Quote:I'm well aware of what American muscle cars means. Standing quarter miles, racing between the lights and all that is fine. I can even accept some reduction in handling performance in exchange for extra straight line speed. And if I money wouldn't be an issue the Mustang GT500 would be sitting right next to the Ferrari 458 and the Aston Martin in my garage.

 

But the first thing I would do to that Mustang is rip out the suspension and replace with a modern system because I can not fathom the mind of an engineer who puts 500hp in car and relies on a live rear axle to put that power on the road. It reeks of a job half finished. And it carries through to the rest of the car as well; the engine may put out a lot of raw power but initially it was a cast iron block instead of the milled aluminium used by any other competent car manufacturer, the suspension I already covered and the interior is made from the same type of cheap plastic you'd find in a $6,000 Kia. Sure, they fixed most of those issues in the latest models but they fixed them 5 years late.

 

Just as an example; Jeremy Clarkson rode a GT500 from London to Milan not too long ago and as he said at the time, modern cars have no problem doing highway speeds while still being comfortable. you can easily drive a modern car on the Interstate for a few hours and come out no more tired then you would working at a desk for the same amount of time. The Mustang by comparison wears you out, there's simply too much noise and too much vibration.