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With 500hp, you should be running a hell of a lot faster than a 13.1 with a trap speed of 112.2.

And the cruise range is only 210 miles with 16 gallons.

What the hell is Ford designing?  

ssali:
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With 500hp, you should be running a hell of a lot faster than a 13.1 with a trap speed of 112.2.

And the cruise range is only 210 miles with 16 gallons.

What the hell is Ford designing?

Ford can design?  

ssali:
http://maxgohan.com/upload/files/4/2007shelbytest6sn.jpg

With 500hp, you should be running a hell of a lot faster than a 13.1 with a trap speed of 112.2.

And the cruise range is only 210 miles with 16 gallons.

What the hell is Ford designing?

A great car. Its OBVIOUS to anyone with ANY BRAINS changed the numbers on the magazine.  

0-60 in 4.7 is pretty fast and you can also get 500 horses for around 45 grand, find me another car that you can go into a dealership and buy with that kind of power for 45 grand. i dont think they were keeping mileage in mind while designing this car, maybe i missed when a car became cool because it gets good mileage  

Burtreyn0lds:
0-60 in 4.7 is pretty fast and you can also get 500 horses for around 45 grand, find me another car that you can go into a dealership and buy with that kind of power for 45 grand. i dont think they were keeping mileage in mind while designing this car, maybe i missed when a car became cool because it gets good mileage

I just figured the car would get more than 13 miles per gallon. There are other faster cars with better gas mileage. But to each their own.  

Since when do we take Ford horsepowers seriously anyway?  

i know a car with those numbers for cheaper - a four door sedan actually - Subaru WRX STi for $10,000 less, and it wont break  

Ford just throws in a big engine, but does not tune the suspension to handle it. It's cheap because its mainly the engine upgrade that your paying for!  

Burtreyn0lds:
0-60 in 4.7 is pretty fast and you can also get 500 horses for around 45 grand, find me another car that you can go into a dealership and buy with that kind of power for 45 grand. i dont think they were keeping mileage in mind while designing this car, maybe i missed when a car became cool because it gets good mileage

ssali:
I just figured the car would get more than 13 miles per gallon. There are other faster cars with better gas mileage. But to each their own.

Well consider this, in 1964, I owned a Ford "R" Code 427 w/ Dual Quads and 425 HP. The car posted nearly identical numbers for the quarter mile, and 0 - 60, but the ACTUAL mileage was 6 MPG City, 8 MPG Highway.    The car would pass anything but a gas station and the top end was an estimated 165 MPH. BUT, back then, premium hi octaine gasoline sold for less the $0.30 per gallon.  

This new GT 500 gets a doubled boost in mileage because of modern technology of computer perfomance enhancements and multi-port EFI.    Gas has gone up 1000% and so did the vehicle price.   The 07 GT 500 cost is $45,000... I only paid $4500 for my 64 "R" Code.   That "R" Code could fetch anywhere for $100,000 to $250,000 today... too bad I no longer have it.  

13 miles to the gallon for a ford anything is good. I remember my father always bought ford station wagons and was happy to get 10mpg  
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I agree

I considered a GT500 but decided that the 08 C6 Corvette was the best value in a American made sports car.  Check out the Delivery of my new Corvette at the National Corvette Museum.

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Ben