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  • he put up a really good time with this car...

  • An american car can never be a good driver's car. just a fact

  • Watching this car plow into the corners seeing and knowing how nose heavy this car is,the car is all over the track. Seeing this and knowing such things greatly strip away track times. I would not trust the numbers 1:04.3. get real, the Z06 did it in 1:34.43. I don't favor one car brand over another. The numbers here are wrong.

  • @liellibg

    its not 1:04.3 its 104. 3 seconds. that means 1:44.3

  • go see the new 2011 best drivers car Z06. In 10 laps the new Z06 will be coming around to lap this big heavy tank. The new ZL1 Camaro should take care of this Mustang also :-) cant wait to see that. But it does well for a Ford and a mustang at that

  • at the end of the day, the base model corvette is faster than the fastest mustang soo not sure what your point is. and you put about $6000 into a corvette it would smoke any GT500

  • @anocera17 Not the fastest mustang buddy. Also, ford improved the gt500 this year (stuck in 2010 huh?) so I do belive it now has the power, and handling to beat a corvette gs, which is still more expensive.

  • I have an 05 F 150 that has Many after market parts that has it putting out about 755 HP,its low and loud so when all the imports rol up along side they want to try it out OK here goes i nail the throttle bring the 256x 18 to a sizzle and then it catches and im gone you should see the eyes when they catch up LOL.

  • This guys is a pussy, he said the Zr1 wasn't as good a drive even though is was about 10sec faster.

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  • @MicahLeviClark Heh, little punk, you couldn't drive your GM product like this if you had Mario Andretti as your trainer. You're a pussy. Government motors sucks eggs I know, I own GM> got to butt fuck it to get it goin' in the morning. Fords ALWAYS rule that SHIT from GM. Oduma motors sucks. Ford didn't need bail outs Cause' people know quality when they see it and SHIT when they smell it. You're smellin' a little ripe>freak

  • 4 seconds more than mercedes sls

  • Laguna Seca's such a beautiful track. Makes me wonder why the American companies bother with the Nurburgring. They could use NASCAR tracks to test acceleration and high speed stability, and tracks like Laguna Seca (or Willow Springs, Virginia International) to test brakes and handling.

    Lotus don't test their cars at the 'Ring, and they're widely acknowledged to be the best handling cars in the world.

  • @NobleM15fan The majority of performance cars come out of Europe, so the "benchmark" track (Nurburgring) is appropriately located in central Europe. Also, many European cars are not road legal in the States, so there is little point shipping something like a Radical SR8 to Laguna Seca if it will never be sold here. The reason Lotus doesn't test at the 'Ring is b/c real gearheads know and appreciate the fact that Lotus' are solely about handling and fun, and not about numbers.

  • oops skipped a turn! at the front end! certainly plenty of ire squeal. Too early in to the CS. Turn one ok.

  • just like forza

  • For $49k this car chokes on donkey balls. I'd take a $30k 370z with a $6k twin turbo charger that would make this car look like it was sitting still. Dumbass american car makers.

  • It seems like European and Japanese cars are staying behind, if you look up "laguna seca production car record you will see the acr, the zr1 and the z06 carbon" even the z06 carbon is faster than the Nissan gtr now. Awesome

  • If this car was all wheel drive it would smoke every car out there.

    The weight distribution is messed up, front is too heavy with a 5.4L Supercharged V8 while the back is so light, the car has more traction if it's mid engined.

    Engine sits on top of the rear wheels when it accelerates it has more traction.

  • @seanx23 A mid engined mustang? O.o I'm going to go invent the external combustion engine now...

  • @seanx23 Ford already has a mid engined mustang: its called the Ford GT, and its stilla piece of crap

  • @magnum9987 So crap that GM is owned by the US taxpayer and ford is not. Your obviously retarded. A Corvette is a 2 seater sports car, the mustang is a 4 seater pony car. Why you are even comparing them like they are rivals in the same marketplace is beyond me.

  • @Aliasify The Base GT500 is 48K, the BAse Corvette is 48K, thats why I compare them. And guess what? The Corvette is faster. Because its not some 2ton POS with a blown motor. Its light weight with a pristine 6.2l, more efficient, and it'll take a corner 10X better.

  • @magnum9987 Your just proving my point. The Top spec mustang si the same price as the lowest spec corvette. Once again, the corvette is a 2 seater designed for performance only. While the gt500 is a sports coupe that can take 4 comfortably. Im not saying the Gt500 is better then a corvette, your quite simple arent you? Your obviously a 'vette fanboy, so wont listein to reason. How about you compare the ford GT to the camaro while your at it. Or an S2000 to an silvia?

  • @Aliasify No, you aren't getting my point. The comparison between the two is perfectly valid! Its price, not market. And the Mustang can only comfortabaly seat two. I've been in the seats myself, you have to be a midget to comfortabely sit in them. The comparison is compltely valid.

    And the Ford GT to a camaro? Yeah, THATS a dumb comparison, and completely unrelated. I am talking price. You are talking nonsense. The Ford GT is the fastest Ford's ever built. I'm talking GM's slowest Corvette.

  • @Aliasify If it's the best Ford can do, please make mine a Chevy. I've had Corvettes, Camaros and 5 Mustangs and the Chevys were always the most satisfying cars to drive. I traded my 2008 Mustang Bullitt with 7,500 miles on it for a Camaro when the Bullitt got beat by a Chevy Cobalt. Ford could make a competitive car to the Vette. Why don't they? Answer they don't need to, Ford guys buy all the Mustangs Ford can make even if they are embarassing...it's all about profit for FOMOCO.

  • niccccccce roar....!

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  • @makattak88 Nope it doesn't. The only mustangs with IRS are the 99/01 cobras and the 03/04 cobras.

  • This car is a joke on the track, POS

  • @GTSRBOY I suppose your a fucking expert are you? Unlike the driver in the video with loads of experiance who drove all the cars around laguna seca and then came to the conclusion, you came to your conclusion based on what personnel experiance of any of these vehicles?

  • @GTSRBOY

    Go watch some more Top Gear.

  • great track, shame about the car

  • yea laguna seca man i live like 5 min away from it i love that track

  • As for that pathetic lap time you can thank that live rear axle and prehistoric suspension technology.

  • The new 2011 560HP Z28 debuts in late 2010.

    It will utilize more aluminum to shed weight with an expected curbweight around 3500lbs (GT500 3900lbs)

    The Aluminum 6.2 Liter LSA will be dropped in along with the clutch and flywheel from the Vette.

    It will also use GM's magnetic selective IRS, and track tuned LSD from the CTSV.

    GM said it would be priced competively with the GT500, but with that suspension, engine and LSD its worth paying a little more than a GT500.

  • @Greendude33

    you should just add the gear box from and clutch from the ford gt to the shelby. also irs is only from race tracks not the drag strip. either way the gt still kicks the ss ass. gm will ask for another bail out once they are done with this car.

  • First things First (I HATE JAPANESE CARS)

    but how would the GT-R compare to the GT500 and the C6,Z06,ZR1 Corvettes for that matter?

  • @Detoyato doesnt matter if the GT-R's gps picks up that it is on race track, guess what...warrenty is voided, or if you decied to use the launch controll more than three times a year guess what.....you guessed it warrenty voided. the GT-R is fast but no ware near durrable i guarentte if you run it hard for half a day...it will be going to the shop and i think nissan relized it thats why they dont want it on the track

  • the driver was making the most intense faces lol

  • Even when 68 hp down to GT500, Roush 427R is better ride and Im sure it would do better hotlap time on any circuit apart from Daytona oval :)

  • I really don't think that the Shelby fans that come to watch this video care much about the Vette drama. If that was the case we'd be typing in Z06 etc. We're not here for Vette trivia, specs, model correction, cost adjustments or otherwise.

  • i totally agree im watching this vid to discuss the shelby not a vette

  • haha, looks like Mr. Garrison from South Park: "Mr Hat loves driving Laguna Seca"

  • Why is it that every Ford Mustang/Shelby GT500 video I go to, there's always some Government Motors loving Ford bashing moron who thinks he has to justify the 80K+ you have to pay for a Corvette ZO6 (or a C6, $110,000 xD) by bashing Mustangs? I'm guessing its because Corvette lovers are upset by their videos getting bashed by the Exotic fans. Pity, poor GM just doesn't know if its a muscle or exotic. Atleast Ford isnt confused about its type, that's for sure.

  • i think you ment zr1....c6 refers to 2005 and up corvettes. zr1s cost 100-120k

  • Actually, the Z06 is around 76k, unless you want to bring dealer markup into this. As I am a Z06 owner myself, I can say that all the justification we need is the ability to murder stock 'Stangs anytime, anywhere. Hell, a stock Z06 can put the hurt on several 100k+ exotics. Not hating on Mustangs, just calling it like I see it.

    Also, GM never called the Corvette a musclecar or an exotic. It's ALWAYS been a sportscar/psuedo-Supercar. It seems you're the one who's confused here.

  • @WelcomeToCarnate

    So...basically you justify spending that much money just to beat up on a car in the $30k bracket? By design concept, the only Mustang competitor for the Vettes was the Cobra...which wasn't really a big deal for the Jake Crowd until about '03 when all hell broke loose John Coletti style.

    Not hating on Vettes.  I love Vettes actually...I just think your argument needs significant refinement. No disrespect intended, though.

  • Read between the lines. I only mentioned Mustangs because that was one of the subject cars. The real justification is that there's pretty much nothing in the Z06's price bracket that can outperform it.

    The only car that comes to mind in the under-100k group is the Dodge Viper, and it's around 90k. And when Mustang guys talk about the price of Corvettes, they seem to forget the 80k disaster that was the GT500KR.

    But I'm actually loving the current GT500. I think It's quite impressive.

  • @WelcomeToCarnate

    the reason why the kr was so expensive was because they only made a small of amount. those car are meant to keep in your garage not race.

  • I highly doubt that the KR was meant as a showpiece(though they probably tried to use that to justify the price), seeing as how "KR" stands for "King of the Road". Not only was it more powerful, it also had custom tires and suspension tuned to be more "sporty". Then there's the gimmicky hoodpins meant to keep the lightweight CF hood from flying off at high speeds.

    That thing was meant to show off. The problem was, it didn't have much to show off. But all that's changed, as far as I can tell.

  • would of done much better with some stickys.....racing at laguna seca is on my list of things to do before i die. i love that track

  • im pretty sure those that was all stock besides the cameras im pretty sure it doesnt come with that hahah its a shelby gt500 not a gt

  • love the hood mounted camera!!

  • nice way to end it

  • well thats true the mustang cant beat the corvette zr1 bur the FORD GTX1 can do it

  • GUys i jus bought one! Its amazing but guess what i work for chevy... and iv raced a few vettes and this is how it goes: on a highway or srtaight line this shelby beats a c6 vette, not the z06 tho. in a twist and turn the c6 will beat me but not by much. dont eventhink of z06, not a chance. but remember mustang was ment for camaro a vette is a differnt class of car. The shelby is too heavy for the vette and not nimble enough, but as ne car, after market can change everything :)

  • Well said. And anyway, the Mustang is simply a cooler ride, solid rear axle and all.

  • chevy sucks they r broke

  • Do you remember ? ... it's the will smith's mustang in the movie : I am Legend ! rrrrr 500hp....

  • Lets see here the Mustang weighs close to 900 lbs more than a Corvette and still has a soild rear axle. How could you pick this portly caveman mobile over a Vette if you call your self a performance enthusiast? Doesn't add up to me... unless you just really want a Mustang

  • "portly caveman mobile"? i dont know if you've looked under your corvette, but your rolling on leaf springs. yes, the same suspension used in the 70's just like the solid rear. and if you payed attention to racing at all, you'd know that the mustang with the antiquated "solid rear" outhandles cars with more advanced suspensions. helping it win 2 KONI challenges with maybe a 3rd this year, a 2008 FIA GT4 win, and could possibly win this years SPEED world challenge.

  • Racoonpussy- The corvette still has full independent suspension, something the portly(very) mustang can only dream about. All your hopes and dreams cant put the 4000 lb mustang on a diet. Nor can those pounds avoids the laws of physics and the simple concept of grip. The wins in racing have more to do with the driver than the car, and from the looks of your channel you dont even have a drivers licence...so have fun with your skateboard and car magazines because thats as close as you will get

  • wow, nice way to fucking troll a comment i made a month ago. i don't think you even bothered to read my comments as i typed championship wins with a solid rear. it's ok though, it's what i expected from someone who favorited "lupe fiasco" and "7 pound dildo fight". i wonder how you came to the conclusion i don't have a drivers license? hahaha some of the videos you favorited really say a lot about you. chamillionaire? really? you favorited a chamillionaire video? hahaha, fucking retard.

  • @KarlSmithJones25 No those wins have to do as much with the car as the driver and those FR500 mustangs don't have much to do with the street car.

  • the corvette has a leaf spring

  • The mustangs did have independent rear suspension for a 5 years, its to keep cost down, 4000 pounds, 4 seats, and quality, corvettes are cheap plastic cars

  • @TheTubbylover69 Theres a difference between Plastc, and FiberGlass n CarbonFiber, you might want to learn that..

  • @TheTubbylover69 none of the GTs had it but the cobra Rs i think had it for that time

  • @TheTubbylover69 ...The only mustangs that came from Ford with IRS is the '99 / ' 01 Cobra's , '00 Cobra R & the '03-'04 Cobra's.

  • @TheTubbylover69 last i checked fiberglass wasn't plastic

  • @racoonpooon Those weren't anywhere near stock mustangs though, they were race built cars that cost 80k base. The weight distribution is a lot more balanced, It's over 900 pounds lighter than this and I'm pretty sure it has a live rear axle.

  • @free2game yeah i know they're lighter and still use the live rear axle. but that was my point, that even with the live rear they run exceptionally well. as for the price that's still the cheapest race car you could possibly buy.

  • Yeah well, since they don't come with anything BUT a live rear axle I'm pretty sure it has one. Damn dude.

  • A regular mustang might be slow. A shelby GT 500 is any but. the corvette is the only american car that is faster and not by much. and all the money you save getting a shelby you can put into after market parts and it will smoke the corvette. so all you pony haters can suck it

  • i like this car but as far as corvette being the only car thats faster, what about the Viper line? the ford GT? the saleen S7? more costly but still...

  • @hispolarbear06 this is the dumbest comment ive ever read of youtube.

  • @hispolarbear06 cant forget the viper lol its a bit faster then the gt500 as well

  • @hispolarbear06 not by much? Take the ZR1 640HP buddy.

  • @hispolarbear06 So the Saleen S7 doesn't exist? as well as The Viper and the Ultimate Aero? and the Ford GT? and a whole host of other American cars? There are a lot of American cars that are faster. And no matter how much money you put into a Mustang it cannot out handle a Saleen S7.

  • @hispolarbear06 You don't know much, do you? If we are going to go into aftermarket parts, an aftermarket corvette would rape any aftermarket mustang. It comes down to the displacement, and chevy has it, and ford wishes it has it. So ford can suck it

  • @hispolarbear06 your a complete moron..

    the viper acr is soo much faster then both of those on this track

  • @hispolarbear06 srt10?? and the gt500 is more expensive than a bottom of the line vette and even the bottom of the line vette is faster than the gt500

  • @americanman911 yes you are right until ford revised the gt 500 again for 2011. That version can beat a corvette and if you pour say 10-15k into loosing weight and adding other things that would put more power down effeciently. You could possibly have a worthy opponent to take on the zo6. That is very commendable by ford/shelby.

  • @joshua626 yea but its already more expensive than a z06 sooo y would u wanna put another 15000 into it to make it possibly wanna beat a car that is already 10 grand less than it is already so for an extra 25 grand you can make the zo6 beat a ferrari

  • @americanman911 The corvette zo6 starts around 75k. The shelby starts at 48k and after the few options and destinations fees etc etc. You can walk out of their with a shelby for 60k. And you can quote me on that.

    Thats -15k less than the zo6 more than a enough room to play catch up. :)

  • @hispolarbear06 there is one american car faster than the mustang. it's faster than the corvette too... and guess what.. it's FORD built. the ford gt. most beautiful car ever made!.. and to all the people who hate mustangs... y'all don't know cars. mustangs are beautiful pieces of machinery

  • @hispolarbear06 The Cts-V is faster!

  • @hispolarbear06 You forgot about the Viper tehehehe =)

  • I think I just came

  • o man, he slid that sucker through the corkscrew! i didnt think it would handle as well as it does in this video. good lookin car!

  • i never thought id be jelous of an od white guy...besides heff

  • Bad Ass car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would burn rubber on that car but the Audi r8 can beat the gt500

  • obvouisly.... its only several hundred thousand dollars more..

  • yea sports car these days so overpriced :D Xd but r8 is worth it :|

  • lol and costs what? 3 times more?

  • yea yea it cost alot but just look at it of course its gonna be overpriced pfff i cant even afford the the gt500

  • Roush 427R kills the GT 500 in the corners. The 2010 427R pulls a 1.02g on Roush skid pad. Cooper Tire and Roush setup tires for the new car and got it over the 1g mark, like Jack wanted.

  • Thats my car!!!!

  • yea?....thats my car too.

  • i'm beast on this track..

  • Kudos on living up to your name!

  • Fuck you, this car is fast.

  • Get the Fuck out of here you dumb hater.

  • the corvette is the only american car faster than the shelby and not by much. and with all the money you save on the shelby can be put into after market parts and it will smoke the vette. so shut your mouth donkey raping sh*t eater. stop hating on the pony.

  • You are correct, they are cheap.. in price, not in quality.

    And you are wrong, they are not slow.

    Mustangs rule.. They're way better than anything Chevy makes.

  • even the corvette zr1? no. just no.

  • God the corkscrew looks terrifying!!! I wanna do it!

  • this is fucking sick!

  • no the shelby asc areo is you mixed those two up

  • Wow I play this in that place Laguna Seca, same car, same daylight, in NFS SHIFT LOL now thats weird. GT500 SUCH A BAD ASS.

  • this place is a pain in the ass in gran turismo. i kept goin in the dirt. lol

  • wow this track is from forza motor sports 2. i just played it ealier....weird

  • hah this track is off of the game grand tourismo

  • yeah its a real track...and dont you mean gran turismo?

  • i havent played that game since 01 man, i forget how to spell it.

  • both games have this track

  • is this the worlds fastest production car?

    cuz some guy told me it was

    i dont htink it is though

  • not even close who the fuck told you that?

  • one of my uncle in laws

    hes the manager for this nissan dealship

    so he thinks he knows everything

    i knew he was wrong

    i just had to make sure

  • Obviously if the prism was the best car ever it would still be made, but it's not. Also it beat the charger and the camaro. The charger just wishes it could be that good and the camaro is for poopr people.

  • Pontiac grand AM GT is the best car ever built.

  • Forget the Z06 with the money you could be spending on this piece of crap you could buy a ZR1.

  • unless you just don't want a vette....it's all about personal preference.

  • You Failed Math, Obviously

    ZR1's on eBay, Over $120,000 + tax & license

    2010 Shelby GT500's, $50,000 + tax & license

  • too bad the geo prism hatchback is the best car ever built. lol you guys are idiots

  • Mustang is probably one of the best cars ever built. All chevy can do is make pussy cars.

  • hell yeah! chevys are gay...except the Z06

  • thunderbird, all mustangs can do to get a car to compete with any other muscle car is to strap it with a supercharger. its the easy way out to gain alot of horsepower and is far from the best car ever built, especially the ones with forced induction who last 80k miles and then start to have problems.

  • you should take that car and drift with it

  • Pontiac grand am GT is the best car ever built.

  • haha! my dad got in a wreck with one of those the guy driving it pulled out in front of us and we hit him at like 40mph and destroyed it. we drive an F-150 4x4

  • OMG That feel just like Need For Speed Shift, EA did a hell of a job recreating this Track!

  • Nice-looking car. I can't tell for sure, but I think the stripes are silver, and I'd prefer white.

  • eh the camaro is still king

  • i agree.

  • seriously, i think i creamed my pants while watching this. drool worthy. only if it were dark blue instead ...

  • automatic for the lose

  • Its a manual

  • I just cant get over the Fact that its still just a 12 Sec car. All that Power and Money. I rather have a Z06.

  • 2010 Shelby GT500 Scorecard Run 60-Foot 1/4-Mile/MPH 1. 1.852 11.855/117.66 2. 1.850 11.784/118.93 3. 1.825 11.805/117.36 4. 1.778 11.592/118.45 5. 1.913 11.951/120.29* * Run with stock tires; all other runs with 26x11.5x17-inch Mickey Thompson E.T. Streets MM & FF Evolution Performance Shelby 07 / 08 Stock Supercharger and bolt-ons, in the 9s
  • Your entitled to your opinion, but its more then a car you drive fast in a straight line for a 1/4mile

  • I like that car is the best!!!!!!! I have a 2001 coupe but the shelby cobra guauuuuuuu!!!!

  • Hearing that engine makes something happen in my pants :)

  • you expect him to be exited??? thats randy pobst he races porches in pro scaa

  • I like how he's just driving relaxed and not really enjoying it.  Most people won't even sit in a car that fast, and he's not really effected by it at all.

  • I don't know how edited this was, but I would like to have seen Probst do at least 5 laps - he was just getting the feel of the car! It seemed especially squirrelly on the corkscrew (then again, most cars are unless they are CanAm or ALMS - i.e. ground effects, low to the ground, WIDE tires).

  • Take the cooper tires off, and put on some Michelins.

  • "american cars suck. they belong in the garbage. their only place is on the drag strip ONLY because they have truck motors in them because the US designers cant figure out what TECHNOLOGY means. anyways only american car i would drive is a vette. HONDA for the win"

    Funny, then i wonder how team corvette has won the le mans 8 consecutive times. I never see any hondas at le mans, theyre usually at the drag strip......

  • how would u know if the car is any good if all u ever driven is ur riced up 98 civic

  • come on dude all the car have their own tag

    American cars= powerful

    Asian cars= weird technology

    European= luxury

  • weird technology? GOOD OR BAD? i think its more advanced.

  • well yeah I'm not saying that such technology is bad or doesn't work the thing is that Asian cars come out with a different technology that make the car better but complex

  • if u want a honda, buy a honda

    if u want a mustang, buy a mustang

    if u want a lambo...keep dreaming

    goodnight

  • If you want to buy a lambo..sell your house

  • your first born child is also acceptable for barter

  • yeah its very complex, like steering the car with a ps2 controller. :D

  • Everone Just Needs A Life And Stop Talking TRash WHen We All know u guys Drive Buckets in Reality..........SO JUST SHUT THE F*** UP and Let Those People With Money Chose the Cars They Would Want to be in End OF STORY.....

  • they are just 16 and 17. check um out the rock!! (beatrixkiddonj) onMyspace

  • i agree with most of what you said except honda sucks

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  • Okay bud, if you're going to try and slam a car, american or otherwise, here's a tip. Try practicing writing your sentences in a way that makes sense. And yes this is a mustang. It comes straight from ford with that snake you were talking about. Lastly, have you ever driven a car?? It's hard to understand, but I'm pretty sure you said you'd rather have a honda civic over a GT500?? So you'd rather have a 110hp civic that can barely pull it's own weight over a supercharged 550hp shelby mustang??

  • HERE! HERE!

  • Even someone that doesn't like mustangs would appreciate the GT500. So either you have down syndrome or you've never driven a car...i'm guessing the latter

  • Question: Why are there only two pallbearers at a Japanese funeral? Answer: There are only two handles on a trash can. Go fuck yourself nuked Jap.