Have you seen the lates Car and Driver? It has the Camaro, Firebird and
Cobra runnin against each other. They all have the same hp, but the
Cobra runs almost a full second SLOWER than the Z and the Firechicken.
14.3 for a Cobra!!
Eric
"Densteadt, James" wrote:
>
> Speaking of problems with fords.....I was talking with a local probe
> owner/racer. He was telling me about a law suit soon to be brought against
> ford. Seems the mustangs production stats are incorrect....hp, torque, 1/4
> mile, and 0-60 times. There is a group of local mustangs owners and they
> were are complaining because they dynoed their cars and ran them at the
> track and couldn't even come close to the production numbers. To make it
> clear when they present their case they all got together and hired some
> professional race car driver to run the car at the track, and he still could
> only get within a .5 of the supposed 0-60 and 1/4 mile times.....OUCH!!! So
> for everyone who thinks the new mustang is something to worry
> about....better think again!!! One more reason not to own a ford!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Man From Utopia [mailto:tmfu@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:50 PM
> To: DML
> Subject: DML: Would ya wanna drive a 4duh???
>
> Just saw this on Infobeat....
>
> Family awarded $295 mln in Ford lawsuit
>
> CERES, Calif. (AP) - A jury awarded $295 million Monday to the family of a
> couple and their son who were killed in the rollover of a Ford Bronco. The
> verdict came three days after a Los Angeles jury awarded a record $4.9
> billion to six people who were severely burned when their Chevrolet exploded
> in a rear-end collision. The jury deliberated five days before awarding $5
> million in compensation to three members of the victims' family and $290
> million in punitive damages, Ford said. Juan Romo was driving the 1978
> Bronco in June 1993 when he swerved to avoid a van he was passing. The
> vehicle rolled over, killing Romo's mother, father and brother. Romo and his
> two surviving sisters claimed Ford knew the Bronco's mostly plastic roof
> would not hold up in a rollover. A former Ford executive, Tom Feeney,
> testified on behalf of the Romos, saying company officials knew the roof was
> virtually certain to fail, plaintiff lawyer Laurence Drivon said. Ford
> argued that the vehicle was sound and that the accident was Romo's fault.
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