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Originally Posted by crash1369 seriously why the **** cant they just have the option of getting a mustang on special order.
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Grand Am series is carried on SPEED channel.
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I'll check my local listings. I don't like NASCAR because the cars don't have anything in common with their namesakes. While in japan inwent to some JGTC races those were great. I actually recognized the car they were racing. I assume it's kinda the same for Grand Am.
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I think it's going to make a lot of Corvette owners very angry.
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There were a few Boss 302R's in the Daytona Grand-Am 200 last week. One of them came in 2nd, and was very close to winning, but some late cautions killed it for them. It was beat by an M3, but I believe it had a V8 in it.
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Well, numbers are out. I am truly and completely impressed with the Boss 302 being faster than the GT-R and Z06 out at Leguna Seca.
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In 2005 when I was working as a sales rep at a Ford dealer, I was ASTOUNDED that the new GT had 235/55/17 rubber all around. A whopping 300bhp. It was a complete pile of junk regarding performance. Build-quality was a huge step up, but in essence, it was a dog turd when it came to performing. I think for 2011, all that has changed. The "regular" 5.0 is a pretty mean car, and the Boss takes it to another level. I am hugely impressed with Ford's new direction. They haven't been competative since 1992 , excluding the more limited models (Cobra, FGT, etc.) Maybe GM, Dodge, and Nissan will get scared and do a little better. To be fair though, LS is a tight track, with a 300 meter straight being the longest. If you put the Boss up against the GT-R or the Z06 on a longer track, I think it would take the loss. Either way, it's going to be a dead ringer for (or beat?) the base C6, and the 370Z isn't even in the running. The Challenger/Charger have mad power, but handling?Oink Oink. Same for the Camaro SS. It's no faster than the 1998 Camaro SS, for that matter. If all you care about is owning a pretty nice car (I think the new mustangs, vette's, 370's are all nice. Not European nice, but nice.) that puts down the best performance in the near 40K range, Noone has a damn thing for Ford. Last edited by ImportConvert; 03-08-2011 at 04:06 AM. |
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