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New Ford Shellby GT

New Ford Shellby GT

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haz

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V10, 604 bhp (I think)

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I'll take "Fugly" for 500. :mrgreen:
 
My personal opinion (not that it's worth much) is that Ford should stop messing about with HIGH POWER prototypes and get back to the roots of performance cars...

Just imagine this car with a (VERY) small block V6 or V8, lets say 3.5 liters.

Now... which would you buy between this or the Nissan 350Z... :?:

They should take a leaf out of the European Mid-supercar makers (Al-la TVR) and make this...

My personal opinion is that people look at stunning design rather than actual performance... if they have performance too, then it will be a winner...
 
Jostyrostelli said:
Now I know why they didn't have any pics of the back in the beginning...
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That's an entirely different car. That is the Cobra coupe replicar, not the Ford prototype. In person, that car is stunning though - it is a nearly identical copy of the Daytona Coupe which of course was a revolutionary car.

I love the look of the new Ford Shelby Coupe. I do agree that a smaller\more balanced power plant may be more interesting, but this is supposed to be a new Cobra - it needs a massive engine. The whole point of the older Cobra was that it had a ridiculously small and light British body, and a ridiculously large and powerfull American engine. If they were to build something more alnog the lines of the 350Z, it would need an entirely new name and new look.
 
I love the look of the new Ford Shelby Coupe. I do agree that a smaller\more balanced power plant may be more interesting, but this is supposed to be a new Cobra - it needs a massive engine. The whole point of the older Cobra was that it had a ridiculously small and light British body, and a ridiculously large and powerfull American engine. If they were to build something more alnog the lines of the 350Z, it would need an entirely new name and new look.
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I agree about the light car, big engine thing. I like fast cars. But let's face it, who would buy it?

You've got the Corvette, the Mustang, the Viper, the GT, etc, etc...

Which will sell most?, the 350Z, the RX7, etc.

The big engine is (or should be) dead as far as mainstream cars go. They are uneconomical and inefficient.

If Ford want to MAKE MONEY, they should take a leaf out of Nissan/Honda/Toyota/et al.'s book.

They can't just go on (re)releasing concept after concept, V10-600Hp, V8-550HP, Cobra, GT, Thunderbird, etc.

These DON'T MAKE MONEY, though they may generate a little halo effect.

What they need is a light, good looking car (like the Shelby coupe) with a powerful but efficient engine, as I said before. This could compete with the 350Z, and the Europeans.

The concepts Ford are showing recently are nice, I admit, but they are Dinosaurs.
 
imillman said:
The big engine is (or should be) dead as far as mainstream cars go. They are uneconomical and inefficient.

If Ford want to MAKE MONEY, they should take a leaf out of Nissan/Honda/Toyota/et al.'s book.
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I do understand and agree with what you are saying - but I really do not expect Ford (or any of the major American manufacturers) to do that at all.

American manufacturers are building off of a history of cars with brute force (that happen to be extremely inefficient). The Japanese manufacturers are building off of a history of extremely balanced (nearly underpowered) cars. It is only natural that they continue that - it may not be an ethical, logical or intelligent thing to do though.

It's perfectly reasonable to want Ford to build a smaller, well balanced line of vehicles, but realistically, I highly doubt they will ever do that. The same type of person who bought a Mustang 40 years ago is going to buy the new Mustang today - the type of person who would have bought a Mazda RX series, Honda S800, or Datusn 240Z 30 years ago, is going to buy an equivalent Japanese car today.

There is one major positive thing I can see in this though - by sticking to what they know, American manufactuers have released amazing new cars like the Ford GT, SRT-10 Viper, C6 Corvette. Meanwhile, the Japanese manufacturers are sticking to waht they know, also releasing amazing cars like the Mazda RX8, Miata, Honda S2000, Nissan 350Z etc.

Don't get me wrong, I would love it if American performance cars were more efficient - but at its base level - I think they are filling a cultural desire for un-refined brute force.
 
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