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Old 12-29-2010, 07:53 PM
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Mustangs did pretty well at Car and Driver's Lightning Lap. The GT500 even beat out a lot of the cars in the more expensive groups:

http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2010/1...lightning-lap/

There's a video of the Mustang GT doing the lap at the bottom of the page.
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Old 12-29-2010, 08:53 PM
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HOLY CRAP. THE 2011 V6 BEAT THE 2010 GT. THAT HURTS.

I'm surprised the GT500 beat the CTS-V coupe. Cool

I just watched the video. Damn the new GT accelerates fast beyond 100mph even with a fat driver.
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Old 12-30-2010, 12:20 AM
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I was surprised the GT500 beat the CTS-V Coupe as well! The Caddy is one heck of a car.
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Old 12-30-2010, 08:41 AM
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It's a heck of a car, but it's also quite heavy. Don't forget they said the thing weighs 4,230. The GT500 SVTPP supposedly weighs in at, what, 3,824? Or is that for the non-SVTPP and 3,750 for the SVTPP?
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:42 AM
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gt500 is a best and the caddy is very heavy dont forget
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Old 12-30-2010, 11:49 AM
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The 2011 GT uses essentially the same chassis and the same SRA that the 05-10 models did.

What are the other important changes? Just shocks, springs, and tires?
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Old 12-30-2010, 03:01 PM
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I'm surprised they overlooked the 7k redline in the GT video...You see the needle hit 6k as the engine continues to rev.....
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Old 12-30-2010, 03:06 PM
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They also got the 10 GT going .8 seconds a lap slower than the 11 V6! Interesting.

59 3:12.5 FORD MUSTANG V-6 LL1 2/11
60 3:13.0 CHEVROLET COBALT SS LL1 11/08
61 3:13.3 FORD MUSTANG GT LL1 2/10
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Originally Posted by def67
They also got the 10 GT going .8 seconds a lap slower than the 11 V6! Interesting.

59 3:12.5 FORD MUSTANG V-6 LL1 2/11
60 3:13.0 CHEVROLET COBALT SS LL1 11/08
61 3:13.3 FORD MUSTANG GT LL1 2/10
Maybe the V6 weighs less?
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Originally Posted by Riptide
The 2011 GT uses essentially the same chassis and the same SRA that the 05-10 models did.

What are the other important changes? Just shocks, springs, and tires?
The extra hundred horsepower :P
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