I think it's pretty safe to say that Ford had a pretty big "wow factor" at Detroit with it's performance trifecta:
-Mustang
-Shelby Cobra
-GT

Sure Chevy has Corvette, and we are hopeful for a truly butt kicking Camaro.....but is Ford poised for a new performance era that may leave Chevy in catch-up mode?

 

I think they are already in that mode.

 

By 2007 Chevy should have:

400HP Camaro SS
425HP C6
500HP Z06
625HP Blue Devil

 

All I can say is wow! My two favorite Car companies will be leading the world in performance!GO Ford and Chevy!

All in all the imports will be playing catch up the most!

 

We all hope..........

 

C6
GTO
CTSv

That's a pretty good group right there.

 

C6....check


GTO....not a Chevy


CTSv....not a Chevy

 

Right now, Blue Devil is nothing but vaporware.


Also...the buzz from Detroit is that the Shelby Cobra will be built and priced at around $70K.

 

Ford definately had ALL eyes in detriot . While I was there they were pretty much easily stealing the show . The vette had crowds , but not like the stang , cobra and GT did .

 

Just keep in mind that Pontiac is supposedly the excitement division....you aren't going to get a plethora of high-end performance cars just at Chevy. Ford doesn't have to spread their product around to keep other divisions happy (I'm sure Merc dealers aren't crying out for a supercar).

 

By the way, went to NAIAS tonight. I'm very tired so here's a brief rundown, all JMO of course.

C6-Excellent. The front end looks better in person than in pictures or on TV....but it will still take some getting used to. The cleaned up proportions look good.

Mustang-Definitely has "presence". It is noticeably a much larger car than the Fox cars. I'm not sure if this is good or bad. I still think the foglights on the GT are hokey and the styling has a strong "stale" potential. If the plan is to keep introducing "special" models like Mach 1's and Boss 302's they'll need them to keep momentum.

Shelby Cobra-What's the fuss? Honestly if it didn't have the old man's name on it and that snorting V10 I'm not sure what reactions would be. I found the design to be quite uninspiring. The front and rear fascias need a lot of help. Still, it took home "Best of Show" honors from Autoweek so I guess somebody thought it looked hot....:blah:

 

The Shelby Cobra is as much a Ford as the CTSv and GTO are a Chevy, they share an engine.

 

yea, i was there last sunday
i also thought the cobra was just uninspiring with it's square dash, sad looking front end, and the rear was just unsightly imo
i think the v10 makes it look better but other than that,
the mustang still looks a little silly w/the fogs but the video they showed really helped make it loook better
gt is ofcourse bada**
back to the topic at hand, i agree that chevy needs to share the performance even though they will have the vette and camaro just because they're part of gm
but with pontiac's lack of direction lately, i'm not sure if they should be called the excitement division anymore, i find more exceitement at chevy myself

 

I sort of wanted to keep this between Chevy and Ford.

If we include CTSv, why not include Aston Martin and Jaguar and maybe some upcoming Lincolns. If we include GTO....what about Mercury, with next year's Cobra motored Marauder and rumored Cougar?

 

Then the Shelby sould be taken out since it seems to be more like a Series 1 replacement