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Originally Posted by IcePick06
Yep weight factor and taller gearing up front helped good old Ford avoid the tax. Sadly the ZL1 weighed too much and because of this the engineers had to do lower gearing up front to get the performance figures they wanted (i.e. 0-60 mph, 1/4 mile) to be competitive with the rest of the market. Hopefully the next generation Camaro (2015 maybe?) will be on par with Ford in the weight department 
But I will be super impressed with the New GT500 if it avoids the GG tax because with all the ZR1's supercharged glory (similar HP/Torque figures to new GT500) and a more efficient LS9 motor (compared to LSA), they still couldn't avoid the tax :( |
Chevrolet should keep working on the ATS's Chassis making it as light as possible and then wait for Ford to bring out the new 6th Gen Mustang first in the next couple years. Then Chevrolet will know how much the new Mustang will weigh and will be able to see the goal weight wise to strive for. They should try to get the new 6TH Gen Camaro to weigh at least 200lbs lighter than the next Mustang then Mustangs advantage in speed will be nixed more there compairing the two.