They made a bunch of money this quarter despite all the offshoring and penny pinching
why would they stop when the bean counters and MBAs run the show?
If you're not talking prepped surfaces when you're comparing 0-60 there's almost no point in talking about them. It's the only way to make it fair and comparable.
Dragy is very accurate.
I don't think it's disliked, it's just an overhyped, underwhelming $325,000 Mustang that:
1. Barely beats a 502hp, $240,000 Porsche around the Nurbginrgingging
2. Loses to a production line built Corvette around the Nurburugningging
3. Barely beats the S550 GT500 in the 1/4 mile
Plus you can't...
The dissappointing part is, if you look at the non-supercharged numbers, the dark horse only went 10mph faster in the 1/4 mile and only 10mph faster at the end of the race
115 vs 125mph and 128 vs 138mph
Added 200hp on the dyno (while whipple claims a 300hp gain) and only gained 10mph trap...
It's 810 crank not wheel (and wasn't making full power)
That car 'only' made 629 at the tire
The handling pack Dark Horse is 4,028lb according to the magazines
Add another 100lbs for the supercharger and 200lbs for a driver
4,328lbs total
They're on a dusty ass airstrip. Plus, the C8 has the engine over the rear wheels. Remember the ZR1 does 0-60 in 2.2 seconds. MotorTrend went 2.8 in a C8 Stingray. The GT500 and GTD still have a crappy 0-60 because of the chassis (Motortrend went 3.38 in a GTD, AutoWeek did the same in a GT500...
They sell what, 600,000 F150's a year compared to 20,000 EcoBoost mustangs?
hopefully the new block design of the 2020 or whatever year it was holds up better than the old ones