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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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There was an hour long episode about it on SPEED last night. Did anyone catch it? I got it on the DVR and will watch it tonight.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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I'm not really sure if i like the look maybe it will grow on me??!!! I was hoping for more power 350+ h.p. ,but sales will still come as usual just like in the past. In this time period we best be glad we have American musclecars period ,even though we(Mustang faithful) wished for a 400+horsepower beastMaybe in 2011 like has been stated before?
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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i think the episode on SPEED actually airs tonight at 11pm eastern time
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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I like the front end and interior. Don't really care for the rear end though. As far as the engine, all along they have stated that it would use carry over engines the first year so not sure why everyone is surpised about that. I'd still expect something new for 2011.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 01:09 PM
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W/315HP THE 2010 V6 Camaro will have something too run w/now.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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Hahahaha...Ford's top of the line V8 pony car is in competition with GMs base 6 cylinder pony car.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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epic fail. interior though improved, the camaro shines over it. exterior dont like it, shouldnt have touched it. should have done something w/ those side vent thingy's theyre trying to simulate. and 315hp, not good. I wonder how much weight gain it got with the new interior, also added safety features as well. is it in the 3600+ mark now.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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I think they went in the wrong direction with this car...it looks worse now. The front end is ugly and the rear end is even uglier. The brake lights aren't too bad, but the molding of the rear end is just a complete disappointment to me haha. Interior isn't bad at all (if that's what it will look like in the production models), and the light up door sills are a cool idea, but i'm iffy on the look...they may be a bit too rice-ish
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Killer_Z
epic fail. interior though improved, the camaro shines over it. exterior dont like it, shouldnt have touched it. should have done something w/ those side vent thingy's theyre trying to simulate. and 315hp, not good. I wonder how much weight gain it got with the new interior, also added safety features as well. is it in the 3600+ mark now.

I think I read somewhere today that the cars weight actually only went up 15 pounds.


Still, that's a pound per HP. :-p
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremy02
Hahahaha...Ford's top of the line V8 pony car is in competition with GMs base 6 cylinder pony car.
Top of the line V-8 equal's the Shelby Gt500 Mustang Gt even @315 h.p., 0-60 mph times of 5 seconds might be enough to hold off that V-6 Camaro .
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BLUE OVAL TURBO
Mustang Gt even @315 h.p., 0-60 mph times of 5 seconds might be enough to hold off that V-6 Camaro .
Might be... but what is sad is there is a question whether it can or not
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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The wheels and rearend are pretty fugly. I honeslty don't know what they were thinking with the backend retyle.......it just looks like someone melted down the current car's backside. The front end looks better than I thought it would......bit more modern and aggressive. The interior is awesome, better quality materials and more tech'ish without going overboard (wonder if I can do an interior swap for my 05 ?)

And it had been said that the new motor lineup would not make it into the 2010's, so it looks now like we have to wait almost another year to find out what Ford plans to do to make the new Mustang more performance worthy. I agree with many here, its time for Ford to bless the GT with six gears. The solid rear, I can live with (especially if it keeps the car's weight down). And while I'd like to see a 400hp model out there to compete with GM's and Dodge's new arrivals....I wouldn't mind a 350-370hp GT if it means Ford will keep the price tag under 30K.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BLUE OVAL TURBO
Top of the line V-8 equal's the Shelby Gt500 Mustang Gt even @315 h.p., 0-60 mph times of 5 seconds might be enough to hold off that V-6 Camaro .
With the 315 Hp and a 150 pound weight advantage the GT will be able to stay ahead of the base V6 Camaro, it just should be able to put out a whole lot more for a performance version of the Mustang. If one were to take the savings from the purchase of the V6 Camaro over the Mustang GT and put that into a supercharger set up.......that would make for one dead horse. The Mustang with true 400hp and 3600 to 3700 lbs (which the true weight of the GT) would be a great runner for the SS and Challenger R/T. With 350 hp then we are back to a drivers race.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 04:56 PM
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WTF....they made it look worse! And gave it 15 more horsepower. I was really looking forward to something more.

It wont matter...people will still buy the damn thing because it is dirt cheap and runs on 87.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 406 Q-ship
With the 315 Hp and a 150 pound weight advantage the GT will be able to stay ahead of the base V6 Camaro, it just should be able to put out a whole lot more for a performance version of the Mustang. If one were to take the savings from the purchase of the V6 Camaro over the Mustang GT and put that into a supercharger set up.......that would make for one dead horse. The Mustang with true 400hp and 3600 to 3700 lbs (which the true weight of the GT) would be a great runner for the SS and Challenger R/T. With 350 hp then we are back to a drivers race.
The only thing i can think of is maybe they are mimicing the practice of letting the GT be the starter V8 like with the original models '64.5-'67 with the 260 cid-289cid HI-PO engines.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BLUE OVAL TURBO
Top of the line V-8 equal's the Shelby Gt500

Um no, that's a specialty car. Don't get all tight assed cause Mustangs can't compete with Camaros. It's well known so don't get bent out of shape. :-)
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremy02
Um no, that's a specialty car. Don't get all tight assed cause Mustangs can't compete with Camaros. It's well known so don't get bent out of shape. :-)
Ah yes, we all forgot......the GT500 isn't really a Mustang.

You might as well start pushing the same nonsense argument against the 03-04 Cobras........cuz Ford made fewer of them than they already have the GT500.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremy02
Um no, that's a specialty car. Don't get all tight assed cause Mustangs can't compete with Camaros. It's well known so don't get bent out of shape. :-)
Do you really want to go down this road ''OK'' Lets just stay on topic please
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by thisblood147
ah yes, we all forgot......the gt500 isn't really a mustang.

You might as well start pushing the same nonsense argument against the 03-04 cobras........cuz ford made fewer of them than they already have the gt500.:d
"this is a smart individual!!!" :d
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Will still spank a V6 Camaro cause it weighs a lot less. And I applaud Ford's weight control methods!!!

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