Hi Wchain –
We’ve been looking into this and find that you are 100% accurate. In fact, Ford advised us:
“In response to the question on equipping a SHO with Adaptive Cruise Control and the Performance Pack - Due to packaging, we weren't able to include both options together for 2010. However, we are looking at adjustments for the future to allow both options to be ordered simultaneously.”
What happened in our case is that we used one car for the road trip and another for the track test. Our bad. The road trip car did not have the Performance Package and therefore was able to have the cruise control. The 402 cruise control-equipped car was notably slower…but I’m not sure we have full testing numbers on it. Safe to say, if you want performance, go with the Performance Pack.
Best regards,
Jane Barrett
R&T