Yahoo Autos Insane Email Says Ford Gave All the Specs of the New GT to Mike Pence
The Ford GT has to be the most anticipated car in a very, very long time. And there's a good reason for that: Just look at it. The GT is gorgeous and promises to be the fastest, quickest, most exotic, most expensive, and possibly the best car Ford has ever built.
That's why any time there's information on the car, we go nuts over it. But a bizarre email we were forwarded this weekend-that claims to be from Ford-left us with way more questions than answers. Here's the note in its entirety. Give it a read. I'll wait.
Did you drink up all that deliciousness? If you did, you probably feel a bit drunk. Where do we start?
First off, the sender's alias (we hid his email address) is "Secret Nissan Godzilla Powerhunter." We bet he or she likes the Nissan GT-R. Just a hunch. And then we're presented with the info very matter of factly, just "new information from Ford!" Maybe the casual presentation was supposed to make us question what came next less?
That makes sense, because what came next is a total doozy. First off, it's in all caps, like an email from your uncle. Secondly, it mentions Donald Trump with a sidenote of "no political talk intended." Because people just casually mention Trump nowadays. But the best part is that Ford had revealed details of the GT exclusively to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence. Why? Why would an automaker with a new supercar reveal anything to just the VP-elect? Does Pence have a GT coming? That seems doubtful?
Then it goes into specs. A lot of specs. Honestly, some could be accurate. The GT could have 730 horsepower, weigh 3070 pounds, and get to 60 in 2.9 seconds. But it won't have a manual gearbox option, especially because the years listed for that option aren't even confirmed for production yet. It has been said that this car will cost Aventador money, yet the price listed is $237,550, which is Ferrari 488 money.
Also, thanks to an email from a reader named Alex, we found out that the gear ratios presented here would make it impossible to achieve the claimed 202 mph top speed:
Using the gear ratios, RPM for fuel cutoff, and tire size, the theoretical top speed in 7th gear would only be about 196 mph, so it'd literally be impossible for that car to hit the advertised top speed of 202.
Oh, and in what world does it compete against a Ferrari 488 GTB and a Hellcat? Why doesn't it compete against a McLaren 570 or 650? None of this adds up.
We'd ask Mike Pence if this is all true, but we can't seem to get in touch with him. We've also asked Ford to comment on the email. When they're done falling off their chairs laughing long enough to reply, we'll add what they had to say.
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