66yellowstingray

Don't know if you guys watch the car review show Motorweek but this week they tested the 2011 Mustang GT manual.

It went 0-60 4.7, 1/4 mile 13.0. Starts at $30,995 for coupe and $35,995 for convert.

As an LS2 with just a Callaway Honker, I need to start upgrading.....

obxchartercaptain

No matter what they do....it will still be a Mustang.

Chrisbert

I'm all about my Corvette, but as someone who acquired many shares of Ford stock below $2 I'm happy to see this car in their lineup.

Tom's_03SVT

glad to see Ford is still mixing things up...the Camaro boys finally have some serious competition.

stockticker

I wouldnt mind having a blacked out '11 stang and ship it to Shelby for "power adders" under warranty

Red Rochester

Some people cannot get over this Mustang thing .Hey there two different cars and not to be compared

NYC6

Motorweek usually has slower 1/4 mile and 0-60 times than other testers.

Fp8950

Try to get it through the twisties in one piece. Then compare it to the vette. I've owned 8 mustangs, and the mustang (even the cobra) can not hold a flame to the C6. The mustang (or cobra) can not do ONE thing better than the corvette.

I don't even know how this could be debated as competition.

Jimbeaux

What did they have to say about cornering and gas mileage?

chimazo

Try to fit a kid or a dog in the back seat of a Corvette.

stockticker

its easy to say a mustang cannot out handle a vette, but this one is lightweight (albeit 10lbs heavier than the base GT), more power, and the performance packages you can get with them make it seem attractive

id be willing to bet this mustang would give a stock ls3 vette a run for its money 0-60, 1/4th, and on the track with a simple tire change. im going to wait until they hit the dealer, because i want to test drive one to see what all the fuss is really about

Fp8950

1. I have no kids nor a pet
2. I have two cars
3. Extra seats add weight

Fp8950

not a chance. I owned an 03 cobra. The cobra could not accelerate as hard or as fast as the vette and would need at minimum a pulley and tune just to keep up. And it could not handle anything near comparison to the vette.

My friend has a heavily modded Mach. And he can not keep up in a straight line or the twisties.

It's apples to oranges.

JERGENSEN LS3

Sounds like the 5.0 Mustang is going to be alot of bang for the Buck.

Silverspeed

You really think this car will give an ls3 vette a run for it's money?
I hope your occupation isn't as a gambler.

ALVETTE00

Can someone tell me how this is possible...

A car with less power and weighs 500 pounds more can trap the same speed as an LS3 vette???

Either Ford is paying off the testers or the power is WAY underrated.

cfl70

i must say the 2011 cobra is hot

Silverspeed

How is it trapping the same? Every stock test I've seen shows an approx. 110 trap for the Mustang. That's hardly the same.

ALVETTE00

Your reply is stated as if I'm making it up.

Source: Motorweek Website:
ENGINE: 5.0-liter V8

HORSEPOWER: 412

TORQUE: 390 lb feet

0-60 mph: 4.7 seconds

1/4 mile: 13.0 seconds @ 116 mph

http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt2936b.shtml

Silverspeed

You got me , I didn't read the results of that test, figured it was one already posted. I'll go on record and state that is the highest trap speed you'll ever see in a stock GT. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a typo, or bad equipment.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t_numbers.html

http://www.edmunds.com/ford/mustang/2011/testdrive.html

I've seen others with it trapping the same as the articles I've quoted, but am not going to search for them.

I'll also go on record as stating when the youtube videos start popping up, an LS3 vette will easily walk a GT. I bet even an LS2 will pull on it.