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A while back Top Gear did a review of the monster Mustang, the Shelby GT 500. Check it out on Youtube:

I can’t say that I am thoroughly impressed with their review. In the opening segment they state that they reviewed the new Mustang in the past and it was ‘lame’, yet when during their original review they actually praised it as cool and said there as a lot to love about the car, contradictions much?

Also in the review they go on to talk about the Mustang being rated at over 500hp but only producing 450 on a dyno. You would think the producers and makers would know the difference between advertised horsepower and wheel horsepower. In fact I suspect they do, but as usual this was another reason for Top Gear to slander an American car. Auto makers never advertise the actual power at the wheels, they advertise what the engine makes. Power is absorbed through the driveline before it hits the wheels, generally between 15-20%, so the dyno rwhp numbers on a car will always be lower, yet top gear lists the Mustang not putting down the advertised horsepower as a negative feature of the car.

This review is what’s lame. I love Top Gear, but their anti-american car bias does show at times.

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