Our Z vs New Mustang 5.0

efuseakay

There's always going to be a "next best thing" that comes out soon after you buy any car.

Just enjoy what you have and stop thinking about everything as one big competition.

pompey

wouldnt matter,i guarantee that our Z's would beat the mustang anyways

CBRich

Let's not our fool ourselves. I love my Z and would never think to buy a Mustang. But the thing pulled a 4.3 0-60 in the latest Motor Trend and pulls .94 G on the skidpad. It's a beast and as mentioned earlier would take a stock 370 in any race that involves any sort of straight away.

Lug

This. The other thing is that the mustang matches the Z on braking with the Bremo package. This is really surprizing given it's weight. Track races are won at least as much on brakes as much as hp and handling and the stan delivers here as well. I'd still pick a Z over a stang, but it's certainly not because of performance capability, it's just likely a better built car with a better driver's experience. Know how some cars win in mag comparisons w/o winning in the numbers game? That's where the Stang puts the Z, kinda where the Z has always put a lot of other really expensive cars.

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kailua

Aren't the Mustangs still using a solid rear axle? They spend so much money on developing all other aspects of the vehicle but stick to the solid rear axle for tradition purposes?

Too bad all those rumors of a GTR coupe for Infiniti never panned out.

Maybe a M56 coupe down the pipeline? It would be nice to have Infiniti have a full size V8 powered coupe to compete with the germans.

ZKindaGuy

Some history for you....Ford tried the IRS in the 2003 Mustang Cobra Terminator. The half-axles kept snapping in two under the extreme torque produced. Consumers complained. Ford listened. So they went back to solid axle. It had absolutely nothing to do with tradition. It has evrything to do with the Musatng being an extreme torque monster.

zZSportZz

The new mustang wouldn't be too bad, if it wasn't so damn ugly. Might be one of the ugliest mustangs I've seen in my humble opinion. Can't argue with the performance though.

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SmoothZ

True story: I had a 1990 300ZX. It came with 222 hp and 196 ft lbs of torque. I used to have fun with the Mustangs back in the day. I don't know if it was the driver or what, but most of the races weren't even close.

Now that we have the 3.7L, I'm not too worried. Drivers never change.

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antennahead

Me too, 1990 300ZX, that funky gold color that was cool at the time........ charcoal leather!

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SmoothZ

I had the Glacier White Pearl 2+2 with the twill cloth seats. Sadly, most of my pics are gone but I do have one of the car in a frame hanging in my son's bedroom. It's a reminder to him of how cool dad can be.

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C4talyst

Ugggh...I'm concerned with handling more than straightline speed...zero interest in a mustang.

Gunzero

Should have waited for this car... :/

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onekneedown

Buddy of mine has a 2009 Mustang. Similar power numbers as the 370z. Straight line we match for the most part. In the canyons, forget about it.
It also comes down to feel, I feel in touch with the Z, the soft ride and loose steering of the Mustang lessens the "sports car" experience. The always available torque is nice, but I like a high revving engine that responds to a quick downshift and awwaaaayy we go.

Lug

You are comparing their old apple to your new orange. The 2009 pulled something like .87 on the skidpad, not anywhere near what the 2010 and 2011 models do. They did a massive improvement in the suspention for the 2010 model and tweeked it a bit further in the 2011.

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