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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Difference between the GT350 & the ZL1 (or the SS for that mater): GM intended the regular car to be track capable, knowing that most would never use it as such.
Ford did NOT intend the base GT350 to be track capable, knowing that most people would never take it to a track. However, they knew that some would track it and therefore offered a track package with those specific buyers in mind.
The people suing Ford knowingly bought the car without getting the track package and then proceeded to take it to a track anyways. That is on them.
Think of it like this: on pickup trucks, there exist towing packages that can increase the tow rating of the truck by several thousand pounds. Whose fault is it when someone takes a half ton truck that isn't so equipped, hooks up a 12,000 lb trailer (instead of the 8500 lbs they should have), and cooks the transmission or causes some other failure. The manufacturer for not giving every single truck the maximum capacity, or the owner for exceeding the known capabilities of his truck?
In my opinion, both of those scenarios make just as much sense as suing because your non-track pack GT350 was not track capable. How much more obvious does it need to be? Put it in the owners manual? Oh, right they pretty much did:
https://owner.ford.com/tools/account...tang&year=2016
So, they outright say that the GT350 needs coolers for track days and sustained high speed driving (coolers that come with the track pack and R model). And, they warn that it will go into limp mode if it starts to overheat.
Sounds like none of the folks suing bothered to spend a couple minutes reading their manual. |
You know when you get the owners manual: after you buy the car!
Meanwhile they advertise the car with stuff like this:
https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...press-kit.html
Some quotes:
The original Shelby GT350 introduced in 1965 established the Mustang’s performance credentials.
The all-new Shelby GT350 Mustang, featuring the most powerful naturally aspirated Ford production engine ever, is a world-class performance vehicle, designed to tackle the planet’s most challenging roads –
an all-day track car that’s also street legal.
I like your pickup truck analogy. How about this. You buy a truck but you won't be doing any serious towing. They offer the towing package but you don't buy it. You deside to haul a 4'x8' uhaul trailer cause that is the smallest one you can get and any truck should be able to haul this small of a trailer. The Tundra can, the Silverado can, the Dodge can, heck even the Ford Ranger can and it's even smaller than your new F150 and made by the same company. Hell even cars can haul this little trailer if you put a hitch on them. You get on the rode and within 10 minutes your car has gone into transmission protection mode and limited you to 10 miles per hour.
Now Ford has been advertising how great this truck is and how it out tows everything on the road and its the king of trucks. Everyone knows you need the tow package if you are going to tow anything though.