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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole

....... These cars come from the factory equipped a certain way. The tires they have are factored into the price of the car and are part of the car itself. And a lot goes into the process of the manufacturer picking a specific tire. If people wanna give all the credit to the tire then so be it. But they would still be acknowledging that bone stock from the factory the Camaro outperforms the Mustang.

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In my opinion, this is exactly the point. Tires are part of the larger equation of decisions each company has to make to strike the right balance of performance, price and profitability for the car they want to roll out the factory door. Chevy beats Ford on performance on a trim for trim comparison. They chose to do so. Ford beats Chevy on price, at least until 2018. They have had to compromise performance to achieve that. And they chose that path

The PP1 / PP2 split is probably designed to achieve better profitability. For customers not willing to pay to get to 1LE levels of performance, Ford can still squeeze out some revenue by having them pay a little more than half to get halfway there.

So if including Pilot Cup 2 on the PP2 package gets Ford the win against the 1LE, more power to 'em (no pun intended). It's part of the balance decision made in putting the car together.