Saw a brand spankin' new Ford GT today!
Originally Posted by Thetitanium8
Why in the world would they let you drive the car? If I am buying a 200k+ car the only miles on it I want are from when it was test driven before it left the factory by their test driver. Like Lambo does with every car they make.
Its cool though that you got to drive one
Its cool though that you got to drive one

Originally Posted by abbid
Originally Posted by BlueEyes
Abbid, that occured on a pre production test mule which had one off parts and hundreds of thousands of miles. They did the recall to air on the side of caution. It has all been sorted out.
yeah, that's what it was. It was on a pre-production test mule that they noticed the problem though. It's not like some dude was driving his car around and this happened. Their testing did what it was supposed to do, and they fixed the problem. Yet, people hold it against them.
Originally Posted by abbid
. Did you read the article about the guy who got trapped inside his brand new Diablo due to a faulty door handle? Imagine his embarassment when he had to call the local police department to rescue him from his $200k+ vehicle. When I get some time I'll try to find a link to an article.
What's a little bit disappointing is that for probably around $70K you could get a 500HP C6 Z06. It'll weigh about the same and it's N/A so you could still supercharge it...
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvettez06/
It certainly doesn't have the look or the cachet but I bet the performance would be uncomfortably comparable, given the 100% price gap.
Also, I think being able to say "I drive a Ford." and have it be a ridiculous supercar is pretty freakin' cool. Most non-enthusiasts have no idea that this car even exists.
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvettez06/
It certainly doesn't have the look or the cachet but I bet the performance would be uncomfortably comparable, given the 100% price gap.
Also, I think being able to say "I drive a Ford." and have it be a ridiculous supercar is pretty freakin' cool. Most non-enthusiasts have no idea that this car even exists.
Last edited by Apophis; May 18, 2005 at 12:15 PM.
Originally Posted by babylou
Gulf Oil might have a bit to say about that color scheme.
I don't know why when people are comparing "supercars" they always leave out the Koenigsegg

Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0–62 mph) 3.2 seconds
Top speed: 395+ km/h (242+ mph)
Standing quartermile: 9 seconds, end speed 235 km/h (146 mph)
Braking distance: 31 m (100–0 km/h)
Lateral g-force: 1.3 g
Power output: 806 bhp at 6.900 rpm.
Maximum torque: 920 Nm (678 ftlb) at 5.700 rpm.
Maximum rpm: 7.600 rpm.
I don't know about everyone else, but i'd take a koenigsegg over everything else, unless someone offered me a pagani zonda roadster

Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0–62 mph) 3.2 seconds
Top speed: 395+ km/h (242+ mph)
Standing quartermile: 9 seconds, end speed 235 km/h (146 mph)
Braking distance: 31 m (100–0 km/h)
Lateral g-force: 1.3 g
Power output: 806 bhp at 6.900 rpm.
Maximum torque: 920 Nm (678 ftlb) at 5.700 rpm.
Maximum rpm: 7.600 rpm.
I don't know about everyone else, but i'd take a koenigsegg over everything else, unless someone offered me a pagani zonda roadster
I think I'd take one of these babies if it came down to performance.
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/gtr/gtr.jpg
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/newrecord.html
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/gtr/gtr.jpg
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/newrecord.html
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