'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
Don't be so sure about that...
----------------------------------- 80-0 mph panic stop
'68 Ferrari 275/GTB-4--------------- 270 feet (0.79 G)
'69 Dodge Coronet Super Bee 383---- 250 feet (0.85 G)
'69 Ford Cobra 428------------------ 248 feet (0.86 G)
'69 Plymouth Road Runner 426-Hemi-- 245 feet (0.87 G)
'70 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454-------- 272 feet (0.79 G)
(Muscle cars from Car & Driver, Jan., 1969 and Feb., 1970)
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
Lol. Here we go again, indeed. Another case of not wanting to accept figures!
But if you want to mention fade resistance, some of the '60s American cars did quite well (and some didn't)...
Fade resistance:
'68 Ferrari 250/GTB-4-------------------- Very Good
'68 Dodge Charger R/T 426-Hemi---------- Very Good
'66 Chrysler 300------------------------- Excellent
(Charger tested in C/D, Nov., 1967; Chrysler tested in C/D, Nov., 1965.)
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
Here is another Ferrari test (along with other sports cars).
This one is a '73 Dino in the April, 1974 issue of Motor Trend.
0-60 mph is 7.1 seconds and the 1/4 mile is 15.5 secs @ 90.4 mph.
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
Interesting. I notice I have to give a lot more throttle to get any kind of throttle steer than on any of the vintage Stangs I've driven. Probably, they're driving other modern rear-drivers I haven't driven (my experience is limited to larger vehicles - two vans, a Ranger pickup, my Dad's two Ram pickups, and a Ford Bronco - all resolutely refused to respond with much oomph to throttle steer). I'd also agree that the big-blocks in smaller and midsize muscle cars were a constant strain on the handling; I've only driven small- and "mid"block models, so I suppose they're better balanced than a 426 Challenger. Almost everybody even back then complained that the big-blockers were way nose-heavy for the comparatively light chassis - this goes for Camaros, Chevelles, Mustangs, you name it.
I aspire to own these cars...but I've got another 60+ years of living to do. We shall see.
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