2016 Ford GT350 discussion
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"all motor and no grace"
the nutswinging is hard in this one.
We know you swing from the Hellcat. It's a straight line car. I get that. It's built for a different demographic than this and the Z/28. Just as the 911 GT3 is built for a different demographic from than a standard 911 owner.
Ill accept your apology when the pricing is announced. And wouldnt you guys like this car more if it was exactly the same but with 700hp not 500??? Exactly...
I do?
who said it's "just a straight line car" anyways...
i think you missed my post in here too where I said i dig this...
give credit where credit is due man...
they designed the hellcat to be able to go all out for 20 minutes and not lose any performance from it's engine.
show me the next 20 minute drag race you see
Corvette weight? That’s pretty unrealistic unless you added a ton of carbon fiber to the car, then you’d be bitching that the cost was too high.
Competition forced Ford’s hand. The Camaro was beating the Boss, even the 1LE put a beating to the Boss Laguna Seca. I think that the Z/28 and how well it handled caught Ford with their pants down too.
No man I wouldnt be bitching about it being expensive if it was corvette weight. Then the 500hp and matching price tag would make sense. This is what I have been saying since the get-go. On the flip side, if its not corvette weight, then it had better be loaded GT money. See the points Im trying to make. They need to pick a market and stick to it.
Furthermore why try to take market share away from an already very small market car like the Z/28???? That in itself make no sense. That car is stripped to the bones and is $75k and really only works on the track to its full potential. I SMH at GM for that car too. I was excited to see what it was going to be, but quickly wrote it off as a street car because of the 1 speaker and no a/c. Nope thats a bone headed move for GM to make that car, and for Ford to follow.
I'd love to see them all tested and I am sure they will shortly. I bet out of the three even though the Hellcat has significantly more power, the Z/28 and GT350 will be seconds faster. Look at the GT500 vs. Z28 as a good example of how horsepower doesn't always trump a well balanced chassis, good brakes, and sticky tires. Just like the GT500, the Challenger is under-tired from the factory.
Jason you are COMPLETELY right... And the next point is WHO CARES????????????????? Lets see them lined up at barrington and higgins and watch that hellcat with AUTO (lol) absolutely wipe the floor with them. Thats what people will care about.
i think the z28 is plenty badass...
and looks like this guy can drive it as a street car quite easily.
Let's see all three of them lined up at Autobahn Country Club. Not everyone cares about drag racing. Why don’t you write GM and let them know that no one cares about the Z06 being able to handle? Tell them to put all of their money into making it 1000hp with the stock brakes and suspension. See what I am getting at. This car wasn’t built for the straight line demographic. If it was a GT500 successor, I’d be bitching with both of you guys saying 500hp is weak. Ford chose to spend money elsewhere.
it's not like any of us could drive them anywhere near their limits to get those road track times though anyways
Why does every performance version of every car have to be a Hellcat fighter with eleventy billion HP? The Hellcat is badass, theres no denying that, but Ford made the GT500, and its still possible theyll make another. This car isnt designed to fight the Hellcat, its designed to be a track focused Mustang, a la BOSS and Z/28. Given that Ford has the resources to put nearly 650 HP in a Mustang, and chose not to leads me to believe they have another version that will rival the Hellcat. Remember this car was named GT350, not GT500. Take a look at the GT350 history, its not made on the huge Cobra Jet motors like the GT500, its in small high-revving track focused motors that were used in Trans Am and other series. Maybe Ford has plans to use this new motor to go actual racing in Trans Am, the Pirelli World Challenge, etc.
all three of them lined up at autobahn would matter far greater on who's driving than which car is there whether it be gt500/hellcat/gt350/z28...
i think the z28 is plenty badass...
and looks like this guy can drive it as a street car quite easily.
With no A/c, no doubt that windshield has fogged to perfection. I hope he carries a rag to wipe that bitch down with.
you do know that a/c is an option right...
No I didnt know that. Yeah you are right. Single zone manual A/c - $1150. So almost $80k. Nice.
i couldn't give a shit if whatever i'm buying does the nurburgring 3 seconds slower or faster than whatever else is going.
it's marketing bullshit at the end of the day especially with how high of performance any of these cars are.
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