a mildly modified gt350 spanks a gt3 around a road track. especially if the gt350 is running the dscsport suspension tuner. When people complain about ford being squirrely with warranty work, you have to wonder if they truly understand that they are getting a faster car for 1/3rd the price, and something has to give to offer a product at that price point.
The gt350 would have been 120-150K if Ford had made an attempt to make every bit as high quality as a porsche, and even then, who wants a track car with a lincoln interior?
Thing is though- have you been in a new Porsche lately? Not the macan/cayenne/panamera- but a 911? It isn’t “luxurious” unless you go nuts on the options boxes, it’s very spartan- but in a good way- yeah the materials/fit & finish are excellent, but it’s not like getting in a Mercedes by any means. The interior is not superior over a vette/mustang the same way an Audi interior is IMO if that makes sense.
I think people got the impression I don’t like Porsche- I do like them, they’re my preferred German car brand followed by Mercedes then Audi - used to like bmws a lot more, but they aren’t the same manufacturer anymore. They’re an suv company.
I just don’t think the engineering is anything to fawn over relative to the performance delivered @ the price point that comes with it. That was the whole thread initially- the OP was bashing ford engineering over Porsche’s but based on the INTENT of what that engineering is supposed to deliver then cost has to be a factor in relation to how that engineering translates into performance. When compared that way I am more impressed w/ Ford engineers delivering a mass market raptor from the same company/factory pumping out econoboxes.
The price tag of a Porsche is partly marketing/prestige capitalism- what the market will bear so to speak, but it’s also a reflection of the “budget” Porsche’s engineers had to work with. I agree the #s the newest GT3 RS deliver are astounding- in a vacuum or compared to a lambo or Porsche’s own $900k 918 (again I actually see that as embarrassing too)- but consider this:
give corvette engineers a clean slate to bring a C7 to market that comes w/ a $300k price tag.I want someone to contemplate that & tell me w/ a straight face in all honestly that a C7 w/ that kinda budget wouldn’t analy probe every damn Porsche out there.
