I can put my quick .02 in, don't have a lot of time right now but quickly; my last car before my 2010 GT was a 2008 M3, manual...
I know the 11 is a new animal but I don't think my 2010 would come close to the performance of the M.... that being said, don't misunderstand, the m3 was a rip off in my opinion. I paid 67k for mine and a year and a half later I got in the 37k range... ouch. the stang is just as much fun in reality as 99% of most peoples driving time is on the streets, not the track anyways and I didn't get to visit the track once in 35,000 miles of M driving.
Can you guys post a link to that article, I'd like to look at it.
the M was ridiculous in areas like handling, chasis/feel, brakes and 414 hp at 8400 RPM's was quite fun.
the price difference is insane, you could almost have 2 5.0's for the price of a new M