ORIGINAL: Albeeno
First of all I didn't author the article, did I? Secondly, whether you choose to accept it or not, the SRT8 was made to CHALLENGE the Mustang! Even the most basic of V8s, such as the GT. You've seen all the articles and hype that I have about there now being another contender in the muscle car wars, etc. Therefore, I'm really surprised by your lack of thoughtful, reasonably intelligent comebacks. Last and certainly not the least of which was this: "it was a comparison done by a bunch of guys who were probably drunk at the time and needed something to argue about."? You just keep tellin' yourself that...whatever gets you to sleep at night RLSH...
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I never said you were the one who authored it, so don't make arguments as though I did. Albeeno, I don't know why you struggle to understand this, but the top level Challenger does not compete against all levels of the Mustang, such a comparison is completely illogical. Based on your point here, that would be like trying to compare a V6 Mustang to a Challenger and the outcome will be exactly the same. The Challenger IS faster, but this version of the Mustang is cheaper and can be made as fast as a Challenger for less money than what the Challenger cost. Why is this? Because the SRT line is a limited edition run and was never intended to be a value fighter. What you do instead is compare the most similar models in price, in power, in performance, in options, etc. to each other, not which one will give the favored one a better bang for their buck.
The issue is the writers at Edmunds lack a professional approach to writing their articles, they instead like to rip off bad jokes from other writers. The fact of the matter is they are supposed to be performing an objective review comparing two cars as they want to be considered an official and objective source for reviews and all they do is yap on in an unprofessional manner in a way that I would expect to find on a forum not a so called "professional" outlet for news. When they make it as apparent that they favor one car over the other on an outlet like this, they are opening themselves up for criticism. When they rip off jokes from others without giving credit and call people who disagree with them "liars," they open themselves up for criticism. Also by comparing cars not by DRIVING them, but going on manufacturer stats, they open themselves up for criticism since they DON'T know how the two will actually do against each other.