I havenāt watched this latest vids but in the past people had complained the Edmundās drivers werenāt launching at the right RPMs, in the right drive mode, and theyāre paddle shifting instead of letting the car shift for itself
In fairness there are always takers for the ābrand newā item. Even with absurd ADMs. Letās see what the numbers look like compared to the GT500 over the full run
Stop, going sub 7 was awesome! But donāt ignore their other goals. Iām not making it up itās what the company has stated.
Otherwise, why did they go back to the ring with whippled GTD after already breaking 7? Because the arenāt doneā¦
Because Porsche to my knowledge has never said they are āgoing after the Americansā or targeting the Mustang. So they donāt need to go trim for trim. We are the self proclaimed challenger in this instance. We need to put up or shut up essentially
I didnāt miss it at all. Shareholder excitement should translate to stock prices otherwise itās meaningless. And Ford stock is pretty much where it always is lol. I know because I am a shareholder. (Not hard to be one when the stock is about $13/share)
So no it hasnāt really impacted much other...
They have billions available but they only allocate so much to the Mustang program precisely for why you said, itās low volume. So they are not going to do a GTD program AND other costly special editions. Thatās why we got the GT500 1.1 instead of something new. And we probably BARELY got that...
It does to me. When we were battling Camaros and Challengers we sure had trim for trim competitions
Maybe Porsche would need a V8 if we were actually faster than themā¦
Very well said. And I like the GTD but your points are hard to refute. Especially when that GTD program money could have been put into actually investing in attainable Mustang models, instead of forcing the S650 generation into being S550 1.1. I wonder if we could have gotten next gen Mustang...
Because Farley says he wants to beat the Europeans and go toe to toe with Porsche. Well Porsche has proven they can break records with multiple transmission options. We canāt