Originally Posted by Super Sport (Post 501548)

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the supercharged GT500 is more on par with, dare I say it?, Japanese and European sports sedans such as the IS-F, M3 and RS4. All of these sedans boast a short-stroke V8, as opposed to the long-stroke 8-cylinder of the GT500 and even the 2SS. Even then, it's a better comparison, as the 0-60 and quarter mile times are in the ball-park. The price range is similar too. But if I was at the head of the Ford performance department, I'd be a bit ashamed than cars with 100 less hp and loads less torque are achieving similar times (all due to stroke... if only the Americans would give up long-strokes).

Originally Posted by camaro_corvette (Post 501575)

This thread is still going:facepalm:

Originally Posted by Zeus (Post 501577)

The thing you need to remember is the GT500 is 100% about performance.


The cars you've listed above, M3, RS4, IS-F, are HALF about performance, half about having a luxury car.

Originally Posted by DGthe3 (Post 500062)

I still fail to understand the basis for comparing the SS to the GT500. The only commonality that I see is that they are the fastest Mustang and fastest Camaro that Ford and Chevy build. At least the Corvette has a similar price and similar performance. The Challenger SRT8 has a similar price, but it still starts several thousand less than the GT500 does.

Edmunds also says that the GT500 should be compared to the Corvette ...

Originally Posted by Ninjak (Post 500831)

I fail to understand this logic....The Corvette is a car in a class by itself. When I look it up on sites, it is basically in a supercar class. It is not Ford fault that GM may not produce a z28, which would actually compare to the Gt500.

Vette Base coupe $48,565+950 destination.
Base coupe btw will not win against a GT500. And I have yet to see a NEW vette less than 50k. At least here in S.Fla

Vette Z06 coupe $73,925+950 destination
Faster yes. Look at the base price tag, and we know they go for more than that.

Vette Zr1 $103,970+950 destination.
W O W

These are prices I got just by googling "Corvette pricing."

Ok I know the fanboys here will go "well the KR is over a 100k !!" Yes..sadly it is. That car is a blight on the ford blue oval. In truth it was nice to do, but someone at ford was smoking a huge fatty when they priced it out. Only a collector will ever buy that car, but it did serve its purpose. The GT500 2010 is basically a KR.

So as we compare please stop saying a Vette is faster !!! Yes...we know. I think anyone who knows anything about a car knows that. But last time I checked, the Vette is not a pony car. Never was. Not even in the 60's...The GT40 was the only car Ford made to be termed in the supercar class, and well we all knowthat did not last long.

Originally Posted by Super Sport (Post 501614)

Yet they are as fast if not faster and the same price. I don't get your point.

Originally Posted by Zeus (Post 501666)

My point being, these cars trump the GT500.



They match the GT500's performance (which is all it offers..) , yet offer 1st class luxury along with that for the same price. To compare these cars is insulting. You dont buy a car like that for the performance, you buy it because you want both, something the GT500 doesnt have which is why it will loose the comparison every time.

Originally Posted by garagelogic (Post 501708)

You're correct. Thank the Lord for good old-fashioned American muscle.:w00t:

BTW, that should be "lose" not "loose'".;)

Originally Posted by garagelogic (Post 501708)

You're correct. Thank the Lord for good old-fashioned American muscle.:w00t:

BTW, that should be "lose" not "loose'".;)

Originally Posted by NYCSRTATE (Post 501960)

How do you campare a F/I car with a N/A car?

Unfair IMHO.

Originally Posted by Zeus (Post 501977)

Nothing wrong with the GT500 if your a straight-line performance purist :w00t:








Well if they are both stock... :iono:



I guess you could factor the F/I into your comparison if it makes you feel better.