While I agree that this car is purely a marketing scheme. The rear suspension is more than competent for this kind of power. In fact, a solid rear axle would be more preferable for acceleration. Ford has done a fine job without the IRS on this car.

And if you’ve driven one, on or off a track, you’d know that better. Not assuming you haven’t, but I have…at least with the garden-variety GT and FRP bits (that are similiar to those found on the GT500). Both at Miller Motorsports Park and deep in the Wasatch Front. The car is very stable and the chassis does not flex at all. It’s more of a brute in terms of how you drive the car than with a comparable European or Asian high-powered coupe.

The platform is a great design that was modeled after the best that the Germans offered in the mid to late 90s when Jag and Lincoln introduced their varients of the DEW98 (correct?) platform. This is no Fox/SN95 chassis. Remember, you want a little flexibity in a chassis when cornering on roads that have bumps and dips. Helps absorb the surface inconsistencies and keeps the car better planted.

Finally, how often can you test a car’s HANDLING at 150mph? You usually have to slow down a bit for a turn, how fast are you going…and it’s unlikely most (including a majority of TTAC readers) are testing the handling of a car on race tracks. Especially one bought for the power output and badges slapped on.

I’ve always been a big Mustang fan, but out of all the current special editions, only the Bullitt looks the best. Why? Because it is even more unadorned than the regular GT. And even those seem more bulky than the 60’s models.

And, why so many press releases on such a limited car?

Doesn’t matter, rich guys eager for modern counterparts to their HEMI ‘cudas make this ride an instant classic.

Shame about gas prices. I was really beginning to enjoy this.

Then again, the overhyping and underproducing of the gt500, resulting in the absurd markups, has turned off alot of Mustang fans who are able to pay the ridiculous prices, but just refuse to.

I’m one of them.

They should have made the KR the 2009 model and just added the 10k to the original gt500 price. People would pay it anyway.

After all, there were people paying 20k markups on the GT500 last year.

I could pick one up for sticker now since demand has plumetted, but I spent so much time and energy looking for a dealer last year who didn’t want to rape their customers, I lost interest.

And who among us would be brave enough to test its handling at 150 mph?

WTF is an “acceleration effect”? Does the “aero” create eddies that suck the car forward?

Ford has really goofed with these. They should have kept it SVT and their normal production line along with the specialty tuners like Saleen producing the faster versions. At least that was much easier to keep track of.

And it doesn’t answer a critical question: can it do anything else than go fast in a straight line?