True, there is no arguing that. It's the better car for the money. And props to Ford for stepping it up big from the garbage they produced in the 90's. But I still can't come to like a Mustang. I like having performance and being able to take my friends for a great ride or giving them a comfortable ride home. Plus, the mustangs don't look as nice as a nicely modded WRX or STi.

 

The Challenger SRT8?

Hopefully it's got more HP than those slow-*** Chrysler 300 SRT8's, because my wife can embarrass one of those in her Forester.

 

I think the challenger is the best looking muscle car out right now period, but I think its more in the STi $35k+ price range so I would exactly call it a rival to the 5.0 GT.

 

03-04 supercharged Mustang Cobras hit 600+ whp easy with bolt ons and have been pulling 10s for the last 6-7 years.

 

If the Challenger was 9/10'ths the size/weight , I'd agree....cuz I loved some Dukes of Hazzard back in the day. But its a damn "plus sized model".

 

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Yes and no 600whp on a stock blower NO 470-490 on a potted blower yes with every bolt on u can think of. But yes stock blower mustangs can hit 10's for that 600whp+ you will need a Kenny Bell with race gas. Also the stock 03-04 terminator is one of the only forged and hand built engines on American cars.

 

I wonder how the build quality is compared to mustangs in the 90s.
I'm sure they have improved a great deal, but one does have to question how much the car will be worth in say 4-5 yrs.
Probably not near what a '11 Sti or Evo X will be

 

also I wouldn't even consider getting a Mustang simply because it's just too popular. at my high school there were easily ~20 mustang's in the parking lot. how many WRX's? Just 2-3. People had to ask what my car is... I like being unique lol

 

^^^+1! Amen to that. Mustangs are far too common. I like the uniqueness. Nobody at my high school had a WRX. People barely even knew Subaru existed.

 

When it comes to a pure horsepower race and straight line racing, it will always be difficult to defend any Subaru against big block American products. There is no replacement for displacement.

However, what will happen when your 600+ hp Ford GT will approach a corner with its 4,000 lb curb weight, numb steering, and Victorian era suspension (*cough* LIVE REAR AXLE *cough*)? What will be the point of having all that power if you will be unable to use it safely put it down?

There is a purpose to every vehicle and set up. I respect and like both sides for their own reasons (I have owed couple muscle cars myself), but trying to directly compare them in areas they were never meant to from the very beginning is delusional.

 

^ very true, you had a 03 cobra right?

 

Yups, 2003 Cobra and 1988 Oldsmobile Cutless before that