Latest C&D Test Results
01-03-2007, 12:35 PM
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Latest C&D Test Results
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ustang-gt.html
Quickest cars in the $25k-30k range. Mustang GT gets second place. The Evo RS takes first with a faster 1/4 mile time but same 0-60 (although the article says they've tested faster but due to a new 10yr 100k milesmechanical warranty they've introduced a 5k rpm rev limiter which slowed it a bit...)
2007 Mustang GT
Base price: $26,370
0-to-60-mph time: 5.1 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Bold moves happen in this car every day, the kind that get you arrested. There are some vehicles with undeniable purpose. Flatbed trucks carry stuff, Escalades abet social posturing, and the Mustang GT facilitates hooliganism. The Brits get football (soccer); we get 300 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, and an easily disengaged traction-control system. If you allow air between your right foot and the floorpan in first gear, however, the Mustang GT is the second-quickest car in this group. It's also the thriftiest, offering a sub-14-second quarter-mile time for just over $26K.
Ford couldn't afford a misstep with its pony car and didn't risk much, mechanically or aesthetically, with one of its perennial bestsellers. There's not much new about the 4.6-liter modular V-8, but that doesn't matter, because it makes heaps of power and torque for cheap. FoMoCo has had quite awhile to figure out the whole live-axle thing, using that design since the Mustang's introduction in 1964. They've finally attached the solid axle to a chassis stiff enough to make a responsive handler. Ford nailed the Mustang's redesign-macho enough for contractors, cute enough for secretaries, undeniably American, and timeless. More importantly, it looks just as good with the rear fenders obscured by tire smoke.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe
BASE PRICE: $26,370
ENGINE TYPE: SOHC 24-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 281 cu in, 4601cc
Power (SAE net): 300 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 320 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 107.1 in
Length: 188.0 in
Width: 73.9 in
Height: 55.4 in
Curb weight: 3575 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 25.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 147 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.89 g
Quickest cars in the $25k-30k range. Mustang GT gets second place. The Evo RS takes first with a faster 1/4 mile time but same 0-60 (although the article says they've tested faster but due to a new 10yr 100k milesmechanical warranty they've introduced a 5k rpm rev limiter which slowed it a bit...)
2007 Mustang GT
Base price: $26,370
0-to-60-mph time: 5.1 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Bold moves happen in this car every day, the kind that get you arrested. There are some vehicles with undeniable purpose. Flatbed trucks carry stuff, Escalades abet social posturing, and the Mustang GT facilitates hooliganism. The Brits get football (soccer); we get 300 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, and an easily disengaged traction-control system. If you allow air between your right foot and the floorpan in first gear, however, the Mustang GT is the second-quickest car in this group. It's also the thriftiest, offering a sub-14-second quarter-mile time for just over $26K.
Ford couldn't afford a misstep with its pony car and didn't risk much, mechanically or aesthetically, with one of its perennial bestsellers. There's not much new about the 4.6-liter modular V-8, but that doesn't matter, because it makes heaps of power and torque for cheap. FoMoCo has had quite awhile to figure out the whole live-axle thing, using that design since the Mustang's introduction in 1964. They've finally attached the solid axle to a chassis stiff enough to make a responsive handler. Ford nailed the Mustang's redesign-macho enough for contractors, cute enough for secretaries, undeniably American, and timeless. More importantly, it looks just as good with the rear fenders obscured by tire smoke.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe
BASE PRICE: $26,370
ENGINE TYPE: SOHC 24-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 281 cu in, 4601cc
Power (SAE net): 300 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 320 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 107.1 in
Length: 188.0 in
Width: 73.9 in
Height: 55.4 in
Curb weight: 3575 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 25.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 147 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.89 g
01-03-2007, 12:47 PM
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RE: Latest C&D Test Results
Unlike the rest of the cars in this group, with the possible exception of the Impala SS, the Mustang is an American icon. Twenty years from now, the Mustang will be the "keeper" in this group.
01-03-2007, 01:48 PM
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RE: Latest C&D Test Results
ORIGINAL: timothyrw
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ustang-gt.html
Quickest cars in the $25k-30k range. Mustang GT gets second place. The Evo RS takes first with a faster 1/4 mile time but same 0-60 (although the article says they've tested faster but due to a new 10yr 100k milesmechanical warranty they've introduced a 5k rpm rev limiter which slowed it a bit...)
2007 Mustang GT
Base price: $26,370
0-to-60-mph time: 5.1 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Bold moves happen in this car every day, the kind that get you arrested. There are some vehicles with undeniable purpose. Flatbed trucks carry stuff, Escalades abet social posturing, and the Mustang GT facilitates hooliganism. The Brits get football (soccer); we get 300 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, and an easily disengaged traction-control system. If you allow air between your right foot and the floorpan in first gear, however, the Mustang GT is the second-quickest car in this group. It's also the thriftiest, offering a sub-14-second quarter-mile time for just over $26K.
Ford couldn't afford a misstep with its pony car and didn't risk much, mechanically or aesthetically, with one of its perennial bestsellers. There's not much new about the 4.6-liter modular V-8, but that doesn't matter, because it makes heaps of power and torque for cheap. FoMoCo has had quite awhile to figure out the whole live-axle thing, using that design since the Mustang's introduction in 1964. They've finally attached the solid axle to a chassis stiff enough to make a responsive handler. Ford nailed the Mustang's redesign-macho enough for contractors, cute enough for secretaries, undeniably American, and timeless. More importantly, it looks just as good with the rear fenders obscured by tire smoke.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe
BASE PRICE: $26,370
ENGINE TYPE: SOHC 24-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 281 cu in, 4601cc
Power (SAE net): 300 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 320 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 107.1 in
Length: 188.0 in
Width: 73.9 in
Height: 55.4 in
Curb weight: 3575 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 25.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 147 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.89 g
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ustang-gt.html
Quickest cars in the $25k-30k range. Mustang GT gets second place. The Evo RS takes first with a faster 1/4 mile time but same 0-60 (although the article says they've tested faster but due to a new 10yr 100k milesmechanical warranty they've introduced a 5k rpm rev limiter which slowed it a bit...)
2007 Mustang GT
Base price: $26,370
0-to-60-mph time: 5.1 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Bold moves happen in this car every day, the kind that get you arrested. There are some vehicles with undeniable purpose. Flatbed trucks carry stuff, Escalades abet social posturing, and the Mustang GT facilitates hooliganism. The Brits get football (soccer); we get 300 horsepower, rear-wheel drive, and an easily disengaged traction-control system. If you allow air between your right foot and the floorpan in first gear, however, the Mustang GT is the second-quickest car in this group. It's also the thriftiest, offering a sub-14-second quarter-mile time for just over $26K.
Ford couldn't afford a misstep with its pony car and didn't risk much, mechanically or aesthetically, with one of its perennial bestsellers. There's not much new about the 4.6-liter modular V-8, but that doesn't matter, because it makes heaps of power and torque for cheap. FoMoCo has had quite awhile to figure out the whole live-axle thing, using that design since the Mustang's introduction in 1964. They've finally attached the solid axle to a chassis stiff enough to make a responsive handler. Ford nailed the Mustang's redesign-macho enough for contractors, cute enough for secretaries, undeniably American, and timeless. More importantly, it looks just as good with the rear fenders obscured by tire smoke.
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe
BASE PRICE: $26,370
ENGINE TYPE: SOHC 24-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 281 cu in, 4601cc
Power (SAE net): 300 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 320 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed manual
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 107.1 in
Length: 188.0 in
Width: 73.9 in
Height: 55.4 in
Curb weight: 3575 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 5.1 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 13.0 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 25.6 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 5.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 13.8 sec @ 103 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 147 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 170 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.89 g
01-03-2007, 06:30 PM
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RE: Latest C&D Test Results
I amazed that C&D were actually nice to an American car! They streched the limits with the 2006 EVO there but he fair is fair. I still think the Stang looks better and hell its American!
01-03-2007, 06:36 PM
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RE: Latest C&D Test Results
I can't even imagine driving stock now. Even though I only have acouple bolt ons' its still pulls harder and has very little throttle lag and sounds like its tearing the road up.