Unofficial drag test puts 2011 Mustang GT ahead of Camaro SS in eighth-mile showdown
03-28-10 | 01:35 PM
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Unofficial drag test puts 2011 Mustang GT ahead of Camaro SS in eighth-mile showdown
Unofficial drag test puts 2011 Mustang GT ahead of Camaro SS in eighth-mile showdown
Though driving impressions of the new 5.0-liter 2011 Ford Mustang GT are off limits for now, Popular Hot Rodding notes that Ford made no mention of releasing pure facts. It's all about the numbers anyway, right? During last week's media launch for the new Mustangs in California, the showdown between the (supposedly) 412-horsepower 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 and the 426-horsepower 2010 Camaro SS got underway at a sectioned-off portion of the Camarillo Airport. An eighth-mile drag strip lay ahead of the two ponycars, both equipped with six-speed automatics.
With time-slips in hand, the numbers don't lie. Popular Hot Rodding managed a time of 8.82 seconds at 83 miles per hour in the Camaro, but the Mustang proved to be even faster at 8.62 seconds at 86 mph. Virtually all journalists on hand recorded better times in the Mustang. Crude translations to quarter mile numbers come in at 13.8 seconds for the Camaro and 13.5 seconds for the Stang.
With a base price coming in at $30,495 and numbers that - for now, at least - appear to beat the competition, Ford looks like it has a serious hit in the making with its new 5.0 Mustang. How the renewed rivalry translates from the streets to the sales sheets, where the Camaro currently rules the roost, will be interesting to watch.
Though driving impressions of the new 5.0-liter 2011 Ford Mustang GT are off limits for now, Popular Hot Rodding notes that Ford made no mention of releasing pure facts. It's all about the numbers anyway, right? During last week's media launch for the new Mustangs in California, the showdown between the (supposedly) 412-horsepower 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 and the 426-horsepower 2010 Camaro SS got underway at a sectioned-off portion of the Camarillo Airport. An eighth-mile drag strip lay ahead of the two ponycars, both equipped with six-speed automatics.
With time-slips in hand, the numbers don't lie. Popular Hot Rodding managed a time of 8.82 seconds at 83 miles per hour in the Camaro, but the Mustang proved to be even faster at 8.62 seconds at 86 mph. Virtually all journalists on hand recorded better times in the Mustang. Crude translations to quarter mile numbers come in at 13.8 seconds for the Camaro and 13.5 seconds for the Stang.
With a base price coming in at $30,495 and numbers that - for now, at least - appear to beat the competition, Ford looks like it has a serious hit in the making with its new 5.0 Mustang. How the renewed rivalry translates from the streets to the sales sheets, where the Camaro currently rules the roost, will be interesting to watch.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/28/u...-camaro-ss-in/
I'd say the pony wars just got a little more interesting. Of course with the weight advantage mustang, this doesn't come as a surprise to me
03-29-10 | 05:34 AM
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Eighth miles are for ricers--V8s should run a full quarter. And a better comparison would be the MT versions, both for the obvious reason, as well as the fact that the auto-trannied Camaro SS comes with the detuned L99 engine while the 6MT sports the Corvette's LS3.
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03-29-10 | 09:18 AM
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As much as I love the exterior of the Camaro, I find it's interior absolutely laughable. That factor alone would be enough to make me pick Mustang, even though it's not my absolute favorite.
03-29-10 | 09:25 AM
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If there is anything "laughable" in any of the 3 pony cars, as I see it, it's the flimsiness of a lot of the Challenger's interior/exterior hardware. The Mustang was like that up to a few years ago, but has greatly improved in the latest versions.
03-29-10 | 09:29 AM
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The general build quality of the Camaro interior is pretty low IMO, and I really dislike the design. I understand the retro theme and know that I am too young to appreciate it, but there is just no way I could drive that car every day with the gauges, steering wheel, center stack, etc.
The Mustang's interior is far more user friendly and does a better job of joining retro details with everyday comfort and practicality.
The Mustang's interior is far more user friendly and does a better job of joining retro details with everyday comfort and practicality.
03-29-10 | 09:35 AM
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Though driving impressions of the new 5.0-liter 2011 Ford Mustang GT are off limits for now
This is pure, unadulterted bull-s***.
If auto manufacturers are going to build cars, then let reviewers and the auto press do their jobs, REVIEW them and tell us what they find.
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03-29-10 | 09:44 AM
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I guess Ford's idea is if it's a "HP, 0-60 war" they want, this is the weapon they're gonna get.
Muscle cars live off of HP and 0-60 times. A review can be irrelevant when you're playing that game...
03-29-10 | 09:50 AM
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Exactly my point. It is not a review, when it SHOULD be one. And the reasons that we don't get timely reviews on many new vehicles are pretty much the same reasons for the idiotic bras/tape/covers you see on the spy-shots.
Not as I see it. Muscle/Pony car or not, when you plunk down 30K or more for a vehicle, you deserve to know what you are getting. It is true, however, that pony cars, at least until recently, were designed to go more in a straight line and rather quickly) than anyting else....the Mustang, with its live rear axle, perhaps more so than the others.
Muscle cars live off of HP and 0-60 times. A review can be irrelevant when you're playing that game...