Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Ford you still dont make sense

Shelby GT500, Shelby GT350, Boss 305, At first glance the order in which i put these names wouldn't really matter, but if they did how would you look at them? Best to worst, or vice versa..... well i put them from worst to best. Ford has recently been coming out with heavily tuned monsters, of course progressing from the ridiculous Ford Mustang SVT which had an amazing exhaust note, but this 4th generation was considered to be a failure. Then there was the 5th generation which was the more squarish body, and most people would put the 5th generation under current as well but i feel as if 2010- present is technically the "6th generation" given that almost everything on the car changed. What this 6th generation as well as the 5th generation has given us is the GT500, the Boss 302 and the GT350(no particular order) 
Now granted the names should technincally be a tell all, back in the day when companies gave names based on the HP(or at least in america) but this is false. The GT500 is making around 550Bhp, the 302 around 444Bhp and the GT350 around 350 Hp. This would make the tables turn in the direction of the GT500 yet they dont for some reason. The reason... its rather stupid if you ask me, it sort of represents why America has never done exceptionally well in the car world with the exception of the famous truck. They overlook the little things, or in this case the big things. The conception of Americans and cars is Horses horses and more horses, all we care about is power and thats is the common view from everyone else in the world. We cant build a good reliable car (like the Germans) because all we concentrate on is power in our upper range models. 2013 Boss 302SX: Why are people still driving M3s?

This power problem is what causes this discrepancies here with these cars. The GT500 is making the most power but its running on some archaic version of rear suspension called an independent suspension setup where the back wheels dont communicate with the front wheels at all. The GT500 is also running skinny tires and doesn't even have launch control. The GT350 and the Boss on the other hand have updated suspension, better grippier wide tires, better tech, better gearboxes, and well better everything. This being said when the GT500 starts at 48K and the 302 at 40K why even glance at the GT500. The 302 turns better, accelerates faster, brakes faster, and looks sleeker.

Now you can see the meaning in my title, Ford is making great cars... yes great, this 302 is amazing, and well could be a M3 killer(i guess) but they are deceiving us with these names and prices. I am not saying raise the price of the 302 but rather adjust the price of the GT500. I hope Ford can keep making cars like the Boss because if that is the future of Ford i wouldn't mind me one, well as long as i have my Bavarian beauty that is. 

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