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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
Or they had to completely dominate the field to justify the GT500. The ZL1 showed up with 30 more hp than the GT500 at that time (2012). Plus it had way more creature comforts, IRS, MRC, and was on the 5th Gen body style which at the time was the hottest thing. So to make the GT500 more appealing than the more powerful ZL1 with more features they had to shoot for the stars. And they did. If the GT500 had stayed at 550 or even had just a slight jump to match the ZL1's output at the time it wouldn't have gone well. So offer the most powerful engine (at that time) and the Ford faithful will stay...and cross-shoppers who are hp junkies will pick Ford. I don't think Ford was going after the ZR1, I think they were just trying to make the most powerful engine period.
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They could have just stayed at 600hp and locked that up (against the ZL1). Either they thought the Camaro would get the LS9 or they were out to rain on the ZR1's parade. You don't shoot for almost 100hp over your target competitor in that kind of timeframe.
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