2003 Mustang Cobra vs S2000

[YogsVR4]

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity
Well if the GTO turns out well, then the days of musclecars may be comming back.

With the demise of the TA and Camero, it just wont ever be the same. Ford (and soon Chrysler) will have the only mid priced entries out there. The Vette is not to far off in price though













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[BlkCamaroSS]

Originally posted by YogsVR4


With the demise of the TA and Camero, it just wont ever be the same. Ford (and soon Chrysler) will have the only mid priced entries out there. The Vette is not to far off in price though

Yeah, with the base 03 Cobras clocking in somewhere around $34K I think it was, and the well equipped ones going for much higher, they're definately approaching Vette territory. Not new Z06 price range, but certainly used Z06's and new base models.

[DeViL]

That Holden car, the windows almost look shaped like a Mustang. The whole body reminds me of a Mustang, just rounded off a lot.

Yeah I'm surprised we haven't heard much ranting about that here about cost like there always is. "Why buy a Z06 Vette for around 50k with 405 when you can buy a 03 Cobra for around 34k and 390 hp."

For future references I'd like to say this. It costs that much because, its a Corvette. Shakespeare said something like "Whats in a name?" right. Whats in a name, a price thats what. A Mustang regardless whether its a Cobra, GT, or a V6, is most likely always going to cost less even with more power because its just another muscle car. It always has been like that, in the 60's up to today.

[BlkCamaroSS]

Nothing says "heritage" like forkin' over more money...

[MadZ]

Originally posted by DeViL
Yeah I'm surprised we haven't heard much ranting about that here about cost like there always is. "Why buy a Z06 Vette for around 50k with 405 when you can buy a 03 Cobra for around 34k and 390 hp."

For future references I'd like to say this. It costs that much because, its a Corvette. Shakespeare said something like "Whats in a name?" right. Whats in a name, a price thats what. A Mustang regardless whether its a Cobra, GT, or a V6, is most likely always going to cost less even with more power because its just another muscle car. It always has been like that, in the 60's up to today.

Very true, but you are also paying for a better looking car when you buy the vette, and there's the whole status symbol thing. The Cobra is cool and all, but when you get right to it, it's still off of the mustang platform. The vette is a car of it's own. Yall see what I'm gettin' at? But yes, you hit the nail on the head with the point that the "Corvette" nameplate jacking up the price as well. I've been restoring a '72 vette for the past few years and you wouldn't believe how much more the vendors charge for an ordinary part just because it's for a Corvette, it's insane.

[DeViL]

May my post be pasted to any Ford idiot who decides to make a comment of price between a Z06 or even a regular C5 vs the price of a 03 Cobra.:greenchai

[94svt5.0]

The cobra is by far the best dollar per hp buy! The corvette is all about a name.

[BlkCamaroSS]

Originally posted by 94svt5.0
The cobra is by far the best dollar per hp buy! The corvette is all about a name.

Correction, the cobra is NOW the best dollar per hp buy. Corvette has been all about the name since its creation, though I still want an LS6...

[94svt5.0]

The context of the thead is 2003 cobra( read heading) No need for "correction"

[BlkCamaroSS]

I said correction earlier to leave no doubt that the earlier Cobras are not the 03 Cobra.

Also, I had forgotten the heading to this thread, so I did not recall what was being compared. At this point I don't even look at all of the threads names when I get all those emails with updates for threads...

Hard to keep up sometimes

[chad174]

ok well a friend of mine that lives in michigan says that he dynoed his '03 cobra and he put down 387 horses to the wheels. and he is completely stock...figure in a 15% drivetrain loss, and thats about 415-420 horses? so thats pretty mean...not to mention i bet with i/h/e and a new pulley, those things hit 500 horses.

[DeViL]

I doubt you're going to boost up to 500 hp from just a few things like that.

[R1-rider]

Silly Ford fanboy's. There is a reason why the Corvette costs alot, and it is not simply because of a name. The Corvette has so much more at work then a Cobra. The Z06 even makes the Viper look like a neanderthal in car evolvement comparisons. The Vette is a perfect balance in track and straightline performance thne you could ask for, as well as everyday driveability (gotta love those fords 97dbs). And while you are now saying that the 03 Cobra is the best BHP/price blah blah bullshit, you are now falling into the ricer category and just changing liter to price. So if you can afford a Z06, more power to you, but if you can only afford a 03 Cobra, then too bad but you still have a nice car, just not as nice as a Vette. So next time you see a Koenigsigg CC, are you going to laugh at him because he spent a couple hundred thousand dollars on his car, and only is getting some 700 horses? While you are gettin galmsot 400 and 30 grand? My point exactly, stop comparing price tags because it is all relative to the individual budget.

And btw, there is a reason why the Vette and the Viper are in T1 for SCCA events while Mustangs, Camaros, and Transarms are in T2. The Corvette is in a whole other league then a Mustang, even as fast as it may be.

BTW, anybody at Mid Ohio outside Mansfield this last weekend for the season runoffs? I was there usually in turn 7, or on the hill at the keyhole.

[joebowlr21]

WOW!...........i only hear silence after that post......i wonder why???

[MadZ]

Originally posted by R1-rider
So next time you see a Koenigsigg CC, are you going to laugh at him because he spent a couple hundred thousand dollars on his car, and only is getting some 700 horses? While you are gettin galmsot 400 and 30 grand? My point exactly, stop comparing price tags because it is all relative to the individual budget.

wow... nicely put. Hell, I could supercharge my car and be making more power than the Z06, but I would take the Z06 over my supercharged Z any day.