Congrats on the new car. I drove one and clutch feel aside, it's easily one of the best cars I've ever driven. It feels like a mustang but handles like a BMW. It's the car Ford should have made 10 years ago. If I can sell that black hole of a house I own back home I'd be in one tomorrow.
That is an incorrect statement. Mustang does not " handle" like a BMW.
Mof consider the following.
2016 Mustang GT 0-60
Congrats on the new car. I drove one and clutch feel aside, it's easily one of the best cars I've ever driven. It feels like a mustang but handles like a BMW. It's the car Ford should have made 10 years ago. If I can sell that black hole of a house I own back home I'd be in one tomorrow.
You just had to go and do that didn't you? Force me to prove to you the err in your ways.
The 2016 Mustang GT, despite being a great car is no BMW when it comes to handling. Simply reading Car and Driver or Road and Track will testify to that. The current S550 chassis sports a 54/46% front end weight bias. It was a review in one of those two magazines that stated that that 54 percentile front end weight resulted in a nose heavy plow into a corner that had to be corrected with gas pedal.
Trust me when I tell that I'm a Ford guy. I just happen to talk about BMW's all day long. So in that respect, I also know a little about those cars.
Despite stating that I'll probably lease an M2 when they become more available, the fact of the matter is that that will never happen. (they'll never become more available). The realistic objective for me is now a direct competitor for a Mustang GT BMW M 235.
Here is a little comparison for you: Mustang M235
MSRP......................................................................32,395..............................................44,195
Engine/ trans..........................................................5.0/6 speed man...............................3.0/8 speed auto
0-60...........................................................................4.6.....................................................4.6
1/4.............................................................................12.9..................................................13.2
60-0..........................................................................109'.................................................. 103'
Skidpad.................................................................... .93g.................................................. .96g
Mileage (combined)....................................................17.....................................................25.5
So,...you're looking and saying "Big deal, the Mustang is close enough that a good driver could make up the cornering difference."
And in a casual glance, I'd agree with you.
But......
That Mustang sits on Big-fat Pirelli P zero rubber.......
The M 235 is on squared 255 all season run flats.
It's all that......AND a bag of chips.