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2020+ Shelby GT500 Mustang
Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="DBK" data-source="post: 16100928" data-attributes="member: 4088"><p>Car and Driver is not a good bet because they just do not employ any kind of decent methodology to their testing. They publish times from various times in the day when ambient and track temps can be very different. You can get one car tested at 8 AM when it's 65* and one at 2 PM when it's 85*. It's a rotating cast of drivers even on the same day. Some are faster, some are slower; all are way off of a pro and are way more affected by the type of car. Big power downforce cars require a level of talent that is getting harder and harder for a magazine to accurately represent. You have guys being asked to keep their foot to the floor at 170 mph in a bend in a car that isn't theirs, without a cage.</p><p></p><p>Even knowing that, I *think* C&D would still be likely put up more than 0.5 seconds between GT500 and 1LE because the DCT eliminates one of the most driver-dependent functions in the car, especially at such a high speed track.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DBK, post: 16100928, member: 4088"] Car and Driver is not a good bet because they just do not employ any kind of decent methodology to their testing. They publish times from various times in the day when ambient and track temps can be very different. You can get one car tested at 8 AM when it's 65* and one at 2 PM when it's 85*. It's a rotating cast of drivers even on the same day. Some are faster, some are slower; all are way off of a pro and are way more affected by the type of car. Big power downforce cars require a level of talent that is getting harder and harder for a magazine to accurately represent. You have guys being asked to keep their foot to the floor at 170 mph in a bend in a car that isn't theirs, without a cage. Even knowing that, I *think* C&D would still be likely put up more than 0.5 seconds between GT500 and 1LE because the DCT eliminates one of the most driver-dependent functions in the car, especially at such a high speed track. [/QUOTE]
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