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If I had the money and lived somewhere else I might just buy one.
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Really is a good looking car now. The looks have just enough Ferrari 458 influence. I hope they can avoid the temptation for a cheesy insert in the hood like they did the C6 ZR1. Glad to see the car still has a proper stick shift. I know paddles are far faster, but people who love driving (usually) want a stick. Not like most will be on a track anyway.
I still don't like the new rear, and for that kind of money you can get an Aston or a Porsche. That comparison is easy.
Well I'm expecting it'll run around $110, $120K in Canada. You can get a 911S for around 130K, and this thing will run circles around it on the track and on the street.
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Originally Posted By: theKhan
Why somewhere else? Miami is car country.
Not if you're commuting to work with how bad the traffic is here. Why buy a fast car if I'll be stuck on the highway doing 30 mph max? lol
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I've always been a Ford fan, mostly the Mustangs... but recently, since I started going to the Sport Car races, I'm in love with the new Corvette, rode in one at Sebring, and even liking the new Race Camaro's... slowing slipping to the Chevy side after 40 years.
I've always been a Ford fan, mostly the Mustangs... but recently, since I started going to the Sport Car races, I'm in love with the new Corvette, rode in one at Sebring, and even liking the new Race Camaro's... slowing slipping to the Chevy side after 40 years.
They're all great cars, and I'd be happy to own any one of them. I really like my 2014 Mustang, but would happily trade it straight across for a C7 'Vette.
Here's some info on the 2015+ Mustang - maybe it will keep you from slipping completely to the dark side...
Rumored to be the GT350, painted to try to hide some of its looks: (Ford is saying that the new GT with the Performance Package will outperform the 2013 Boss 302, so I wonder what this can do).
And a few images of some other levels, like GT and Ecoboost:
Yeah, the grille and headlights look a lot alike, but the Fusion's a nice looking car, so I don't see a similarity as necessarily a bad thing. At least they're doing something new.
Ford retro'd the Mustang, then Chevy followed and retro's the Camaro. Ford made a somewhat stripped-down track version of the Mustang in the Boss 302, Chevy is following suit with the Z/28. Given that Chevy seems to just follow Ford, I won't be surprised if the next Camaro goes in a more modern direction.
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Evolutionary not Revolutionary is the buzz word for the next Camaro. based on the new Alpha platform should be a little smaller and lighter and using the new LT1 Direct Injected engine.
The Alpha platform is good. I hope they modernize its looks some, and improve the interior. The Mustang interiors were always a little cheap, and word is the new one is much better, from everyone who's seen it.
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It's easy to make them faster, nicer interior materials etc, it helps raise the price tag. They need to get back to affordable muscle...that goes for Ford, GM and Chrysler. They've forgotten their roots. They did this to trucks 20 years ago, making them overpriced, leatherbound, luxury vehicles, and SUV's became luxury station wagons. They're trying to overprice the classic muscle names now. Of course the V6's of today outperform many classic muscle cars from back when, but it would be nice to see some stripped and well priced V8's out there again. Stick shift, V8 or HO V8, manual windows and locks, cloth interior, no iPod hookup, no blu-tooth, no navigation crap and no cruise control for all I care. A/C (yes/no), radio (yes/no), carpet or spray on bedliner? (well, maybe not that far) They can still offer the high end models, but they need to come back down to Earth a bit.
Not like most will be on a track anyway.
