2020 Ford GT500 Unveiled
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This is purely personal preference, but having driven both last year, I’d go GT500 in a heartbeat. It’s just such a damn street bruiser. Unapologetic overkill. But you also have to look at it as the new Vette being in the basement of special editions and performance packages, and the GT500 at the top of its game. I’m sure sure the C8 will eventually get some of that brutality in higher spec packages.
GT500 for looks for sure. This base Vette idk, it’s just not a good looking car. To make it semi decent you are pushing 75-80k retail non inflated prices. But again, ugly in my opinion.
However performance wise the Vette is nuts. Cutting sub 3 seconds to 60 and it’s not even the ZO6 is crazy. And from random videos I’ve seen walks away from the GT500 from a dig just being able to plant the power it has better.
Just watched an LMR video where they slapped nitrous on to the new Vette and it’s already having transmission slipping issues at mid 500 hp. That’s not a good sign for future modifications. It was only a 100-150 shot. So basically any light mods and you are decent money into this car.
However performance wise the Vette is nuts. Cutting sub 3 seconds to 60 and it’s not even the ZO6 is crazy. And from random videos I’ve seen walks away from the GT500 from a dig just being able to plant the power it has better.
Just watched an LMR video where they slapped nitrous on to the new Vette and it’s already having transmission slipping issues at mid 500 hp. That’s not a good sign for future modifications. It was only a 100-150 shot. So basically any light mods and you are decent money into this car.
The gt500 with a pulley swap and tune and maybe headers has to be insane if Bru is saying it’s a street bruiser stock.
Agreed. I was comparing stock to stock how crazy the vette really is from a dig.
Power adding though, not good from the Vette side if a 100 shot was showing transmission slip already. That means the car is maxed as is.
I read and heard how engineers got the car to have quick shifts without causing driveline shock. As to not hit the tires hard, cause spin, or to upset the chassis. A quick shift without a hard-hitting clutch engagement is probably not easy to do. Especially with all that torque. As well that it finds the correct gear depending on the speed, throttle input, and so on. Pretty impressive since the only other DCT they had developed calibrations for was in the Ford GT. Which has a lot less weight and power.
People keep complaining about how the car doesn't have a manual trans option. I argue that this car probably would be nowhere as good of a car with a manual trans. The DCT is a major ingredient in the recipe.
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Agreed. Especially with the power levels these cars are coming out with these days.
I believe it was the Veloster N with the new DCT that people were praising making the car better than the manual. In lap times and driving experience. So even with low hp cars, a good DCT can be beneficial to many owners. The market wants them too. Porsche dropped the manual in the GT3 and the internet shouted how the world wants a true driver's car to be a manual. They brought the manual back and not many buyers optioned their cars with the manual. lol
I believe it was the Veloster N with the new DCT that people were praising making the car better than the manual. In lap times and driving experience. So even with low hp cars, a good DCT can be beneficial to many owners. The market wants them too. Porsche dropped the manual in the GT3 and the internet shouted how the world wants a true driver's car to be a manual. They brought the manual back and not many buyers optioned their cars with the manual. lol
We can’t forget to thank Tremec either. Because Ford’s other DCT transmission, the PowerShit, was a steamy hot mess.
Lmao you just cant stand anything Ford, can you? Ford could build the best car on the planet and everyone would agree, except you. You'd be the only asshole on planet earth standing loud and proud calling it a pos that nobody cares about.
Boring color that blends in. Gimme grabber lime, perf blue, velocity, red, white. Anything but silver!
Lmao you just cant stand anything Ford, can you? Ford could build the best car on the planet and everyone would agree, except you. You'd be the only asshole on planet earth standing loud and proud calling it a pos that nobody cares about.
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I thought you ordered five for yourself? I can't say I am surprised with all of the money you have floating around.
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