Meet the World's Fastest 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost

All that for an 11.77? While a full bolt on gts are running that and under with full weight... Ford really missed the mark on this 4 banger.... under powered from factory. All while the new focus rs will be AWD with the same mill producing more power with less weight. I'm a 2014 gt owner but still Ford.... really?

Put the boxing gloves away kids. The GT and Eco boost cars each have their place. Chester, you've obviously never been in a 635 rwhp supercharged 5.8 liter Mustang - 11.70s are real slow - if you want to compare.
The engine in the Eco boost car is 140 cubic inches and intented for good fuel mileage and respectable performance - taking weight out of an economy car and getting musclecar performance with a near stock drivetrain IS RESPECTABLE.
The 5.0 Liter Coyote was designed as a high output engine from the start with fuel economy a secondary consideration. The Coyote makes good power, too bad the Mustang GT weighs almost as much as my older F150. Still, with easy bolt on mod's the car is quick, AS IT SHOULD BE.
The "american" car makers are still struggling with what is considered modern engine technology - they'll get a handle on it I'm sure. If they'd get serious about vehicle weight reduction, then the fuel economy/acceleration numbers would really shine.
Modern passenger car engines are revisited WWII piston aircraft engine technology. Yup - 1940s stuff, the only new twists are variable cam timing and electronic engine management. Overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder, charge cooling etc. 70 year old stuff.

Wish it was that fast in "street trim" than I would be a lil more interested.. Gts are getting pricy, but they seem to be worth it.

Its fun to see what they are capable of. And no matter what they made there will always be haters.
How many people that say the GT is in every way better have the means to drop 40-50K on one right now?
The EB gets easily 25+ mpg around town. But if you can drop 50k on a GT you probably aren't worried about gas prices.

Any street car that can pull sub 14 sec in the quarter from the factory is respectable. Especially one that starts in the mid $20k's. Drop under $500 into a tune and it'll break into the 12's with good tires.

Money for speed can't be the only deciding factor either in what is "best". You can build a 10 second 1970-something Malibu for less than 15% of what the GT cost before the mods it took to get to 10.

Money no object? Get a separate car for commuting, going to Home Depot, autocross, trackdays, drag racing, cruising, road trips, etc, etc..
Aside from the Home Depot thing, i think for the money the ecoboost satisfies most of those checkboxes.

Bring him out to albuquerque. I would be glad to out run him at the local track. I just finished my bolt on upgrades and had Motiva Performance here in albuquerque tune my ecostang to 363 rwhp and 402 ft/lbs torque. There is even more potential there, and i still have all of my factory luxuries, a/c, cruise control, bluetooth LOL. Turbo upgrade will come soon for me, but not before i replace pistons and rods, and ARP has a stud kit available. The factory fuel system will be the limiting factory, which should be reliable up to about 600 crank horse.

The Eco boost fills a niche, if Ford missed the mark why is Chevy building a turbo Camaro? It is more of a road course car anyway, it's not really meant for drag strip duty. As far as weight, the government, make the car companies put in all this safety stuff, air bags, door bars ect . Also customers want a quiet ride, with leather, and gadgets which adds up to more weight. Look at the Z28, lighter glass one option, that's a purpose built card. Road coarse is this cars specialty.
So losing more weight is probably not going to happen. Unless of course carbon fiber and light weight metals are used, but then the cost to build the cars would be sky high. the previous generation GT 500 was a beast, but push it hard on the road coarse however, and the car will try to kill you in a few short laps. The Eco boost may be that middle ground, and besides if the Focus RS comes with 345 hp then maybe the blue oval boys will turn up,the wick on the mustang turbo four.

Not the world's fastest as of Nov 11th. Livernois Motorsports ran 10.88 with a full blown street car

I'm always impressed with an 11.77 at the strip. But to yank everything out of the interior to that extreme, is a joke. I've got a z06 garage queen now and have had single turbo Supras with nitrous, so I've had some nice performance cars over the years and basically lived at the dragstrip from being there everyday it was open. But Livernois Motorsports ran an 11.81 I believe with their stang EB and that was with some Bolton's, tune, and removed the front seat. They didn't take out all that stuff. They even swapped for a bigger turbo. This car looks like a grade a disappointment to me.
And BTW, I picked up a manual Stang EB premium the other day for my daily driver. The premiums are NICE. And fun as HELL to drive. Its got 3.31s in the rear end. Hell, just putting 3.73s, tires, and a tune would really wake this car up. Yet alone the other Bolton's like DP, CAI, short throw shifter, and a better intercooler. I gotta find a new daily driver and Frankenstein this thing...lol