Well that bit IIRC was over 20 years ago or close to it. Climate change hadn’t gained the gravitas it has now but more to the point it speaks about the arrogance of people and their own self importance and could be just as easily applied to people who don’t believe in climate change and actively resist any efforts to…

No Bale is playing Ken Miles and Bernthal is playing Iacocca.

You’ll find any of the big power GT350s end up cross plane crank. Ford Performance has said the flat plane crank doesn’t take to forced induction well due to the way the power loads the crank (radial loading IIRC) and I suspect it pounds the hell out of the bearings much harder than a cross plane crank does.

Plus the…

You’ll probably find going forward the GT500 will certainly be a monster but I doubt it will get a reputation for being a driver’s car like the GT350 will. I’ve never heard a single owner or even tester say its too much engine for the car with the GT350 even at 526 horsepower. 

The GT500 just seems like its performance…

Damn it I’m probably the only other bastard old enough to get the reference!

“Bro only real drivers run without the nannies on and I ain’t no bitch!”
 
Likely last words spoken by F12 owner in the above video.

The experts didn’t even consider the ZL1-1LE or upcoming GT500 Carbon package? Hell for 200k you can also get a bad ass trailer that squats and a truck to tow the weekend car with and carry the consumables and tools if you want to take the car to a track day event.

So what if the purists won. If that’s how Porsche makes its money then more power to the purists.

‘tis the future... all its going to take is a solid run for more liberal elements to shutdown Trump’s oil guzzling and coal spewing machine inthe US. The rest of the world has reconciled with the fact that climate change is inevitable and are hoping to mitigate the worst of its effects.
And while the US is a huge…

Ford is almost ready to be put out pasture. They don’t have the luxury of splurging on loss leaders especially as carmageddon looms. The company has to buckle down and focus on money makers so they have a chance of surviving.  

I really doubt the US public or the government will be as forgiving next go around. Hard…

1st gear - we knew this was coming as far back as when Eaton in charge of MOPAR sold out to MB in the “merger of equals”. Eaton had been building cash and shopping for a partner since the carpocolypse was on the way.

Tthey’ve been showing thier age when you look at the cam timing. Ushering in direct injection was a god send for the OHV 2v engine since they required more aggressive cam timing events to maintain parity with OHC 4v engines and DI helps since it doesnt have to rely on the cam timing events to meter fuel. 

I guess... Mercedes still produces a 4.0 liter TT V8 and of course the big cube V12s in the super cars which would still translate into 4+ liter V8s

My impression from the trailer is it is less Ford vs Ferrari and more Ken Miles’story.

It’s been postulated Enzo never intended to sell to Ford. He just entertained the bid to get Fiat to bite and bite big.

Saves on litigation. Remember when Ford fu led up with SVT Cobra and rated it for 320 hp IIRC and they were having trouble out running the 260 horsepower GT and absolutely getting curb stomped by the 4th gen F-body.

1st gear - of course most drivers are ready for autonomy, they consider the act of driving drudgery required to get from what they want to do to the other thing they want to do.

You would be shocked at even the mundane stuff that gets a bespoke tire. “special” tires are more the norm rather than exception, especially in the performance car game. Even the older Pilot Super Sports and Cup tires for previous GT350s where tailored specifically for the car with a specific part number compared to…

Thats not too bad, I got right around 19-20k out of the Pilot Super Sports on my 17 GT350.

Damn it! I should have thought of this... since you know the 288 GTO is my most favoritest Ferrari in the history of evah! Followed by the F40 and Testarossa