Heh, I came here to post this, Frenchy you beat me to it.
Weight is SO much better than HP - I like Alfa's new 4C this year, the missus is looking to upgrade her 5 year old Nissan GTR this spring - great car because it's light. I'm a believer in both power/tq/weight chopping, but chopping weight just has this effect that is hard to verbalize.
Ford has done this with it's entire performance line up. 500lb, which is huge, has been chopped from their Raptor truck. Same thing with the 350GT Mustang, which having less power will be faster than the GT500 due to - less weight.
Now the GT. If ever there has been a car I've been waiting for, I think this may be it. I'm hoping pricing will be less than the mid 2000s GT Ford made, have to wait and see I guess. Ford has stated firmly that it'll have the best power/weight ratio of any super car available in the USA - very bold words. If that ends up being true...it may be "the" car of the decade IMO.
It's a great time for petrolheads, technology is incredible in the new vehicles. The Raptor truck has an insane amount of tech in it - a 10 speed transmission, active suspension/awd condition sensing computers, a 360 camera system - we replace our Duramax every 4 years or so, our 08 and 2012 were very similar, and the next one would be number 4, but with diesel pricing being ridiculous up here in Canada, not towing often anymore, and the missus doing most of the driving, she is campaigning hard for the Raptor, and I think she may get her way. I've never been a "Ford" guy, we owned a Mustang GT500 for a short period of time, and that's been about it. That may changed drastically, so very impressed with Ford as a company lately in many respects, and their new models have me considering jumping ship so far as trucks go.
