C&D test drive the new Cobra

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http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=19&article_id=9638&page_number=1

12.5 1/4.....

 

[Starfox07]

I thought the new cobra was gonna have a twin screw?!

 

[00 Aggie]

What is surprising is the level of civility that goes with all of this. The GT500 is by definition a muscle car, but it's not one of those remorseless brass bushing brutes that make their owners pay for visceral gratification with a relentless assault on their hearing and skeletal integrity. The 2001 SVT Mustang Cobra R comes to mind.

geniusgeniusgeniusgeniusgeniusgenius

 

[Thrust]

You just gotta love those 2001 cobra r's :loser:

 

[LogiWorld123]

" add up to a curb weight projected in the 3850-pound range"

Woof.

 

[RoadZOmbie]

Man, that is one amazing machine.... :rockon:

 

[Venix]

"The 2001 SVT Mustang Cobra R comes to mind"


wow...i remember that car.

 

[roadracer247]

Impressive numbers!

 

[SB Lightning]

I thought the new cobra was gonna have a twin screw?!

Thats what I thought too :shrug:

 

[Silver Serpent]

WTF? 12.5?
http://fast-autos.net/ford/fordmystichrome.html
The 2004 Cobra's were 12.6@112.

I guess the weight really does limit this car.

 

[knowfreed0m]

WTF? 12.5?
http://fast-autos.net/ford/fordmystichrome.html
The 2004 Cobra's were 12.6@112.

I guess the weight really does limit this car.

Na not just the weight it's the drivers that do a horrible job driving these cars.
I mean look at some mags getting a 13.9 from a 2004 GTO and a couple years ago HOTROD mag got a 13.3 from a 2003 Cobra... :bash:

 

[UCBeau]

i'm unimpressed....i was expecting ford to keep the weight down.

 

[Mischievious_01]

its projected numbers guys..............

 

[knowfreed0m]

They test drove the mule, those numbers arent projected. (only hp numbers are right now)
A quote showing they drove it:

"The only negative dynamic comment in our notebook at the end of this brief time behind the wheel......"

 

[Ripper]

It's amazing how bad these magazines are about stats and cars in general. There just there to make advertising money and put a lame ass report.

 

[knowfreed0m]

They really are bad when they test these car, especially in the 1/4 mile tests.

I mean it takes a few good pratice runs to put down a good time but it seems most (if not all) car mags. are getting times .3-.7 slower than what average people are putting down... It's just some bad driving on their part.

 

[Wildpony]

Re READ the article - all the #'s are ''projected"..

 

[LogiWorld123]

Aye, projected fatty.

 

[Silver Serpent]

They should have Carol Shelby see how fast he can get it to go in the 1/4.

 

[wals9331]

The people building these cars are scared of them because they are so fast. My dad has heard, "Someone is gonna get hurt", at the end of the assembly line more then once...