John Canfield Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 The cowards..er, testers at the UK magazine EVO decided to attempt to ruin the reputation of our favorite 662hp Snake-mobile by trying to go really fast in the worst possible conditions. then they decided to blame all of the shortcomings on the car, and then slam it as a car not to buy. I made the mistake of buying the latest issue of EVO and nearly chocked on my dinner at the absurdity of the article. The short version; some idiot decided to try to see if the car would actually do 202 on the autobahn in cold weather (isn't there a warning about driving a GT500 in cold weather?), and rain (it's 662 hp...rain, serously?) while moaning about not being able to drive it on a roundabout...in the rain and cold. They complain about the traction control. They get to 180, and then on the way home, 190, all the while moaning about the interior of (what they call) a one trick pony. Obviously since it was not conceived, designed or built in Europe it can't be any good. Obviously no one in Europe would dare buy one, much less drive it one the Autobahn or Nurbergring. (Note to European members; this is sarcasm. I know you guys have them. I know you guys love them, I know you guys did a kick ass calendar with them...I have one of those calendars. For further help regarding sarcasm, please watch The Big Bang Theory...it helps) I use to really like EVO. I'd buy it often. I stayed away from Top Gear, because their head guy it a weiner or a wanker or both. Haven't decided. Now I'm stuck with. Man I miss Performance Car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalac Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 That kind of reminds me of the glorious review top gear did on the 2007 gt500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Still not as bad as the chop job C&D (TV) did on the '03 Mach 1, but this reeks of stupidity as the highest level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACERX009 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 I say Shelby is the king of muscle car and everyone fell behind him just to get his dust in there faces. He's a Legend they are not !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Johnston Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Let's compare all mthe Euro exotic rockets that have 600+ HP and performance times near to the 2013 GT500. Now let's move over to the MSRP column. Ooops! U.S. 1, Euro 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 A quote from the article:" At the very first roundabout I nearly spin at about 23 mph. With the traction control well and truly on...". At what point in this should your brain register that this is a bad idea for whatever reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 You have to ask how anyone could nearly spin a vehicle at 23 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCLAman Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 You have to ask how anyone could nearly spin a vehicle at 23 mph. Maybe on ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 He said cold and wet, but not ice. And the trac. control was on!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMatt142 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 The good news is ....Those of us who own and love our Shelby's really don't have to justify the car to anyone. They don't know because they don't own one. Until you know the lineage behind the car, you're never going to "get it" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 That, and I've found most of the British magazines tend to suffer from the 'Not From Here' syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJinLV Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Yeah, they cant brag about their electrical system headache, the Jaguar. Then sold to Ford, who fixed all the British bugs, then sold it to subsidiary of Indian-based Tata Motors company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtkeith Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I don't pay much attention to what any magazine has to say about any car..thats why I don't buy them..the GT500 is an awesome and fast car the people that own them know that and thats all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickshelby Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 EVO & TOP GEAR will never admit those cars have some value. It's a fact! Don't bother to argue with them, you are loosing your time. They do not understand the concept of "muscle car". I know, I am European and face that kind of criticism all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I lost all interest in Top Gear when Clarkson got rid of his Ford GT, whining about the alarm system the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodger Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 New series of Top Gear starts tonight in the UK Clarkson drives a 2013 GT500 to Italy That should be interesting Lets see what crap he comes out with tonight LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Let us know Hodger...we dont get the new episodes for quite some time, so you should be reporting back to us in about 3 hours!! If its not AWD and smaller than a focus, EU doesnt want to have anything to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodger Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 It was not on last nights episode but showed a clip with Clarkson driving a blue with white stripe GT500 James May and Richard Hammond sat on a train With Clarkson saying (Lets do this for Carroll Shelby), Things may be looking up Will keep you guys posted when the episode is shown , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodger Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Clarkson drove the Shelby GT500 to Italy on last night's episode And said what we all expected that he would say about the car !!!!!! I do not want to give to much away as it may spoil your enjoyment You may be able to pick up the episode 3 on youtube He did say that he had a few rattles coming from the car I don't think they were coming from the car but from the cheeks of his ass as he put his right foot down LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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