Honestly, I don't know what track you're on where you're having to go all the way down to second gear. The local track that I frequent the most is a small track - less than 2 miles - and the tightest hairpin on it was a 3rd gear in my 2012 GT with 3.73s. I sometimes did the entire track in 4th...
Well, the Ferrari F40 was a 200mph car and it was less than 500hp. I'm sure you heard of it. :)
I don't want a short 1st gear in a 500hp car because it makes that gear almost completely useless - nothing but wheel spin until you have to shift to second.
Well I was half joking. My guess is that they may want/need to have a certain number of 2015's built in order to use the car in certain racing series. But, I'm sure someone on here can speak to that better than I can.
Here are new pics of the US-spec Focus RS in Nitrous Blue. WHY FORD!? Why can't we have this color on the GT350?
I dig the blue stitching and blue calipers as well.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/new-york-2015-nafta-spec-ford-focus-rs-revealed/
Agreed. This is probably just some cobbled together mule. It's obvious that the front has been spliced on and doesn't actually fit. Also, it looks like something's up with the rear - I don't see any exhaust tips.
I really hate to add to this thread, but I can't let this misinformation stand. It is simply not true that "ALL businesses are in a struggle to make a profit" The fact is that corporate profits in general are at all-time highs the past few years. Link ...and another
Wages are stagnant because...