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Of course that is with the SVT Package.

We know firsthand that both the 2011 Ford Mustang V6 and GT aren't just plenty quick – they're downright scary fast compared to their predecessors. It should follow, that the king of the heap 2011 GT500 should be similarly faster than the 2010 model. Let's just go ahead and call that one an understatement. Ford just dropped a tasty video on the interwebs showing the car lapping one of our favorite tracks – Virginia International Speedway.

Ford's engineers had it in their minds that the new aluminum block with its 120-pound weight savings should help the car click off the 4.1-mile Grand West portion of the track about three seconds quicker than the outgoing car. Thing is, the 2011 GT500 managed to lap the track in 2:58.5 – a full nine seconds faster than last year's version.

Progress is most definitely a good thing. Hit the jump to see the car do the dance.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/18/v...nds/#continued

And here for some video:



Also for reference on cars lap times around VIR:

http://www.fastestlaps.com/track20.html

2007 Ferrari F430 Scuderia - 2:54.6
2008 Nissan GT-R - 2:55.6
2008 Dodge Viper SRT-10 - 2:57.4
2005 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - 2:58.2
2011 Ford GT500 - 2:58.5
2010 Chevrolet Corvette GS - 2:58.8
2009 Audi R8 v10 - 2:59.5
2004 Ford GT - 3:00.7
2010 Ford GT500 - 3:07.4
2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS - 3:09.5

Great job Ford.