Automobile Magazine: 40th Anniv 370Z versus new Mustang GT

zmyride · 10-08-2010, 10:58 PM

November issue 2010.

I've uploaded the whole article here.

kevin1985912 · 10-09-2010, 12:53 AM

please make it bigger

zman1910 · 10-09-2010, 01:35 AM

I'm very curious to see some numbers bc the Z has never been consistent. Can someone post the specs?

scotman623 · 10-09-2010, 08:10 AM

Guess I will be making a trip to the book store today..

ImportConvert · 10-09-2010, 08:39 AM

I hate to ask someone to violate a law, but please just post the whole thing.

Lemers · 10-09-2010, 08:56 AM

Don't like red interiors

Pharmacist · 10-09-2010, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by zmyride

November issue 2010 is out in bookstores.

So in a nutshell their recommendation is this: If you're a racer, get the Z. If you're a poser, get the mustang. I agree

ImportConvert · 10-09-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

So in a nutshell their recommendation is this: If you're a racer, get the Z. If you're a poser, get the mustang. I agree

I took it the opposite. Every test I have seen, the new mustang betters the 370Z on the track, both the twisty and the straight kind. The Z feels "racier" though, I enjoyed it when I test-drove it.

In the end, they are two different cars, though. When Nissan puts a 400+hp engine in their car, then they can come back and try again with the comparo, until then, the GT is a ringer for the M3, just with a lot less refinement.

Pharmacist · 10-09-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

I took it the opposite. Every test I have seen, the new mustang betters the 370Z on the track, both the twisty and the straight kind. The Z feels "racier" though, I enjoyed it when I test-drove it.

In the end, they are two different cars, though. When Nissan puts a 400+hp engine in their car, then they can come back and try again with the comparo, until then, the GT is a ringer for the M3, just with a lot less refinement.

In the article they said if they are going all out on a track they will take the lighter more sophisticated Z. If they were a 30 something year old cruising the streets they will take the mustang

theDreamer · 10-09-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

I took it the opposite. Every test I have seen, the new mustang betters the 370Z on the track, both the twisty and the straight kind. The Z feels "racier" though, I enjoyed it when I test-drove it.

In the end, they are two different cars, though. When Nissan puts a 400+hp engine in their car, then they can come back and try again with the comparo, until then, the GT is a ringer for the M3, just with a lot less refinement.

They say it in the article:
"If we were going all out on a racetrack, we'd likely pick the lighter, more sophisticated Z."

Now I am not saying that is the right choice or a 'better' choice, but the article does clearly lean towards the idea that the Z in their minds is a better choice for those at the track, as the car stands in the article.

ImportConvert · 10-09-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

They say it in the article:
"If we were going all out on a racetrack, we'd likely pick the lighter, more sophisticated Z."

Now I am not saying that is the right choice or a 'better' choice, but the article does clearly lean towards the idea that the Z in their minds is a better choice for those at the track, as the car stands in the article.

Granted, I give you that. I would like to see the Z compared to the mustang on a shorter track, though. We know the GT wins in a straight line, but I am curious how it would do on a short track. Every test I have seen, the GT wins. I think they just like the "feel" of the cars in a different way in that article.

red6spd · 10-09-2010, 11:08 AM

what where the 0-60 and quarter times for both cars???????

CBRich · 10-09-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

I took it the opposite. Every test I have seen, the new mustang betters the 370Z on the track, both the twisty and the straight kind. The Z feels "racier" though, I enjoyed it when I test-drove it.

In the end, they are two different cars, though. When Nissan puts a 400+hp engine in their car, then they can come back and try again with the comparo, until then, the GT is a ringer for the M3, just with a lot less refinement.

Yeesh. This guy again.

I get it. They get it. The whole forum gets it. You want a Z with at least 400 hp.

Rui Z · 10-09-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRich

Yeesh. This guy again.

I get it. They get it. The whole forum gets it. You want a Z with at least 400 hp.

Haha I know. I guess he really wants to hammer the point into our heads that our 370Z is sloooooooowww.

nuTinmuch · 10-09-2010, 03:45 PM

This page will probably go ten pages.

Nothing of value will be said.

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