the non-production i'd take is Focus RS8

 

very shiny

 

Well, I found a little info out about the GR-1 at the NAIAS this week. According to Ford, the projected weight is, get this, 3900 LBS!!!!!

I don't care how many horsepower this thing has, if it weighs 3900 lbs, there is no way it'll ever be able to compete with the Z06 or Viper. Maybe in acceleration, but in terms of all around well balanced performance, that land yacht wouldn't stand a chance.

 

you were discussing car facts with a model.
the car is just in prototype and with Carol Shelby name tied to it I doubt it will be a land yatch

 

Dude, you just made me spit my drink on my keyboard!!!

Do you have ANY clue how much junk is out there with Shelby's name on it?? The Dodge stuff comes to mind INSTANTLY.

 

Shelby Charger, now there was a sports car! lol Wasn't there a Shelby dodge omni? What was he thinking? Money talks!

 

Yah like the cheap shelby Daytonas of the 80s. LoL

 

Those pieces of poo where not designed by Carol Shelby, Dodge mearly bought the rights to use his name and as Dodge put it the cars were "Carol Shelby inspired"

I should have stated designed by not just reference his name being tied to the car.

 

Yeah, even Shelby can't save a Dodge!

 

Yeah, I seen an old dakota with SHELBY written on the tailgate. What's with that?

 

Advertising my friend.

 

Fair enough........but I gaurantee there aint much being designed by an 80 year old heart transplant recepient(sp?) Even the series one (which is built in Vegas, been there many times) basically is using the Shelby name. He does show up @ PR events occasionaly and will scare people when he powerslides an original AC Cobra outta the parlking lot narrowly missing parked cars AND people!!!!

 

The GR-1 was designed by some engineer at Ford and the whole project was overseen by J Mays. There was a show on TLC that documented the whole process of drawing to model to fiberglass. I don't even think that it had anything functional in it. They didn't even show Shelby until the last 10 minutes of the show.

 

I have pictures, I'll see if it's kosher to post them.

 

My understanding of the project...it was more about an engineering/styling exercise than it was about Shelby