Car and Driver's Lightning Lap

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Dec 29, 2010 | 07:53 PM

fastautos

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Car and Driver's Lightning Lap

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.

Dec 29, 2010 | 08:53 PM

Bmr4life

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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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Dec 30, 2010 | 12:20 AM

fastautos

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I was surprised the GT500 beat the CTS-V Coupe as well! The Caddy is one heck of a car.

Dec 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?

Dec 30, 2010 | 10:42 AM

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gt500 is a best and the caddy is very heavy dont forget

Dec 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?

Dec 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.....

Dec 30, 2010 | 03:06 PM

def67

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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

Dec 30, 2010 | 03:41 PM

07 Stang

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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?

Dec 30, 2010 | 05:41 PM

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VistaBlue

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Quote:

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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