I absolutely love the idea of a 5.0 (and badge!) coming to the new body Stang. The 2011 base 5.0 n/a will make 400hp....what a beast.
I grew up in the 80s, and the 5.0 was legendary in my lower middle class area. Seeing a 5.0 badge on a FACTORY twin turbo V8 car absolutely KILLS me. I may have to start saving my pennies now (though, the C6Z06 is still the king of value) I put a few hundred miles on a 2010 GT with Eibachs, KYBs and wheels/tires....and it really impressed me. I really love that Ford took the Stang to a whole new level starting in 05.
Sounds like a cool car. That said the whole reason 5.0 Stangs were popular back in the day was that they were light and cheap new. That is no longer true so for me some of the fun is gone. I drove a ton of them and I'd just got my license. Loved them, but loved the MK2 more. Hell, a new loaded 5.0L was cheaper than buying my '83 Supra in '86.
Yes they are far better cars now, but it's not the same. For that kind of coin I want IRS. Good to see performance cars still being built these days.
Nice idea, but Ford is still run by idiots "The Road Runner tag is a humorous play on the cartoon nemesis of Wile E. Coyote--not a curious reference to the hard-running Plymouth of the late 1960s and early 1970s." Um, what do they think the Plymouth was named after, even with the Road Running emblems on it (little badges of the bird), they still don't get it all these years later?
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