Since the company I work for looks like it might finally be getting its stuff together and having a vehicle policy, she who must be obeyed and myself went to our friendly Ford dealer this morning and took a BA XR8 for a drive. After we had been for a bit of a run we compared notes and I was somewhat surprised when she got out and said "that thing is a bit gutless". My impressions from the drive were that it rode and handled very well but was way short on torque. We drove a 200 Kw AU XR8 when they were current and I felt that it had more grunt than the BA. To be fair the BA did seem to accelerate pretty smoothly and being an auto it didnt have the sensation of acceleration that you get when changing gears. Has anyone else had the same experience ?
The upside was that she suggested when I mentioned that the GT has an extra 30 Kw that we had better get one of those instead as the 2 GTs they had on the floor were a much nicer looking vehicle.
Can anyone who has a GT tell me if they have substantially more torque?
Thanks in advance for any opinions.
Regds,
Tote
The upside was that she suggested when I mentioned that the GT has an extra 30 Kw that we had better get one of those instead as the 2 GTs they had on the floor were a much nicer looking vehicle.
Can anyone who has a GT tell me if they have substantially more torque?
Thanks in advance for any opinions.
Regds,
Tote