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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
In spirit yes, in flesh, no. The new one whips the old one in every measurable performance factor, despite being almost 1000 pounds heavier and passing all modern emissions and crash standards.
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On paper, the new GT is certainly a "better" car than the original (and there were original GT-40 road cars). However, the fact that the original GT-40 was born because Henry Ford decided "fuck Ferrari, let's go win Le Mans", it has a certain something the new car is missing. The new GT is more of a "lets build a supercar to serve as a halo vehicle to make more money", and it's existance is entirely due to the success of the original Ford UK team that build the GT-40.
To me, the nostalgia makes the older car the "better" car.
(And for Dean's sake: that's just my opinion, posted for the sake of conversation, not because I'm somehow trying to discredit or imply that Kevin's wrong.)