Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?

[Voltwings]

Takes a lot of extra torque and horsepower to move that 4,400 lb brick down the road.

Right lol, so my point remains the same: output =/= performance.

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

The C8 Vette is rumored to be announced a day or two before Detroit...think it will steal the thunder of the GT500 reveal should it happen at Detroit?

New source? Or your current insider connection?


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[ON D BIT]

The C8 Vette is rumored to be announced a day or two before Detroit...think it will steal the thunder of the GT500 reveal should it happen at Detroit?

You again?

Quick question, when was the last SVT/FP Mustang introduced at an auto show?
350? No
13 500? No
11 500? No

 

[blk02edge]

You again?

Quick question, when was the last SVT/FP Mustang introduced at an auto show?
350? No
13 500? No
11 500? No

Was the gt350 not at detroit auto show?

 

[ON D BIT]

Was the gt350 not at detroit auto show?

Separate media event, Nov 17 2014. Then it took an entire year to hit showroom floors.

https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/the-gt350-is-here.1044973/

 

[blk02edge]

Separate media event, Nov 17 2014. Then it took an entire year to hit showroom floors.

https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/the-gt350-is-here.1044973/

Well in that sense the new 500 has already been introduced..? Unveiling was NAIAS as id assume the 500 will be as well

 

[ON D BIT]

Well in that sense the new 500 has already been introduced..? Unveiling was NAIAS as id assume the 500 will be as well

It has not. Ford has yet to release their full press release to the public.
We’ve seen glimpses and a leak.

 

[DepWraith]

My source is that it's a pretty widespread rumor it will, again that's why I wrote "should it happen at Detroit"...

I'll just leave this here for those that were questioning a reveal at an auto show.

650 horsepower, 200 mph 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 debuts at L.A. Auto Show

 

[DAVESVT2000]

Chicago has traditionally been the auto show that Ford unveils the latest mustangs.

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

Chicago has traditionally been the auto show that Ford unveils the latest mustangs.

This!


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[Tob]

I could see Ford throwing Shelby in Vegas a bone with the GT500 and doing something like this again...

 

[blk02edge]

Oh right it was the 350R at NAIAS

 

[The Saint]

So I woke up today to my wife saying "Let's drive your new GT-500 to your parents house today, oh wait never mind we are not dreaming anymore!!!"..... First Ford now my Wife....

 

[rwleonard]

That's one mean woman you have there.

 

[The Saint]

That's one mean woman you have there.

Well on one hand she want's me to buy it and on the other she is trolling me so I guess it evens out.

 

[Smooth]

So I woke up today to my wife saying "Let's drive your new GT-500 to your parents house today, oh wait never mind we are not dreaming anymore!!!"..... First Ford now my Wife....

Did you give her an Avenatti and tell her to snap out of it?

 

[Voltwings]

Anyone else read the December Motortrend? I read it on the plane, so I'm reciting this off the top of my head, but they interviewed someone high up at Ford (Probably DerpWraiths guy) who said the vehicle will be dropping as a '20 model year the second half of next year.

What do you want to bet they're just debuting that thing on the new chassis? It would be stupid to have one year of the car on the current chassis and then have to change it all again. Makes sense to have the S650 (that's it, right?) just come out of the gate swinging with a GT500 launch, but no sense in cannibalizing S550 sales for the next 6 months or so.

 

[ZEN357]

Maybe Ford doesn't want to get into the liability of offering a factory dragcar?

 

[rwleonard]

Why would a drag car be worse than a road course car from a liability standpoint?

 

[Smooth]

Again...