What is the best ford and why is it british?

It was shit until Shelby fitted it with a proper engine.

>>15805864
>lola were shit

yeah alright buddy keep believing that

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>>15805871
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
DNF
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
DNF
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
1, 2, 3 Finish

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>>15805884
5 mk 1
8 mk 2

7.0L V8
4.7L V8
vs
2.0L Flat-6
1.3L I4

>>15805856

>tfw no i5 focus rs for 13 more years

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>>15805864
>It was shit until Shelby fitted it with a proper engine.
How true

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>>15806820
>fwd

>>15805864
So the Americans are only good at the easiest part of making a sports car?

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But the best Ford is Canadian.

>>15807296
assembly=/=ownership
>>15807276
when the US and UK partner up, great shit happens. See P-51D, US plane with brit engine

>>15807215
>Filename says 427ci
>Fender badge says 427
>Hood scoop says 428

MAKE UP YOUR MIND

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>>15805856
>What is the best ford and why is it british
american ford can't make proper cars desu

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>>15807344
>implying

>>15807356
yeah, thanks for proving my point

>>15807276

Designing an engine is the easiest part? really? why do all these small in-shed companies have to outsource engines from larger companies?

>>15807373
>Shelby
>designer of the GT40 and Cobra engines

No mate, he bought ready made engines and fitted them into ready made cars

>>15807430
And made them infinitely better by doing so, what's your point?

>>15807356

I like how much it looks like an r34

With the new era of muscle cars especially the hellcat challenger I think American designers and manufacturers finally learned the lessons the GT-R had to teach us all.

>>15807460
Nissan was the muscle car company of the east after all.

>>15807460
I'm surprised they haven't made an Ford Performance All-Wheel-Drive® ECOBOOST® Mustard yet

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>>15807439
>So the Americans are only good at the easiest part of making a sports car?

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>>15807430
>>15807668

The engine is american is it not?

More to the point, why in the fuck can't we Brits make reliable engines? We're the kings of shed-built, hardcore track weapons, but almost nobody produces solid high-performance engines here. Aston Martin are fine, but they're Ford-derived, and Rolls-Royce are sound, but not really aimed at sport/track use. McLaren are about the only self-developed ones I can think of.

>>15807804
Bentley's 6 1/4 litre V8 comes to mind.

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>>15807804
>McLaren are about the only self-developed ones I can think of.

Don't they derive all their engines from nissan, honda and BMW?
>Bruce Mclaren himself once fell for the $500 and an afternoon meme

What about the LT5 in the Corvette C4? i heard that was Lotus designed.

>>15807804
>Cosworth DFV
>Hartley everything
>Jaguar V8's
Also, Noble M600 is pretty much a Volvo block with everything else custom made to fit on there.

>>15807851
>Don't they derive all their engines from nissan, honda and BMW?
No. They used a BMW V12 in the F1,but their 3.8 twinturbo V8 is an all-original design.

>>15807860
Good point. Also, I forgot about Jag, which is embarrassing seeing as I work for them. The newer generations of engines are surprisingly reliable, bearing in mind the history we have. It's just a shame we're not going to see the return of glorious sounding Jag V12s any time soon.