RE: What Gas and the Economy has done to the GT500
With all of the debate I thought I would add to it. My wife has an 06 Mustang GT and I keep after her to move up to the GT500. She really doesnt like it at all. We had the opportunity to take one for a ride and she wasnt impressed. You could have talked me into it in a heartbeart however. I like the styling of the car. Back in the day I owned a GT350H and really liked that car. Now, however I would not take one over a Challenger, not in a million years. Having seen both cars up close (and driven the GT500 and soon my 09 Challenger) the styling, look, overall WOW factor goes straight to the Challenger. Yes the GT500 has 500 hp, big deal, a supercharger. Put a blower on the Challenger and really test the cars equally. Say its not fair having to add to the Challenger? Well they had to add a blower to the GT500 to get it to make that 500 hp. Only fair to play on an even field. I would certainly think that with this "fair" run..the snake will be working hard to play catch up. My opinion.
BTW, my challenger, too darn sweet in black and I am sure that the Silver would be off the hook, but IMHO a Hemi orange coating would make things way smoking hot!