Funny that Ford doesnt want people to use the XR8 at the track.
When from the forum the XR8 Program manager said at the vehicle media launch to a Ford forum invitee:
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"Tomorrow with this weather you are driving a 370kw car. When we are at Winton I want you to turn the traction control off and give it everything you can!"
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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11428879
or what about what another Ford employee a Ford engineer said about the new XR8:
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"It's good for a 0-100km/h time in the high fours," says one engineer. "Expect consistent 4.7-second runs."
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http://www.drive.com.au/new-car-revi...127-3larj.html
So they want buyers to do this on the street??
Or what about how the car has launch control? What for if you cant use it?
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Next we headed over to the straight for acceleration and brake testing in the automatic model.
We started at the bottom end of the straight with the transmission in drive (not sports mode) with one foot on the brake the other pushing the accelerator to the floor. The tacho shows around 2500rpm then simply let the brake go and you're off! The read end squats, hooks up then accelerates very fast!
300 meters away on the right an orange cone signalled the braking point a short distance after a line of cones to brake into basically simulated braking from high speed and steering around an object appearing in front of the car on the road.
We had two runs each at this with all of us claiming to have seen over 160kph before braking, it was likely 170kph but one doesn't look at the speedo that close to the braking point as it comes up very fast!
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The team behind this car is without a doubt very passionate and proud of what they have achieved. Their aim was to not only build the best overall Falcon ever but also the best hero car they could.
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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11428879
Tell them to get stuffed.