11-26-2006, 05:44 PM
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Shelby GT 500 Commercial
Has anyone seen the new Shelby GT 500 commercial? It shows a new GT 500 being driven on the autobahn and it's passing a Carrera GT. Does Ford really think the 500 can take on the Carrera even on a straight and open road? Whoever volunteered their Carrera for this commercial should be summarily taken out and shot! 
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11-26-2006, 05:51 PM
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I get the frustration, but you dont have to go 200 if you dont want to. So I think the GT was just chillin (as regular autobahn drivers do, i think, ) If I lived in germany, im sure id only go 120 daily, and like 140 on fun trips, and if I had the carrera Id probably do 140 daily and 200+on some fun spurts.
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11-26-2006, 06:36 PM
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IIRC the spoiler is up on the CGT as the Shelby passes it, maybe they put it up manually, maybe it comes up at a comparatively low speed. It's interesting though, they don't seem to focus on it, I'd bet 95% of viewers have no clue there is a Porsche in the ad.
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11-26-2006, 09:55 PM
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"chillin" on the Autobahn
Hi,
as a German who lived in Germany for the first 35 years of my life I can tell you that if you only go 120 kph on the Autobahn you get passed by anything with more than 75 bhp (that includes Trucks).
Cruising speed is somewhere between 140 and 200 kph. Fun starts somewhere north of that. If you "chill" at 120 kph in a Carrera GT you get laughed off the road...
My best guess is the Carrera GT pulled to the right because he was getting ready to leave the Autobahn.
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11-26-2006, 11:18 PM
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally Posted by ChrisZang
My best guess is the Carrera GT pulled to the right because he was getting ready to leave the Autobahn.
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Or it was just a commercial  
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11-26-2006, 11:22 PM
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I noticed the Carerra GT as well. I also noticed the sound of the Shelby.....pretty good for a Ford.
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11-27-2006, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Schnell!
.....pretty good for a Ford.
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Pretty good for a Ford? 500 horsepower/450 ft-lbs of torque. 0-60 in 4 seconds and a 12.5 second quarter mile. All for $42,000. What do we have to spend on a Porsche to get close to those numbers?
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11-27-2006, 04:49 AM
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Im american, I use Miles per hour, I meant 120 miles per hour, not KPH, So itd be like 200 kph-300kph is what I meant.
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11-27-2006, 04:56 AM
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Yeah, but would you want your friends to see you in it? Most people can't tell the difference between the Cobra and the "tuck your balls between your legs and dance the cha cha" 6 banger chick mobile. Cheap American Horsepower...no thanks.
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Pretty good for a Ford? 500 horsepower/450 ft-lbs of torque. 0-60 in 4 seconds and a 12.5 second quarter mile. All for $42,000. What do we have to spend on a Porsche to get close to those numbers?
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