The new king of bang-for-buck: Mustang GT vs. SRT-4

[nbr1nthuzyst]

I like the mustangs, but a major problem is, is that in a couple years you will see them everywhere... I love the SRT-4, but then again preformance, RWD, Looks, etc all pull me towards the GT

[youngvr4]

first i'd take the mustang over the srt-4 anyday

second with comparing the Z and gt, well the Z handles a little better and the gt is a little faster. evens things out pretty good i think.

i'd wrather have rwd than fwd, i think many people simply can't handle a rwd car and think that it can't handle very well. half the people on this board if you turned off the t/c on a vette and put some guys in it, they would probably think that it can't handle very well, simply because they can't drive very well.

[kman10587]

but i agree, i do not like the styling of either car. even if i had the money, i wouldnt buy either car. too many cars out there for me to settle on a car i think is ugly. you know what i mean...and yeah, price is the only huge difference seperating the 2 cars. well the GT has more than 40 ft-lbs of more torque, but the Z makes up for it buy holding onto its gears a little longer. overall, a good comparison, and i cant wait to see the results.

Yeah, I can't wait for that match-up. I've always thought of the Fairlady Z as Japan's Mustang: a cultural icon with distinctive styling, instant name recognition, and cheap performance. And, like the Mustang, it ushered in a new era of performance vehicles from its country.

And yeah, if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't buy either of those, I'd buy a 5-speed WRX sedan.

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by kman10587

Yeah, I can't wait for that match-up. I've always thought of the Fairlady Z as Japan's Mustang: a cultural icon with distinctive styling, instant name recognition, and cheap performance. And, like the Mustang, it ushered in a new era of performance vehicles from its country.

And yeah, if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't buy either of those, I'd buy a 5-speed WRX sedan.

yeah, the Fairlady Z was cheap performance until 1990 when they introduce the z32. for some reason nissan upped the anty to almost $50k i believe in 1990 for the z32TT. hence its life coming to an end in 1996, here in the US, with sales suffering every year. i think like 17k were sole in 1990 and that was the most out each year. crazy...

i think if i was looking for a new car, i would get a scion TC w/ TRD supercharger and put the extra cash towards my z32...

[kman10587]

yeah, the Fairlady Z was cheap performance until 1990 when they introduce the z32. for some reason nissan upped the anty to almost $50k i believe in 1990 for the z32TT. hence its life coming to an end in 1996, here in the US, with sales suffering every year. i think like 17k were sole in 1990 and that was the most out each year. crazy...

To be fair, that price was pumped up by a very strong yen at the time. Also, didn't the Z32's price drop later on during its life cycle? I know the Supra's did. But yes, Nissan definitely did move the Fairlady Z from affordable RWD sports coupe to not-so-affordable luxurious sports car, and it was a bad move. The new Z is right back where it should be: under 30K and under 14 seconds.

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by kman10587

To be fair, that price was pumped up by a very strong yen at the time. Also, didn't the Z32's price drop later on during its life cycle? I know the Supra's did. But yes, Nissan definitely did move the Fairlady Z from affordable RWD sports coupe to not-so-affordable luxurious sports car, and it was a bad move. The new Z is right back where it should be: under 30K and under 14 seconds.

the price may have dropped a few grand but nothing remarkable. still a rather unaffordable car of the time. well worth the money but way too new and technolgically advanced for us "old-fashioned" americans in the 1990's. they took a stab in the dark by sending the Z32 over here and they failed in sales, but they didnt fail totally. you have to remember that this car forced other car manufactures to go to the drawing boards and create soemthing better or just as good. hence the supra, 3000gt, and FD3S.

yes, nissan did not want to make that mistake over again when they created the new Z. which now has built nissan a very nice money stack so now they can take another stab in the dark with the new GTR...hopefully the US will take kindly to this one.

[kman10587]

they took a stab in the dark by sending the Z32 over here and they failed in sales, but they didnt fail totally. you have to remember that this car forced other car manufactures to go to the drawing boards and create soemthing better or just as good. hence the supra, 3000gt, and FD3S.

It gave the Corvette a good scare, too.