pleasure that can't be described and if they deem it worth thousands of dollars in markups on an already expensive car and if it gets smoked by a cheaper car with more options and if that person is happy, then hell, congrats to them. But if you can't show me what I'm paying for, then I gave you money for nothing.

Ok, then go buy a veloster and I'll go buy my C8. Again, talking about how "engaging" a car is means nothing to me. It might as well be made up. You ever hear about The Emperor's New Clothes? Exactly. If someone gets out of a slow ass car like a Veloster and starts talking about how "engaging" it is and claim it to be better than a C8 then I'd laugh in their face. I buy a performance car for performance. Don't tell me how "engaging" it is.

Excellent post