Motortrend's Focus Lambo shootout

qramos · 07-22-04, 01:27 AM

Hey, I don't know why my last thread got killed.

But we should at least talk about such an outrageous article. Comments.

PS Shoot, I'd write more about what I think if I knew it wasn't going to get pulled.

LateNightCable · 07-22-04, 09:07 PM

Uh, your original Focus Vs. Gallardo thread wasn't killed. If you hop over to Compares, you'll see that it's still a top feature.

Perhaps you forgot where you posted it?

And you're right, we should talk about it.

skyline_r34v · 07-23-04, 03:08 AM

It was a Murcielago ;)

LateNightCable · 07-23-04, 10:45 PM

No, I'm pretty positive thats a Gallardo running with the Ford Racing Focus RS8 on the August cover of Motortrend, take another look.

skyline_r34v · 07-24-04, 03:39 AM

I'm jus going by wat gramos posted about the comparison. I haven't looked at wat it's actually being compared against.

Metfanant · 07-24-04, 05:45 PM

i thought it was an interesting read...the RS8 will obviously never see production but its nice to know you can build one using soley the Ford Racing catalog.....its a pretty insance performer for the money....but if you couldnt do all the work yourself...the price would skyrocket....

Anthony

qramos · 07-26-04, 05:05 AM

Hey thanks Latenightcable.

I guess the thread must have been moved by a moderator. A lot of good comments. I'll continue there.

thepolarfoxqx · 08-06-04, 04:20 AM

i'm pretty sure it was a gallardo, and keep in mind that depending on who's driven it, the gallardo has had wildly different performance numbers, some as poor as a 0-60 of 4.8 and as good as 3.6, so keep in mind that could have had some effect on it, if it were someone without finesse, or just not a good day for the mercurial gallardo, that might have swayed it.

And you can make anything fast. Ford does this a lot. They had an escort in the early nineties they turbocharged to beat a vette. they never so much built it, just sort of a lude gesture across the aisle at GM.