A member said he drove the 05 during a dealer showing in San Diego on July 7th. Not sure if its legit but here's what he said:

"No, seriously. Ford had a meeting with dealers in San Diego, CA today to sample and show the new 2005 Fords and I got to go with a friend who works at the dealer I lease my cars from. I wont waste time with much details because I am sure everyone will call on me anyways. Its fast, it sounds like a current Mach 1, its awesome, and I cant wait to get one and I should be ashamed for ever doubting it.

By the way...I dont know how people are claiming to see them on the road, one of the Ford reps said there have been only 10-12 built so far." (which is obviously wrong but that doesn't mean he didn't drive it)

As well..

"Its fast, a TON faster then the 215 hp Stangs and even much faster then the latest 260 hp ones. Hate to draw this comparison again but it feels about as quick as an SS Z28 and the handling is much improved. I doubt too many here have driven one, but I would say the handling is very comparable to the Roush 3's amazing handling, and thats saying alot."

Buh, maybe BS. You make the call. I just like hearing the words "SS" fast.

 

I probably have pictures of 20 or more different pre-production mules running around.

 

who knows. post keep popping up everywhere. dont know if they are true. would be nice if they are. but i doubt it

 

I should hope so with an additional 85 - 40 hp.

 

351CJ on stangnet listed the correct # of stangs...

I think it was 60 mules, 120 preproduction.

 

I've taken pics of and have seen atleast 10 different versions of these test mules. Both pre-production and the zebra mules.

Sorry.. I call big time BS on that one. Especially living where I live... no lie.. we see them ALL THE TIME.

 

I know, that's why I put the comma's with the comment. A uninformed ford rep could have told him that....but that doesn't mean he didn't drive it.

 

Me too!

 

Except that video shows it's a 14.2@96mph car.

 

The video shows that it's at LEAST a 14.2@96 car. Give it to Bob Cosby and let him take it to the 12's bone stock.

As for "it's fast", I take that with a grain of salt. SOTP is very inaccurate -- many cars that are not all that fast "feel" fast, and many that actually are pretty quick don't feel all that fast. For example, my '95 GT feels much quicker than a stock 03 Cobra, when in fact I run very similar times at the track.

Just a month or so and we'll all know for sure how this thing really performs. It's just speculation at this point.

Dave