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First GT500 production body spotted

Snowflee17

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Guess what Guys and Gals, that GT500 you're all clamoring about is actually a Ford and RTR Collaboration for a brand new drift car, according to the Ford Rep at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle, PA!
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Ford owns “Cobra”
I just hope they don't use that name. Besides the fact that it's already used by a car that is powered by the Coyote engine - AC Cobra GT - the OG Cobra is just something completely different than what a Mustang is and has been. No one needs that copy cat name except, well, the Cobra.
 

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I just hope they don't use that name. Besides the fact that it's already used by a car that is powered by the Coyote engine - AC Cobra GT - the OG Cobra is just something completely different than what a Mustang is and has been. No one needs that copy cat name except, well, the Cobra.
Ford has used the Cobra name for many Mustangs over the years. I think a S650 Cobra would be really cool. But to wear that name it damn well better be special and not just a Whippled Dark Horse.
 

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Guess what Guys and Gals, that GT500 you're all clamoring about is actually a Ford and RTR Collaboration for a brand new drift car, according to the Ford Rep at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle, PA!
Genuine question - are you joking, or are you being serious? I'm not trying to take the piss - I genuinely don't understand why, if this is an RTR collaboration, that they would put Pirelli P Zero Rs on. Wouldn't they use something else?

That said I have no idea what kind of tires would be used for drifting, but it seems illogical to me to use a prototype performance tire for that purpose...
 

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Genuine question - are you joking, or are you being serious? I'm not trying to take the piss - I genuinely don't understand why, if this is an RTR collaboration, that they would put Pirelli P Zero Rs on. Wouldn't they use something else?

That said I have no idea what kind of tires would be used for drifting, but it seems illogical to me to use a prototype performance tire for that purpose...
On high horsepower drift cars, its typically very advantageous to use stickier compounds. Its the only way to achieve the entry speeds you see, full tilt, high cornering speed.
Probably why you’re seeing P-zero’s, my ¢2
 


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Genuine question - are you joking, or are you being serious? I'm not trying to take the piss - I genuinely don't understand why, if this is an RTR collaboration, that they would put Pirelli P Zero Rs on. Wouldn't they use something else?

That said I have no idea what kind of tires would be used for drifting, but it seems illogical to me to use a prototype performance tire for that purpose...
I think the Ford rep has an excellent sense of humor. Even if he knew something it would never be said out load, especially at a car show.
 
 








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