Ford 427 show car reveals a glimpse of Detroit?s new direction

[NFS4]

Old concept car, new article

http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=coverstory&loc_code=index&content_code=00632450

 

[freegeeks]

the front is fugly

The power on paper is impressive?590 hp at 6500 rpm and 509 lb-ft of torque at 5500. The soul of 427 is the engine; it?s what gives it meaning.

:Q

 

[oblizue]

wow

 

[Kelvrick]

Looks like something a citizen in Gotham City would drive.

 

[RagingBITCH]

That'd make a slick looking Lincoln LS. Wonder when that's due for a refreshing.

 

[Ornery]

If those numb nuts had put that engine in the freakin' Marauder, we'd already be enjoying "what?s right with America". Of course it wouldn't fit, 'cause the GD thing's too forkin' small. :disgust:

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Ornery
If those numb nuts had put that engine in the freakin' Marauder, we'd already be enjoying "what?s right with America". Of course it wouldn't fit, 'cause the GD thing's too forkin' small. :disgust:

They did shoehorn the 6.8 V10 into the Crown Vic (prototype CHP cars) but I don't know how fast they are. If they dropped the SC'ed 4.6 from the Cobra - man alive that thing would haul :Q

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Ornery
If those numb nuts had put that engine in the freakin' Marauder, we'd already be enjoying "what?s right with America". Of course it wouldn't fit, 'cause the GD thing's too forkin' small. :disgust:

Marauder...small??

WTF is wrong with you?:disgust:

 

[Ornery]

Ya gotta have some cubic inches in a car that size. Who wants some kind of substitute for cubic inches when we already have the real thing?

Even under the hood of the Crown Vic, with the 4.6L, you can barely get at the engine. It has a reduced size oil filter due to the cramped space. A decent size engine under the hood would be impossible to work on.

The back seat in that car has poor legroom when the front seats are pushed back. Front seats are only a little better. I hope to hell the next generation is a good bit bigger... and it likely will be!

 

[ElFenix]

i like. very well proportioned car.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Looks like something a citizen in Gotham City would drive.

Yeah, it's cool

 

[geno]

Looks like they're taking a page out of Chryslers book, the lines remind me of the 300C, and the high beltline of the SRT-8 Concept

 

[Jeff7181]

Nice, but no pictures of tire smoke??? Come on!!

 

[geno]

Woah woah woah - hold on a second - it's a 427 V10!?!? What a disappointment, I thought they were bringing back the 427 as a V8....

 

[Jeff7181]

How is that a disappointment? V10 > V8

 

[prontospyder]

Originally posted by: geno
Looks like they're taking a page out of Chryslers book, the lines remind me of the 300C, and the high beltline of the SRT-8 Concept

 

[SuperGroove]

I LOVE it.

I wonder if Ford is going to produce a competitor to the Cadillac CTS-V

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: freegeeks
the front is fugly

The power on paper is impressive?590 hp at 6500 rpm and 509 lb-ft of torque at 5500. The soul of 427 is the engine; it?s what gives it meaning.

:Q

You try designing a front end that matches the rest of the styling.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Ornery
If those numb nuts had put that engine in the freakin' Marauder, we'd already be enjoying "what?s right with America". Of course it wouldn't fit, 'cause the GD thing's too forkin' small. :disgust:

Yes, a body on frame, live axle floatmobile with a big engine is what's right with America .

 

[Ornery]

Take a look at the Ford 427 concept and ask yourself whether this can be considered the ultimate tuner car. Though it is a clean sheet of computer drafting screen attached to a thick corporate wallet and a bigmuthamotor for a sound so incredibly seductive it makes your legs quake, there is more to 427 than that. Underneath its massive, hydraulically actuated hood, saturated in its every slab-sided molecule, lies the essence of Detroit Big Iron, tuned and polished to a stark cultural glow. If this doesn?t represent an expression of what?s right with America, then little does...

SUCK IT!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Ornery
If those numb nuts had put that engine in the freakin' Marauder, we'd already be enjoying "what?s right with America". Of course it wouldn't fit, 'cause the GD thing's too forkin' small. :disgust:

Yes, a body on frame, live axle floatmobile with a big engine is what's right with America .

the marauder is actually quite nice through the corners.

 

[CraigRT]

I like the idea of a 427 engine.. but the car itself is questionable.

 

[Ornery]

If it wasn't a decent sized car, it wouldn't need a hairy 427. Tiny cars can get by with lawn mower engines.

 

[Babbles]

I think the exterior looks great, and the engine and engine compartment look quite impressive. I am not too turned on with the interior, though. However the interior does look like it woud not go to production that way but more for demos and shows.

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Even under the hood of the Crown Vic, with the 4.6L, you can barely get at the engine. It has a reduced size oil filter due to the cramped space. A decent size engine under the hood would be impossible to work on.

No, that is not small..... it just reveals poor engineering