e30og
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Yes, they gave the comparo crown to the GT PP :ford:. F-Motortrend.
Some excerpts from the December 2014 story:
"Even if you were to idle the new Mustang across a perfectly smooth surface--say, a showroom floor, an undertaking readers are advised to pursue--its specialness would show. It is remarkalble how tight this car feels. The slightest steering input results in an immediate reaction. A salesman's pen on the tile beneath a front tire would register as a minute twitch of the steering wheel. Its as if every bolt between the fire wall and the front hubs is torqued to the verge of snapping (minus the sense of imminent catastrophe). There is simply no slack here."
"And unlike the Camaro, the Mustang remains engaging but never abusive on public roads."
on Linelock:
"Ford cautions that it is 'intended for use only on racetracks' and that 'racing your vehicle will void your warranty'. But expecting owners to wait until the warranty is up to engage this function is like thinking Justin Verlander is waiting until marriage to test-drive Kate Upton."
"The stitched dashpad, soft touch panels, and matte silver toggle switches give the impression that designers fussd over every detail. A compact shifter that could have come from a Honda slides through snug gates as it actuates a tight, new linkage. Certain aspects of the interior, such as the 'ground speed' label in the speodmeter and the vacuum gauge atop the center stack, slip into aeronautical silliness, but the Mustang's interior is far and away the sharpest in class."
"We voted the challenger's engine and the Camaro's chassis our favorites, but both of those cars have glaring shortcomings not found in the Mustang. That bandwidth and adaptability make the Mustang our choice as the best product of Detroit's muscle-car reival."
On the Camaro:
"But after cycling through the cars, senior editor Tony Quiroga stepped out of the Camaro and proclaimed it a great track car- a meaningful distinction, as he called the Mustang a great road car (and the Challenger a great SUV). For all its heroics, the 1LE's stiff suspension beats up the occupants on bumpy drives. And while the Mustang brings an unprecedented level of interior polish to the class, the Camaro still plumbs the same old depth of penny pinching. It does have its upmarket touches--that steeering wheel and the matching shifter for example--and the designers ambitions are apparent. but they're executed in generation-old plastics on the lower dash, console, and elsewhere. Its a jarring pairing, like wearing a custom-tailored shirt with sweat pants. Stained sweat pants."
"The Camaro 1LE is a spectacular car, a testament to what a group of focused engineers can accomplish even inside a monolith like GM. But its definitely single purpose. The suspension trades comfort for capability to a degree that is hard to appreciate anywhere but on a track, and this interior would feel cramped and cheap at half of the 1LE's price."
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I think that is a pretty spot on assessment of this bunch
Some excerpts from the December 2014 story:
"Even if you were to idle the new Mustang across a perfectly smooth surface--say, a showroom floor, an undertaking readers are advised to pursue--its specialness would show. It is remarkalble how tight this car feels. The slightest steering input results in an immediate reaction. A salesman's pen on the tile beneath a front tire would register as a minute twitch of the steering wheel. Its as if every bolt between the fire wall and the front hubs is torqued to the verge of snapping (minus the sense of imminent catastrophe). There is simply no slack here."
"And unlike the Camaro, the Mustang remains engaging but never abusive on public roads."
on Linelock:
"Ford cautions that it is 'intended for use only on racetracks' and that 'racing your vehicle will void your warranty'. But expecting owners to wait until the warranty is up to engage this function is like thinking Justin Verlander is waiting until marriage to test-drive Kate Upton."
"The stitched dashpad, soft touch panels, and matte silver toggle switches give the impression that designers fussd over every detail. A compact shifter that could have come from a Honda slides through snug gates as it actuates a tight, new linkage. Certain aspects of the interior, such as the 'ground speed' label in the speodmeter and the vacuum gauge atop the center stack, slip into aeronautical silliness, but the Mustang's interior is far and away the sharpest in class."
"We voted the challenger's engine and the Camaro's chassis our favorites, but both of those cars have glaring shortcomings not found in the Mustang. That bandwidth and adaptability make the Mustang our choice as the best product of Detroit's muscle-car reival."
On the Camaro:
"But after cycling through the cars, senior editor Tony Quiroga stepped out of the Camaro and proclaimed it a great track car- a meaningful distinction, as he called the Mustang a great road car (and the Challenger a great SUV). For all its heroics, the 1LE's stiff suspension beats up the occupants on bumpy drives. And while the Mustang brings an unprecedented level of interior polish to the class, the Camaro still plumbs the same old depth of penny pinching. It does have its upmarket touches--that steeering wheel and the matching shifter for example--and the designers ambitions are apparent. but they're executed in generation-old plastics on the lower dash, console, and elsewhere. Its a jarring pairing, like wearing a custom-tailored shirt with sweat pants. Stained sweat pants."
"The Camaro 1LE is a spectacular car, a testament to what a group of focused engineers can accomplish even inside a monolith like GM. But its definitely single purpose. The suspension trades comfort for capability to a degree that is hard to appreciate anywhere but on a track, and this interior would feel cramped and cheap at half of the 1LE's price."
:clap2:
I think that is a pretty spot on assessment of this bunch
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