FORD Trivia

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

I have never owned a North American car...that's partly because I don't live in North America

[BMan1113VR]

sorry but the corvette is not a good car. for what they cost, you buy a porsche, a real sports car.

not over here, the c6 vette is cheaper than the base 997, which it over powers. the carrera s is the best competition (performance wise) and it costs a lot more ($35,655 more!!)

even the base 997 costs over $22,000 more than the vette

[Craig.]

it seems americans really do get screwed over when it comes to european sports cars.

[4_Series_Scania]

My question seems too hard ?  ;)

[Craig.]

the ford escort RS?

[Romulus111VADT]

Probably the 1968 Shelby Cobra Mustang GT-500 produced with the 428 cid V8 engine.

In mid-1968 Ford introduced the Cobra Jet engine option for the Mustang and Shelby naturally followed. The original 428 block in the Cobra GT-500 was replaced by a tuned Cobra Jet unit. It featured low-riser revised 427 cylinder heads with enormous rectangular ports, a special dual-plane intake manifold and a big four-barrel Holley carburetor. It was to become the ultimate Shelby and the new model was named Cobra GT-500KR, "King of the Road".

The GT-500KR was advertised with a 335 hp @ 5600 rpm rating for insurance reasons but in reality offered close to 400 hp. It powered this 1,451 kg car to a top speed exceeding 210 kph, but its most notable feature was a 0-100 mph (161 kph) acceleration in just 14.04 seconds, which is amazing. A regular, modern car would take that long to get to only 100 kph and the preceding Cobra GT-500 took 17.1 seconds for the same effort. The Cobra GT-500KR almost was like a drag-race car for the open road.

[C]

No offense but ford and exotic really dont go together in any sense of the word. Impressive yes, exotic no.

Depends where abouts in Dagenham it is Craig!

[Craig.]

sorry but a ford sierra with racing stripes isnt exotic.

[Pc-Shark]

sorry but the corvette is not a good car. for what they cost, you buy a porsche, a real sports car.

no offense if you r not american, but I am american & is a porsche American? No. I won't touch a car if it is not american made. That is why a Chevy Corvette is better. (American Made "American Owned") Ford comes first, simply because Ford produced the very first vehical.

[RichieB16]

no offense if you r not american, but I am american & is a porsche American? No. I won't touch a car if it is not american made. That is why a Chevy Corvette is better. (American Made "American Owned")

Thats not neccessarily true-but I understand where your coming from.

[Pc-Shark]

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Thats not neccessarily true-but I understand where your coming from.

[RichieB16]

I've never owned a Dodge truck, the only truck I have owned is a Ford and I like it.  I said that American vehicles put out a ton more torque-that was one of the reasons I think American cars are better.  The motor I'm currently putting in my Camaro has 450ft/lbs of torque.

Plus, a Ford F-550 really isn't a commonly owned truck by everyday people.  Thats into the commercial stuff.

But, name a year where there was a more powerful factory Mustang produced than a Camaro.  I really don't think your going to find one and if you do its only one or 2 years (maybve a couple of the 5.0L years).  The only years that I know of is 1964-1966 and 2003-current because there was no Camaro in those years.

[Pc-Shark]

[quote]I've never owned a Dodge truck, the only truck I have owned is a Ford and I like it.

[The Ruptured Duck]

Ok USA3000, I hate to tell you, but when it comes to silly stuff, chevy is better than ford (like interiors).  My mustang is falling apart from the inside.  the shifter only reads P and does not change when I move it towards me.  

When You ignore the silly stuff, Ford is way better.  Cameros were never origional, an only won Trans Am because they were driven by Rodger Penske drivers.  Penske picks the crappy cars, but the best drivers (ex:  IRL, Toyota, Sam Hornish and Helio Castroneves)

[RichieB16]

"2003-current" As far as I can tell Chevy has shut down the further production of the Camaro as of 2003. But the Ford mustang is still being produced & selling better than ever. Why would you think that is?

Because they are a whole lot cheaper and Ford doesn't have a higher car that the Mustang competes with.