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kaneda 01-13-2013 10:42 PM

GT500 has 662bhp for 54K, C7 450bhp for 60K?
 
Am i missing something here? I get the Vette will run circles around the Stang on a track, but line up the side view mirrors on a highway and the Stang will run away from the C7.

Given both Dodge and Chevy had no clue Ford would screw both them over with the bang-for-buck in the Shelby, but the bar was raised, and Chevy didn't really show us anything that was WOW with regards to power.

Funny how LOW 450bhp sounds now isn't it?

FAsnakes 01-13-2013 10:43 PM


Originally Posted by kaneda (Post 1582821215)
Am i missing something here? I get the Vette will run circles around the Stang on a track, but line up the side view mirrors on a highway and the Stang will run away from the C7.

Given both Dodge and Chevy had no clue Ford would screw both them over with the bang-for-buck in the Shelby, but the bar was raised, and Chevy didn't really show us anything that was WOW with regards to power.

Funny how LOW 450bhp sounds now isn't it?

different car - go buy a shelby.

qwank 01-13-2013 10:44 PM

apples and oranges

Kappa 01-13-2013 10:44 PM

They aren't really competitors.

burtonbl103 01-13-2013 10:44 PM

apples and oranges,

And the shelby is unibody with no real frame and not even close to as balanced :cheers:

runutzzzzz 01-13-2013 10:45 PM


Originally Posted by FAsnakes (Post 1582821244)
different car - go buy a shelby.

:iagree:

You'd be driving a C7 beater but you're still in a Mustang.

keeks2915 01-13-2013 10:46 PM


Originally Posted by kaneda (Post 1582821215)
Am i missing something here? I get the Vette will run circles around the Stang on a track, but line up the side view mirrors on a highway and the Stang will run away from the C7.

Given both Dodge and Chevy had no clue Ford would screw both them over with the bang-for-buck in the Shelby, but the bar was raised, and Chevy didn't really show us anything that was WOW with regards to power.

Funny how LOW 450bhp sounds now isn't it?

Shelby is a great car! But on the street the average person would say, that is a nice mustang with stripes.

It just blends in. The vette WILL be noticed......

Z06LUST 01-13-2013 10:46 PM

Good luck finding a 13 GT500 for $54,000. Properly built (to get the power to the ground) you need the performance and brake packages...in reality the MSRP is a bit above $64,000.

Achmed 01-13-2013 10:47 PM

So what? If horsepower and price are your only criteria by an old muscle car for under $10k and mod it to 700 or so HP for less than both cars.

RedZ4me 01-13-2013 10:47 PM

you fail to mention the weight........it needs those extra horses, I had one, I know

S'vette 01-13-2013 10:47 PM

And no real hp/tq numbers yet. I think slightly higher than 450. I dont think the gt500 will kill the new vette, maybe beat it a slight margin in a straight away but not kill it. Then wait a year for our SC to come out and see where the gt500 is. You got to remember its all a cycle that changes winners every couple yrs.

Also our new interior is way cooler looking IMO.

I also think, since they said faster than the GS that we may be looking at a 0 60 in 3.7 secs which is just .2 off the gt500

MSRP for the Stingray will be 55K And gt500 is selling over MSRP.

stealthy08 01-13-2013 10:48 PM

Comparing a Mustang to a Corvette? :rofl:
Your at the wrong forum, you can have a mustang with a thousand hp and its still not a vette, never will be.

Z06LUST 01-13-2013 10:48 PM


Originally Posted by runutzzzzz (Post 1582821290)
:iagree:

You'd be driving a C7 beater but you're still in a Mustang.

And what is wrong with that....greatest Pony car ever built. (Pony car = 4 seats; Sports car - 2 seats. Totally different cars)

Some of you boys really need to get your inferority complex in check-a good shrink and proper meds can help you.

rcallen484 01-13-2013 10:49 PM

Yep, you are a Mustang kind of person. See ya later :thumbs:

bladex10 01-13-2013 10:50 PM

The new gt500 is an animal. I lol'd at chevys attempt to "dethrone" it with the zl1. I'm more interested in the new 2015 mustang in the works. Supposedly its going to turn into a vette like car. Will be interesting to see where the hp levels go when that hits the streets.

acannell 01-13-2013 10:50 PM


Originally Posted by Z06LUST (Post 1582821318)
Good luck finding a 13 GT500 for $54,000. Properly built (to get the power to the ground) you need the performance and brake packages...in reality the MSRP is a bit above $64,000.

Good luck finding a C7 for $59k..

strawboss 01-13-2013 10:50 PM


Originally Posted by burtonbl103 (Post 1582821266)
apples and oranges,

And the shelby is unibody with no real frame and not even close to as balanced :cheers:

this is the same reason i didnt like my SRT8 Challenger

acannell 01-13-2013 10:51 PM


Originally Posted by stealthy08 (Post 1582821359)
Comparing a Mustang to a Corvette? :rofl:
Your at the wrong forum, you can have a mustang with a thousand hp and its still not a vette, never will be.

True.

But how does it feel to see the rear of that shelby while you're in your new C7. Lame. That wasnt how it was in 2005

VETTEMANN 01-13-2013 10:53 PM


Originally Posted by kaneda (Post 1582821215)
Am i missing something here? I get the Vette will run circles around the Stang on a track, but line up the side view mirrors on a highway and the Stang will run away from the C7.

Given both Dodge and Chevy had no clue Ford would screw both them over with the bang-for-buck in the Shelby, but the bar was raised, and Chevy didn't really show us anything that was WOW with regards to power.

Funny how LOW 450bhp sounds now isn't it?

While you're taking flack for this thread on the GT 500 comparison, the point might be better made that Ford now gets 420HP out of it's under $40K Mustang GT with a small 5.0L V8. How does Corvette's new ultra-advanced 450HP 6.2L V8 for $55K+ sound now?

lt4obsesses 01-13-2013 10:53 PM


Originally Posted by kaneda (Post 1582821215)
but line up the side view mirrors on a highway and the Stang will run away from the C7.

Funny how LOW 450bhp sounds now isn't it?

Maybe so, maybe no...There's more to it than just the ponies. All the facts aren't in just yet.


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