22nd Sep 2009, 12:01
Yeah, 0-60 in 4.9 seconds for $27K is no match for what? Hmmm, it keeps right up with the Camaro that is 111 hp more and it is also quicker than the Challenger RT with more hp... both of which have a much higher MSRP. Pretty darn good numbers for its price range. You, however, are talking about cars that cost at least 2 or 3 times more than the Mustang here. CTS-V and Viper? Not even in the same price range, so yeah they better be faster and better. The Mustang GT simply is the best bang for the buck period!
21st Sep 2009, 12:43
Yeah, they call it a muscle car for the mystique... Is that why the Boss, Mach 1 and all of the Shelby cars from the first decade ALL had V-8's, some of which topped 400 hp?
Every generation of the Mustang has been more strongly based on the V-8 cars, except maybe the Mustang II which is hardly even classed as a Mustang by any enthusiast. They even had to start putting V-8's in that era and brought back the Cobra just to get anyone interested in them again. Then they tried to replace the Fox body Mustang with what eventually became the Probe because people wanted the old rear drive V-8 powered car they loved for decades to continue... and lo and behold it is still going strong with the same old formula.
Go look on Ebay at any given time, and look at how many V-8 Mustangs from years past are still around up for sale. How many 4 and 6 cylinder cars are there in comparison? If they were so all important, there would have been many more of them preserved and they would still be around today. The past 4 and 6 cylinder cars are treated just as today's cars are... as basic transportation that is disposable. The only cars that will get any respect and make it to antique status are the V-8 GT's and Shelby cars.