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New ecoboost ford GT has worse mpg than any comparable supercar
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<blockquote data-quote="Corbic" data-source="post: 15507006" data-attributes="member: 171475"><p>Once upon a time, long long ago, before the great wars there was this thing called market branding....</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Ford GT is an outstanding super car and holds its own against more expensive rivals. </p><p></p><p>You are bitching about 1 MILE PER GALLON in cars that are utterly impractical. Additionally you are forgetting about EMISSIONS when comparing these cars.</p><p></p><p>More importantly, Ford selected the V6 TT Ecoboost not because it's the greatest engine ever, but because MARKET BRANDING.</p><p></p><p>The GT is a halo car that got tons of Press and public attention. Using a V6 also helped boost that attention considerably. They want the average consumer to walk away and say "well gee golly, ima get dat F-wonfity with dem super car engine".</p><p></p><p>The usage of the V6 TT in the Ford GT is not to make a more efficient super car, it is to legitimize Ford's Ecoboost Brand and application of turbocharged engines in the consumers mind.</p><p></p><p>It makes it easier to swallow a Turbo-4 Mustang, a V6 TT Raptor, F150, Taurus SHO, Lincolns, and maybe even a GT500.</p><p></p><p>MPG is also just one aspect of "efficiency". You also have production and design costs, packaging size, emissions, displacement taxes/restrictions, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corbic, post: 15507006, member: 171475"] Once upon a time, long long ago, before the great wars there was this thing called market branding.... The Ford GT is an outstanding super car and holds its own against more expensive rivals. You are bitching about 1 MILE PER GALLON in cars that are utterly impractical. Additionally you are forgetting about EMISSIONS when comparing these cars. More importantly, Ford selected the V6 TT Ecoboost not because it's the greatest engine ever, but because MARKET BRANDING. The GT is a halo car that got tons of Press and public attention. Using a V6 also helped boost that attention considerably. They want the average consumer to walk away and say "well gee golly, ima get dat F-wonfity with dem super car engine". The usage of the V6 TT in the Ford GT is not to make a more efficient super car, it is to legitimize Ford's Ecoboost Brand and application of turbocharged engines in the consumers mind. It makes it easier to swallow a Turbo-4 Mustang, a V6 TT Raptor, F150, Taurus SHO, Lincolns, and maybe even a GT500. MPG is also just one aspect of "efficiency". You also have production and design costs, packaging size, emissions, displacement taxes/restrictions, etc. [/QUOTE]
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