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2013-14 Shelby GT500
MT Best Drivers Car 2012. ZL1 vs GT500
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<blockquote data-quote="Jroc" data-source="post: 12131906" data-attributes="member: 51847"><p>Oh don't even front with that. That wasn't a pure "which is faster around a road course test". If it was they wouldn't have bothered running ET's, braking, and figure 8 tests. Sure they say at the end that the M3 is just a little better than the GT at the track, but it's no secret that the magazines have long been huge fanboys of the BMW 3-series car. They're nice cars, but IMO very rarely do the magazines want to do anything to place them second. Their interiors don't impress me much more than a GT's,(hell IMO a Platinum F150 has better leathers and materials), and I sure don't trust the build quality of a car I have to pay to get my oil changed to keep its warranty over a new Ford Mustang. I mean how come no one did a Boss 302 vs M3 lap time test as it was the car the Boss targeted when it was developed. IMHO I think they don't want to see it getting beat up on. Besides the biggest part of most of the GT500/ZL1 tests where the road course. Hell the GT500 should eat it alive on the street in both acceleration, and possibly livability/practicality, and the strip it isn't even a fair comparison. Sure a ZL1's nice MR IRS suspension is probably a little more compliant, and forgiving on bumps and imperfections, but a S197 is anything but hard to drive, harsh, uncomfortable, or unforgiving, and cruising down the highway a GT500 is turning over 600 less RPM's in it's final overdrive, so an uncomfortable car do to high engine speeds while cruising a GT500 is not, and it's getting noticeably better MPG's so where does the practicality of the ZL1 fit in? If someone would rather have a ZL1 that's there business, but magazines often seem to make double standards for certain cars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jroc, post: 12131906, member: 51847"] Oh don't even front with that. That wasn't a pure "which is faster around a road course test". If it was they wouldn't have bothered running ET's, braking, and figure 8 tests. Sure they say at the end that the M3 is just a little better than the GT at the track, but it's no secret that the magazines have long been huge fanboys of the BMW 3-series car. They're nice cars, but IMO very rarely do the magazines want to do anything to place them second. Their interiors don't impress me much more than a GT's,(hell IMO a Platinum F150 has better leathers and materials), and I sure don't trust the build quality of a car I have to pay to get my oil changed to keep its warranty over a new Ford Mustang. I mean how come no one did a Boss 302 vs M3 lap time test as it was the car the Boss targeted when it was developed. IMHO I think they don't want to see it getting beat up on. Besides the biggest part of most of the GT500/ZL1 tests where the road course. Hell the GT500 should eat it alive on the street in both acceleration, and possibly livability/practicality, and the strip it isn't even a fair comparison. Sure a ZL1's nice MR IRS suspension is probably a little more compliant, and forgiving on bumps and imperfections, but a S197 is anything but hard to drive, harsh, uncomfortable, or unforgiving, and cruising down the highway a GT500 is turning over 600 less RPM's in it's final overdrive, so an uncomfortable car do to high engine speeds while cruising a GT500 is not, and it's getting noticeably better MPG's so where does the practicality of the ZL1 fit in? If someone would rather have a ZL1 that's there business, but magazines often seem to make double standards for certain cars. [/QUOTE]
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