Yep, the "Total Performance" years were epic on both sides of the pond and indeed, winning on Sunday did mean selling on Monday.Ever heard the phrase “win on Sunday, sell on Monday”? It wasn’t written about ford when they raced the lotus cortina, Dfv, escort bda etc.
The gt4 mustang just took fastest lap in class at Oulton Park this weekend. They are doing well in gt4 world wide. Which I’m sure helps sales of its road going sibling the gt350 in the USA and Middle East. Bmw sell loads of m cars and Merc sell loads of amg cars world wide because of their race programmes. If only ford could cash in too .... ford urgently needs a halo track model that looks like a road car punters can actually buy. Hence the 350 is long over due a make over. Now the 500 is here, this is possible. The Mach and boss badges mean nothing in the wider world. The Shelby badge still counts for something
Asked a friend about this, just got told I'm looking too far into it...I guess the thing that seems odd, is a wider __front__ fender treatment on a drag focused car[?] I guess they could be doing that just for some visual difference, but that seems more "all around performance" type design. It's neat that there may finally be a wider S550.2 since all the special models (GT350, GT500) have used the first gen front end.
Maybe the GT350 (in the form we now know it) is getting dropped for MY20, and this is a 5.2CPC replacement car, a PP3 so to speak, wider fenders, big wing, S550.2 based, cheaper to make, distributes some 5.2 cost across a less limited product.
YOU SHUT YOUR DIRTY MOUTH!I find it highly unlikely that this car has anything other than a 5.0L Coyote in it.
I almost wrote that above. Even if it stays a 5.0, take the existing PP2 running gear, add some coolers, unique bodywork (305s would tuck in nicely in front), maybe the Bullitt tuning/GT_350 intake[?]Maybe an updated PP2 GT?
Is your friend "in the know" then?Asked a friend about this, just got told I'm looking too far into it...
I almost wrote that above. Even if it stays a 5.0, take the existing PP2 running gear, add some coolers, unique bodywork (305s would tuck in nicely in front), maybe the Bullitt tuning/GT_350 intake[?]
... but then doesn't that encroach on the GT350 performance territory? Which is one of the theories behind the PP2 being slightly gimped.
Is your friend "in the know" then?
Oh, I like! DCT? Too much??It wouldn't encroach on the GT350 if it's offered with the option of the 10-speed auto.....