While I do believe my words were slightly harsh (though nothing that is not allowed on Television) I still stand by them, given the fact that the phrase I used rarely refers to actual physical violence when used in the context of the internet tech forums.
That said, I beleive I am a bit more of an authority on the 2001 Bullitt Mustang than any other regular (or even casual observer) on this board (and anyone who is more of an authority on the car, I know, or I know who they are) and as such I can say that is a vast improvement in performance over the GT, in every aspect, and for someone who has never driven one to even begin to tell me about its performance is laughable. Yes its true that "some designer" at Ford slapped some retro stuff on a Mustang GT, but that was a show car, and response was so good, the Mustang Team decided to go ahead and make the car as a production model. I will not list the changes or the specs of the car, as I'm sure you have read them, and still ignorantly claim it to be not much of a performance improvement. The Bullitt Mustang was a very short program within Ford Motor Company and it took herculean efforts by a large number of people in almost every area of its development to keep the program from getting canned at every turn. The Bullitt Mustang was a labor of love from every level of the Mustang design team and putting a Bullitt badge on your Contour mocks the long hours and days put in by every member of the design team, many of whom I call friend. Put the badge on if you want, because you think that what was done on the Bullitt was no big deal, I guess what they say is true, Ignorance is bliss.
