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PHR is one of the lucky few magazines to get invited to Ford’s 2011 Mustang 5.0 press junket. And while we’re sworn to secrecy until March 29 not to divulge our driving impressions, they said nothing about giving away the pure facts, so here goes. This morning, we arrived at Camarillo Airport where a huge stretch of tarmac was cordoned off for eighth-mile drag racing. It was clear from the moment we arrived that the 2010 Camaro SS was right in the crosshairs of Ford’s non-Federal-bailed-out gunsights. And while many of us U.S. taxpayers were secretly rooting for the government-subsidized Camaro, the well-represented Mexican press contingent had no such predilection. On deck was the 400-hp six-speed automatic equipped 2010 Camaro, and the six-speed automatic-equipped 2011 Mustang GT with its new-for-2011 five-liter mill making an “official” 412 hp.
Journalists alternately lined up to drive both cars trying different launch techniques, and when the dust settled, every scribe to a man (and woman) had a fistful of timeslips to prove that the Mustang was faster—and by a substantial margin...
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