Official '11 Mustang GT vs 370z Thread

[370Z_Fan]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

The mustang betters or equals the 370Z in every performance category.

Either you like this, and the mustang's styling, or the Z's styling, etc. is enough to overcome this for you.

At least, that's how I see it.

Hate to wake you up from your dream but in almost every instrumented testings, aka magazine tests, the Z consistently outgrips, outhandles, and outbrakes the 5.0 GT. The only thing the 5.0 GT has on the Z is straight line acceleration, that's not a surprise here considering the 5.0 GT has a large V8.

[b1adesofcha0s]

Originally Posted by 370Z_Fan

Hate to wake you up from your dream but in almost every instrumented testings, aka magazine tests, the Z consistently outgrips, outhandles, and outbrakes the 5.0 GT. The only thing the 5.0 GT has on the Z is straight line acceleration, that's not a surprise here considering the 5.0 GT has a large V8.

Was this a direct comparison between the two you're talking about? I haven't seen one yet, but if you can give a link to one that would be great. I think that huge power difference alone would be enough for the 5.0 to beat the Z around a track though. In tighter autoX courses it might be a different story. The 5.0 GT is currently at/near M3 (best bang for buck supercar under $100k ) performance level and I don't think the Z is quite there.

[ImportConvert]

Originally Posted by 370Z_Fan

Hate to wake you up from your dream but in almost every instrumented testings, aka magazine tests, the Z consistently outgrips, outhandles, and outbrakes the 5.0 GT. The only thing the 5.0 GT has on the Z is straight line acceleration, that's not a surprise here considering the 5.0 GT has a large V8.

Not that I have seen. They are very close. The Z might have a tiny edge over the GT on paper, but it's very minimal.

Here is an example:

http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezfl...61a7a3bb51.pdf

vs.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...take_road_test

The 370Z pulled .04g more and stopped from 70mph in 2 feet less.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/var/ezfl...06745e8d34.pdf

http://www.roadandtrack.com/var/ezfl...a75bba7421.pdf

Again, VERY close outcomes. The Z handles the slalom only 1.4mph quicker, and the GT out-brakes it from 60 barely, but the Z wins from 80, barely. The GT threw down some dismal skidpad numbers here, though.

In the end, the 370Z MIGHT be a LITTLE more nimble, but it's a lot less powerful.