2015 Shelby GT350 Mustang

catfishmontana wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
I wouldn't care if it could break the sound barrier. That Mustang is fugly.

I thought that also, then stopped a dealership last weekend to take a look. If you haven't seen one in person, you should. The front end still has most of the styling cues from the 2014. And the fastback roofline looks great in person.

I agree the new Mustang is a fantastic looking car. I was referring to the all wheel drive contraption in the video.

I was bored tonight. :) :B

97 SHO VS 97 GTP

Never been a big fan of the SHO, except for the fact you had the ability to row through the gears, but I have had three supercharged 3800 cars and like the article says...
"If you haven't yet figured out that we think the new Pontiac Grand Prix GTP handily whips the Ford Taurus SHO, then you're probably still contributing to the Committee to Elect Dukakis. Still, the SHO remains an impressive monument to Japanese-American technology. And for most folks, it's plenty rapid. But the Grand Prix GTP, despite lacking some of the SHO's sophistication, is not only considerably quicker and more pampering, it's a bunch cheaper every time you write the payment check."

From one of the LSx (LS1, LS2, LS3, etc) boards I frequent.

I still would prefer this Mustang:

AWD 1965 Mustang

Hannibal wrote:
I wouldn't care if it could break the sound barrier. That Mustang is fugly.

I thought that also, then stopped a dealership last weekend to take a look. If you haven't seen one in person, you should. The front end still has most of the styling cues from the 2014. And the fastback roofline looks great in person.

FishOnOne wrote:

Lessmore wrote:
Wonder how the Mustang in question would do in an acceleration contest, between it and the new Dodge Hellcat ?

Good question... but I think I would have to give the nod to the Mustang.

Driver and traction aside, I'd give the hellcat the nod. However, none of the independent magazine tests are getting the kind of performance numbers out of the hellcat that dodge claimed, especially with the manual transmission. The outgoing 2014 GT500 ran better numbers even being down 45 horsepower, when comparing to the challenger hellcat. The GT350 will be fast, but that 707 horsepower will be a lot to overcome. The GT350 is not a straight line performance vehicle, it's more of a track star aimed at the likes of the Z28, BMW, and Porsches

I wouldn't care if it could break the sound barrier. That Mustang is fugly.

Lessmore wrote:
Wonder how the Mustang in question would do in an acceleration contest, between it and the new Dodge Hellcat ?

Good question... but I think I would have to give the nod to the Mustang.

Taco wrote:

pasusan wrote:
The only *real* Mustang is a '65. And I feel I can post about it in the Tow Vehicles forum 'cuz I actually did tow a travel trailer with mine. :C


For a bit of fun - here is a cool ride (my Mustang was NOT like this):
Ken Block's Mustang

I really like the Hoonicorn mustang in the Ken Block video. It is a much better example of how a performance V8 should sound than the GT350 mustang.

But I really don't care for the Ken Block video itself. While Ken Block is a better driver than I could dream of being the video doesn't really showcase it. It really seems like he is over his head trying to control the car through most of it. The amount of tire tracks on the road during the video shows that he took many many tries at lots of the shots. It looks like he is just wildly pitching it into many of the turns and eventually it stick without spinning out or hitting anything.

Taco, :B
None of the previous tire tracks show he ran off the road so none of your statements are substantiated... And with 845hp the 4 wheel drive/Pirelli's don't have a chance to maintain any traction.