You guys are pathetic!
You base your expected acceleration times off a single video of a single driver doing a single pass?
WAIT A SECOND. Isn't this the same place that rags on Car and Driver for posting slow numbers? They make multiple passes and can't get optimal numbers on some cars.
So, if it's C&D, you blame the magazine, but if you see a video of an anonymous unknown driver, you are blaming the car? I don't get it?
My first pass in a new Mustang will probably not beat a 14.2. Why? Because I haven't driven a V8 stick since 1991 when I sold my last GT. Since then I've had I6/sticks, I4/sticks, and V6/autos in various vehicles.
On top of that, guys doing 13 second passes in their Mach 1's are either
a) driving that same car all the time (so they really know how to launch it)
or
b) working for a car magazine that specializes in acceleration times (C&D doesn't speed shift, doesn't pre-heat tires, etc.)
and on top of THAT, we're looking at factory stock tires.
Get a grip everyone. You need more data. Which means wait for production cars to hit the street, wait for many drivers to start figuring out the best way to launch on this new rear
suspension, wait for people to tell you if the video was shot at altitude or on a hot day, etc.