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Originally Posted by 370zlove3 If I'm not mistaken, doesn't the 2011's Mustang corner better than the 370Z? Feel free to correct. no.. motor trend pulled a .99G to the skidpad
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Again someone trying to compare a FI upgraded car to a stock car so they can win. If you up yours they up theirs and you still lose. Face it the new stang will be faster stock for stock as it is a newer year. A year later someone else will be faster. Its a cycle we have our turn now and will get ours again in a few years.
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![]() While it's only natural to feel a little forlorn at the prospect of being one-upped by the Mustang, I think it's beneficial to keep the big picture in mind. What drives Nissan -- or any car company for that matter -- to improve their product is competition. They're not improving their cars with each successive generation just because they're bored or because they're feeling altruistic. They're doing it to compete. Competition drives progress and innovation. On a side note, this is why I'm reluctant to sink the coin into going F.I. As much fun as I'm having with modding my current Z, I know that sooner or later the next best thing is going to come out, at which point my current car is going to get kicked to the curb because I'll view it as obsolete. That's just me; it's how my mind works. I used to deny it and tell myself that I'd keep my car forever in order to justify the expense of modding it. But I know better. For better or worse, I have an 'out with the old and in with the new' mentality. So now I try to exercise moderation when it comes to how much I spend on modding.
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Can not wait to meet one at the drag strip.
370 sport 7AT with all the N/A toys and drag radials+ 4.08 gears. the stang will have to go low 12.5s to get by my Z.
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12.5 will be easy for a bolt on GT. My guess is DRs would be enough...
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You can use this argument all you want, that doesn't make it logical. If you don't think people cross-shop the two because of rear seats and a different engine, you are out of your mind (especially considering the Mustang rear seats are virtually useless). V6 vs. V8? Comparable because they are priced similarly. The new Mustang V6 is about as fast as a G37 and will be immensely less expensive. The V8 will kill the 370Z in the straights for similar money. They are both sports cars that look good and go fast, so stop getting defensive when people compare the two.
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Some food for thought…..sports car vs. muscle car…..just saying Sports car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Muscle car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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until they go head to head. The buzz is that the new Mustang 5.0 will run over 70 mph in the slalom so it is two mph faster then the old 4.6. With those nuumbers and its over 420 HP, it could give the 370Z a good run on the track. Folks that run the old Mustang in AutoX say that they can be tuned to do much better on the track and turn in better times then the 370 for not much cash. However, the only thing that should matter is which car you enjoy driving and which one puts a bigger grin on your face..
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A bright yellow raincoat is much better at protecting me from the rain than my coat. But it's just not my style. I am not the least bit upset about any other car besting my Z. There are so many reasons to purchase a car and performance is just one.
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My last car had a back seat and had more trunk space than the Z and it is the same size give or take about 2 inches (Audi TT). The back seats couldnt be used for an adult but a child seat or small child can fit in the back and I could put the seats down and have 3x the space the Z has. I considered it a sports car just like the Z and if you get the TTS its just as fast, so 2 seat and 4 seat can be sports cars/muscle cars and will be looked at by both sides. Todays cars are really a combination of sports car and muscle cars. Cuz now most muscle cars are getting comfort things added to them to make them more pleasureable to more people. Difinaitions change as times change.
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"The Houghton Mifflin definition of the "two seat rule" seems out-of-date. Many sports cars today offer small back seats (sometimes referred to as 2+2 seating) and there is a current movement underway to increase the seating room in models long considered sports cars by most automotive experts." Again its all subjective now as times and technologies have changed. A GTI if its power is up there could be classified as a sports car as that seems to be the real test now, power and small size. You can hate on other cars all you want but the TTS will kick some azz and still has way more comfort than the Z and yes it cost more, but were not talking $$$$$s. Go by performance the TTS and now the TTRS is above the Z in probably all areas give or take a two and the current stang and prolly new stang if you go TTRS. And they have a back seat but are sports cars. So 2 seat 4 seat who cares, what can they do is what its all about.
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