Ford Shows Most Powerful Street-Legal Mustang With 760 Hp

U.S. News ^ | Aug. 5, 2019 | Associated Press

[amorphous]

DETROIT (AP) — The most powerful street-legal Ford Mustang ever built will go on sale this fall.

A 5.2-liter supercharged V8 will crank out 760 horsepower in the 2020 Shelby GT500.

The new version has a beefed-up suspension and brakes. It also has a seven-speed automatic transmission that Ford promises will shift smoothly on commutes and quickly on the track. The engine is hand-built at a Michigan factory and comes with unique pistons and other parts. It can crank out 625 foot-pounds of torque, a measure of rotational force.

[TexasGator]

Your point?

[RayChuang88]

Fast yes. But will it handle like the Ferrari F8 Tributo?

[amorphous]

:)

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Handle it but for how long?

The power difference between normal and foot to the floor is so big you can never have a happy midpoint. My guess if you really get on it once every 3 weeks it will last 40k/50k miles before a $8000+ repair.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

A dual clutch is really 2 manual transmission’s that shift automatically.

[TexasGator]

“Dual-clutch transmissions have no clutch pedal, which makes them function as an automatic.”

A basic element of an automatic is the torque converter. The dual clutch has no torque converter.

Additionally, the dual-clutch has two ratios engaged at the same time, selecting the appropriate gear via each of the two clutches.

[amorphous]

No, but it’ll leave a Ferrari in the dust when the red-light changes to green in most US-of-A city streets...;)

[bankwalker]

what kind of diesel gives you 48 mpg?

[TexasGator]

“Fast yes. But will it handle like the Ferrari F8 Tributo? “

No, but for the price you can get two-foresomes and clubs to the course really quick.

[amorphous]

After the warranty expires, I’d definitely be doing my own repairs and maybe even before it expires, like I do now - except for recalls. Not many dealers hire the kind of techs you want working on something like this.

[mastertex]

What bothers me is designed and/or built in Detroit, this is a dead area and car is most likely build by homeless folks or druggies....stay away from Detroit....

[George from New England]

paging Leno, Jay Leno

[amorphous]

Volkswagen Golf, TDI, for one. :)

[amorphous]

paging Leno, Jay Leno

Yep, and it'll be worth a cool million in a decade or two.

[lurk]

Street legal at 760 hp.

Exactly what street is this safe to step on the gas pedal?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Then there are the electronics. I’m sure those hitech metal coatings aren’t cheap either. GDI injectors must really pack the PSI and quantity too. I can’t imagine what the fuel flow rate is.

[Nifster]

To. quote the gun control people....” No one needs that.....”

[newfreep]

I can guarantee the Mustang does NOT have the handling/steering precision of a Ferrari - not even in the same universe.

Ditto the Alfa-Romero Giulia Quadrifoglio which has a Ferrari steering system for same price as this Mustang.

I’m sure the Mustang will go fast in a straight line.

ps: my first car was a ‘67 Mustang

[morphing libertarian]

It’s joke, maybe not so funny.

[Yo-Yo]

Nobody needs a 760 HP High Capacity Assault Vehicle.

Congress needs to ban all cars with greater than 50 HP per ton of weight.