2020 GT500 @ Washington Auto Show

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6 more months before a single car even gets delivered. Great job FORD! You did it! Still waiting to see how relevant this car is as a track weapon once the Mid-Engine Vette arrives weighing 800 pounds less and has the same power for around the same price. Going to be comical. But hey, maybe that's why they are holding the numbers back. Cause the only place this car will win is in yo heads! (and imaginations).
Then go buy a Vette !!
 

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6 more months before a single car even gets delivered. Great job FORD! You did it! Still waiting to see how relevant this car is as a track weapon once the Mid-Engine Vette arrives weighing 800 pounds less and has the same power for around the same price. Going to be comical. But hey, maybe that's why they are holding the numbers back. Cause the only place this car will win is in yo heads! (and imaginations).
This coming from the guy who has Cobra shoes, Cobra jacket, and claimed to be jockeying for one?
 

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Older style headlights were used as GT350 CF grille opening reinforcement panel was used. Beyond that the "styling" is all new.


just looks alot closer to a 15-17 car too me..the car looks great just odd that they couldn't engineer something around the reinforcement panel in order to incorporate the updated headlights, cant recall the last time the Cobra/GT500 had different headlamps than the GT and lower trims
 

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6 more months before a single car even gets delivered. Great job FORD! You did it! Still waiting to see how relevant this car is as a track weapon once the Mid-Engine Vette arrives weighing 800 pounds less and has the same power for around the same price. Going to be comical. But hey, maybe that's why they are holding the numbers back. Cause the only place this car will win is in yo heads! (and imaginations).
720s, stronger than the Ford GT....has your name all over it!
 

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2011 GT500's were different than the GT's.
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does no one else find it odd the new GT500 is using the styling from the 15-17 cars and is not adopting the 2018 styling? can anyone offer any insight as to why Ford is limiting the 18 styling to the GT and lower trims only?

Because the car is years late, they've been working on it forever.

I can here everyone now with saying I'm wrong, but using a headlight style from 2015 on a 2020 car is not something they planned, lol.
 

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6 more months before a single car even gets delivered. Great job FORD! You did it! Still waiting to see how relevant this car is as a track weapon once the Mid-Engine Vette arrives weighing 800 pounds less and has the same power for around the same price. Going to be comical. But hey, maybe that's why they are holding the numbers back. Cause the only place this car will win is in yo heads! (and imaginations).

So funny how so many people on here have been pleading for the GT500 to show up hundreds of pounds lighter to increase the performance and then scoff at Kaneda's post about the upcoming mid engine vette doing exactly that.

I love Fords, but I'm willing to be he's right on with the performance and price comparison.
 

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I forget about the later years but the '07-'09 GT500 used unique headllamps.

Never noticed that until now, they are a slightly different shape

2011 GT500's were different than the GT's.
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appears to be the same housing except the GT500 lamp comes with a projector for the HID bulb

Ford is also doing the same thing with the Raptor as well, why are they using the older headlamps/front fascia on the 2018+ Raptors, when I first saw it with the 2018 GT350 and Raptor I figured the following years would have the updated headlamps/body panels (for instance like the 2004 F150 was the newer body style but the 2004 Lightning was the 97-03 style) but the 2019 SVT vehicles are still using the 2015 components as well, will any of the current SVT products ever see the 2018+ updates?
 

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So funny how so many people on here have been pleading for the GT500 to show up hundreds of pounds lighter to increase the performance and then scoff at Kaneda's post about the upcoming mid engine vette doing exactly that.

I love Fords, but I'm willing to be he's right on with the performance and price comparison.
I don’t see it. The c7 is 3500lbs the z is 3600lbs and I don’t see the c8 being any lighter. They moved the weight not decreasing it.
The vette has always been more performance at a higher price. Is this changing? No.
And as we’ve already stated there have been a number of mid engine(non exotic) sports on the market. R8 and nsx come to mind. What the c8 is becoming is nothing new.

If correct with the 4 sec difference the new GT500 could be as fast on the track as the outgoing c7z. Not bad considering it weighs about 600lbs more.


Don’t forget neither the C8Z or the new GT500 will take the demon in a race....
 

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Don’t forget neither the C8Z or the new GT500 will take the demon in a race....

The C8 is not a straight line car and is not being made to compete with the Demon. It is targeting Porshe, Mcleran, and Lamborghini and other exotics. With that being said, I'm sure once the higher trim level variants ( ZR1 or Zora whichever they decided to use) come out the Demon will be out matched in a straight line then as well.
 

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The C8 is not a straight line car and is not being made to compete with the Demon. It is targeting Porshe, Mcleran, and Lamborghini and other exotics. With that being said, I'm sure once the higher trim level variants ( ZR1 or Zora whichever they decided to use) come out the Demon will be out matched in a straight line then as well.
I looked at 4 of the latest corvette forums and they all had fast lists, listing 1/4 mile times. Only one listed road course times. Very interesting....

Maybe its a drastic shift from the way corvettes used to be produced? Regardless I’m sure gm will add tunes shaved tires add on spoilers not shown on the the production/media c8 to create greater mysticism at the ring:)
 

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