No that is not cool. Not cool at all. LMAO
Ford releasing a supercar Mustang Thursday 17th
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Golden Ticket
Application that includes a "social presence"
Super limited edition only for the super elite or "friends of ford"
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Hate? More like apathy, which is technically worse.
What makes it "meh" is not the "internet" but the just vast array of absurd super cars, hand built race cars and insane tuner cars the world has.
900hp? So what?
We've had +1000hp FI V8's for decades now. Swipe a credit card and anyone can have a 1000whp engine.
People got excited about the Evo VIII because it was a street legal rally car that was readily available and cheap. This is a bespoke built race car with a price tag and availability to match. Let me go stick that over with the Ferrari 599XX, McLaren F1 or CLK GTR. Like "oh wow, cool... anyways...."
Ton of hate in 18hrs and forgotten about 2 weeks, kinda like the new FGT.
Another thing I was thinking about the motor, (not that this matters as I'm going to need a promotion or 2 before I can afford this car) but it's probably a good thing it's using a proven motor. Yes, a 9000rpm NA V8 would be awesome (because a 900hp, 7500rpm Predator is super whack), but we saw the teething issues the GT350 had, and some issues Z06s have had. Looking at the abnormal hate this car is getting from some, can you imagine if the early GTDs started crapping motors with 50 miles on the odometer? Using a proven motor, you focus on the body and suspension, which are much less likely to have teething issues. And this car is more about the suspension and aero, similar to the GT3RS, than the motor. And that car is super duper MEH, 500hp, so slow and craptacular.
And as for the selection process, is this any worse than buying a GT-model Porsche. What types of mark-ups do you think are on the GT3, GT3RS, and 911 S/T? Yes the "social media presence" needed for the first run of FGTs sounded bad, but it seems like true enthusiast customers got the cars in the later runs. And 13COBRA saying Ford will build more then expected, and seeing the enthusiasts in just this thread that have an allocation, maybe Ford is figuring it out?
And as for the selection process, is this any worse than buying a GT-model Porsche. What types of mark-ups do you think are on the GT3, GT3RS, and 911 S/T? Yes the "social media presence" needed for the first run of FGTs sounded bad, but it seems like true enthusiast customers got the cars in the later runs. And 13COBRA saying Ford will build more then expected, and seeing the enthusiasts in just this thread that have an allocation, maybe Ford is figuring it out?
The new transaxle is $35K just by itself.
Talk about taking the lazy/cheap way out...
Cantilever?
21 year old kid built a V8 swapped Cantilever FRS on the weekend...
All sorts of dudes do kits for cars and trucks.
Does it have a warranty?
So $35k for the new transaxle minus $20k for the previous DCT. Increase of $15k would seem reasonable.
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I'll be impressed if this car matches gt3 performance since I'm not 100% sure if the GT does and multimatic didn't have their hands tied to a specific chassis on that car.
And I watched one of my techs build a tube frame for the front of an S2000 in one night. There's people who can do all sorts of crazy shit and it is impressive, but if it is so easy then why doesn't every performance car come equipped with it? I guess Koenigsegg went with an inferior suspension setup on their cars as well.
Pfft. I can build an Escort GT with 20,000 HP for $1500. Ford loses. I win.
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Cost and Production Scalability.
Hence my "meh". It's a low rate bespoke supercar. Of course they can shove a bunch of cool features and technology into it. Now do the same thing for a car under $50k at +100k units a year.
There is a reason that no one does that.
Then you don't get 98% of the things in this car. We aren't there yet, but vehicles like this help us get there eventually. Packaging will likely guarantee we never see full scale production of this type of suspension, but the ASV dampers will eventually be offered, and it may be that the next Mustang is designed with a transaxle in mind... if they keep ice as the power plant.
Just indifference here too, definitely no hate. It is some amazing hardware. But Ford is essentially just having a top tier race car builder...build race cars. It just so happens to retain enough of the body to still look similar to a mustang. It is an engineering achievement, but I don't understand the marketing approach to it or the attempted mass appeal.
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Wow, is the butt hurt ever strong in here.
As I mentioned in the other thread, I saw in a video of the reveal that it has 345s in the rear and 325s in the front!
Wow that should have an interesting turning radius. Hope the local Starbucks drive through isn’t too narrow lol.
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