Ford launches TracKey for 2012 Mustang Boss 302

Really? this is the stupidest thing i've heard. how about just putting a "sports" button or something? what happens if you're driving and all of the sudden you decide "hey I want more power", then guess what? you have to pull over, turn the car off, find the other key, and start the car over... STUPID.

“The concept was first discussed in spring 2009, and here we are 18 months later with a finished, tested, verified product. It’s a perfect example of what can happen when you get a core, cross-functional team willing to contribute 24/7 to bring a great idea to life.”

lmao

I imagine that the track setup is not emission friendly, so they might need to use a separate key for federal regulation type reasons.

I would just use the red key. Just like my uncle's M5's 'M' button; he just drives with it on all the time.

sounds kinda corny..... why not just make it a button on the dash. That along with all those rediculous graphics and tacky oddly placed color accents serve to make what is probably capable car a completely joke that only die hard american car fans or mustang fans will even consider...

Gimmick..... I don't even want to put a key in anymore.

true. i'm so used to my start button on my Z that when i get into a rental or someone else's car I automatically forget about the key. keys are sooo 20th century. hahaha

"6 figs" is "100000k to 999999k", so "mid 6 figs" would be 500000. The M3 GTS costs 115000, which is "barely 6 figs", not "almost mid 6 figs".

I don't see what the big problem is. If it's ok for a $2 million Veyron to have a second key that unlocks max performance, I'm fine with a Mustang having a key that does the same, especially when they specifically say the track key makes the car essentially un-streetable. That's why there's not just a button to press, because it's not just a "sport mode", it's a "not for use on the street" mode. Besides, if you really want to drive the car that way all the time, you can always just use that key exclusively. Big deal.

I dont see what the "big" problem is either, its call an opinion get over yourself...congratulations its a key that works the opposite of a valet key "big" deal

I looked it up before I posted, the M3 GTS starts at 115k Euros. Mid six figures is 500000 or thereabouts. So while 115000 is six figures, it's "barely six figures", not "mid six figures". No math required.

Ok, let's try this again, since for whatever reason you still are arguing about it.

1) Whether the M3 GTS starts at 115k Euros or 136k Euros doesn't matter, as both figures are "low 6 figures", not "mid 6 figures". They are both nowhere near "mid 6 figures".

2) They don't sell the M3 GTS in the U.S., so U.S. dollars don't matter anyway, but even if they did you can't just convert Euros to dollars for the cost because that's not how manufacturers price their cars. Every car costs less here in the U.S. than it would if you converted the European price to U.S. dollars. That's why many of the great European models don't ever even make it over here, because they can't price them at a level that would actually make money. But even if you did simply convert the price, $173k in U.S. dollars is STILL "low 6 figures", not "mid 6 figures".

3) You keep bringing up the 911 GT3 RS because it's less expensive than the M3 GTS. Um, ok? So what? What does that have to do with the M3 GTS not being a "mid 6 figure" car? Nothing. By the way, the GT3 RS is also "low 6 figures".

You seem to have problem understanding what "low 6 figures" and "mid 6 figures" means, so I'm going to try to explain it to you one last time. "Mid 6 figures" would, by definition, mean "in the middle of the 6 figure range", right? Are you with me there? Well, the range of "6 figures" is not from 100k to 200k, which is what you seem to think it is. It's from 100k to 999k. If I am earning 150k per year at my job, I'm not making "mid 6 figures". I am making 6 figures, but it's "low 6 figures". In order to be making "mid 6 figures" I'd have to be making around 500k, whether it's Euros, dollars, whatever. Well the same goes for cars. Neither the M3 GTS or the 911 GT3 RS cost "mid 6 figures". At just over 100k, they're both "low 6 figures" -- you could buy four of them and only then would your total cost be "mid 6 figures". This is not up for interpretation, it's simple fact and I'm not sure how else to explain it (frankly I'm amazed I have to keep explaining it).

Are we good now?

I wish you'd posted this as a reply so I'd have seen it earlier, would have saved me the hassle of writing all that above. Glad we cleared that up.

This is just the modern version of a valet key.