And when magazines test them I bet the dump the clutch near redline to get the best times. Not something many people would want to do on the street.

 

At the end of the day, you can make anything fast given enough money and time.

However, if you compare imports of similar price to a Mustang GT, we fair very well in acceleration. In fact, I challenge someone to find a brand new car with a faster 1/4 for less money.

The 2010 GT500 with 540hp dominates it's price range for power/speed.

 

The 09 WRX is close. It's faster out of the hole and I think matches the GT in the 1/4 mile ET.

 

I'm trying to think of cars as fast as a Mustang GT for the same price. When I was looking at the leftover 09 GT's they were going for around $22,000. So let's count how many other NEW cars there are that make 300hp, are RWD and run off 87 Octane? Zero?

Now, lets take a few things out of my criteria. How about high 13/low 14 1/4 times for $22,000 or so? The Mazdaspeed 3, Cobalt SS and WRX. Two of them are FWD so I can't say I'm terribly interested and the current 08-09 WRX's are having massive engine failures according to the 100+ page thread on NASIOC. All of these cars run on 91 Octane as well.

So I'm really trying to find the problem here. Mustangs are dirt cheap, run on **** and are cheap to upgrade. Sure there are other cars that are the same speed, but I don't know if I care that much. Before this car, I was a Honda guy and with a few mods it was fun to chase down the 04 and older Mustangs but at the end of the day they still had torque, a comfy cruiser and RWD.

I think the basis of the problem is people expect too much from Mustangs. They've never been at the top of the heap. It's a rather "middle-of-the-pack" car that just happens to have tons of character.

 

I expect a lot and get a lot in return. I love my stang. The stang is one of the few cars that can be driven stock for fun at a very cheap price. My real fun started when my first mod went in. I have not had her for a year and with the mods I am up to 400rwhp. Mustangs are like burger king you can have it your way. That and the fact that Stangs are classics. They have survived all eras and they keep getting better with time. Like i said before, if you want your stang to be the fastest on the block build it that way and enjoy. If you are happy with it stock then drive it and enjoy. But please dont compare the stang to a Mazda or any other import. I don't care if they break 9 sec or if they have 600hp-- they are not in the same league as stangs. Also the Mustang is not a middle of the heap type car..

 

I'm happy with my setup and the fact that I out ran a WS6 last night. Get some headers and an o/r h, new tune for them, and maybe some gears. Worse case, get you a 75 shot

 

Pretty close, yes, although the MGT will walk away after 100 mph. Whatever the 2011 brings to the table will spank it, once again.

 

There really is no other car out there with more character at this stage in the game. The s197 brought back the american muscle car wars. It is not an import and IMO that is something to be proud of as an american. And to top it off it looks better than any other car on the road. And none of those cars will ever sound as good as ours
To OP if you really wanna smoke almost everyone, get a bike.

 

+1

 

In Canadian dollars, the WRX was around $42k taxes in, G37s was almost $52k taxes in

Mine was only $29k used