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      06-26-2011, 09:40 PM   #64
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Drives: AW 2011 1M
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Originally Posted by Ziggy99 View Post
Funny review, specially at the end!

It looked great on that track, I really liked that.

The car is quite good per se, very good as matter of fact given the reviews I`ve read here, and its interesting how it sometimes outperforms other german competitors, like the Cayman R etc, , but it is something ironic, that it can`t really outperform a live axle car, with a kinda similar price tag, (one $7K cheaper thou):

Yes, you know who it is, Boss 302. (not even the laguna seca version)

Numbers wise, Boss is faster to 60, traps way higher, faster at the 1/4 mile, with a faster time and more avg grip at the Motor trend`s 8 figure.
Braking and skidpad grip is even.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...son/specs.html

Where you can compare it against his big brother M3

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...test_data.html

Ford Boss 302 test.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...take_road_test
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...302_-road_test

You get that the 1M had more grip, even braking, thou acceleration wise, 1M had and has no chance against the boss.

For the same price of a 1M, there is the laguna seca version, which "dances with porsches" as road and track said here, and of course, makes the 1M look just a little kid. Laguna seca version is just a f***king monster.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/ca...02-laguna-seca

"The car’s neck-wrenching 1.02g on the skidpad and 74.0-mph romp through the slalom make the Boss 302 the best-handling production Mustang ever, but the most impressive thing about it was its durability—it lapped Laguna Seca for two straight days needing only a few fuel stops and tire changes. Most other production cars wouldn’t have lasted five laps. And oh yeah, it laid down a lap time of 1:39.5 sec., which should make Porsche 911 GT3 and Nissan GT-R drivers take notice."

So all in all, this was to have things in perspective of what money can buy today perfomance wise for around $40K to $50K.

I`ll say we are living in pretty good times

So everybody, enjoy your 1Ms.


Thank you for your hard work in putting up those links. A lot of "First Drives." No real comparisons just numbers.

It has impressive number, too bad its a Ford.

I feel real bad about myself, owning an 1M. It makes me cry, I always have tears of joy when I drive it.

Do you own a Boss 302?

At the end it a FORD!!!!!!

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