Agreed. I was a big fan of SVT branding. Something about "Special Vehicles Team" made it sound like it was given to an in house performance division to tweak instead of just being another assembly line trim level. Like the ///M line used to be for BMW

I think I read something that the next generation will be dropping "Shelby" from its branding as that ended with the outgoing generation. Im sure there will be a "Shelby tribute" model sooner than later tho.


But for what its worth, SVT is still active and is the group that is developing the Mustang GT500. The F150 Raptor is still actually F150 SVT Raptor. and has branding on the tailgate and fender grills

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/...89b9796075.jpg


http://racing.ford.com/enthusiasts/c.../ford-svt.html

i get confused with the svt badging on the current gt500. it says shelby of course, but on parts of the car such as the wheels, it says svt, and there is the svtpp option (stands for "svt performance package")...

First Drive vids are now making their way online


All other vids so far are TFLC so yeah....

I want to know about the GT350!!!

302/tr6070?

Factory line lock. Some jabroni is gonna love that for the next revscene group meet.

Thanked for jabroni. LOL!

Thanked for jabroni and thanking jabroni.

zack spencer's take:

just another photoshop of the upcoming svt model but still... :concentrate:

http://i.imgur.com/8hYyprW.jpg

those clips of him driving the silver gt are filmed on angles crest hwy. did that drive during the summer in a 2013 corvette. such an amazing road with lots of elevation and twisties. only down side is the huge fucking rocks scattered all over the road.. i have dash cam footage that i've been too lazy to edit and post up lol.

Ford needs to bring back the SVO, and it has to have dat offset hood scoop

240hp and 300tq for a 2.3L engine????. :suspicious:

Baseline pull was even worse at American Muscle - 231 hp.

Custom Tuning The 2015 Mustang EcoBoost To Make Big Power! | AmericanMuscle.com Mustang Blog

Not too surprising though since the '11-'14 3.7L would usually be anywhere between 240 and 265.

i am sad :(

That's one hell of a lap from that Camaro...

As for the Mustang, still about 1.5s improvement from the '14 and faster than a '14 Corvette

Willow Springs - Streets of Willow lap records - FastestLaps.com

i can't find a GM dealer that has an SS 1LE in stock that is not customer ordered to test drive... they always seem to more more concerned about chrome wheels and stripe packages rather than performance :(

i still cant get over the looks of the 2015. going to take some time i guess...

more disappointment :(

why? wait till this thing gets in the hands of tuners. comes with forged internals.. its going to be making big power with a tune and possibly bigger turbo.

maybe it's age, or because i'm tired of dealing with warranty issues, but these days i like it more when the car is good straight out of the box.