Honestly I think the jury is still out on this. I will be surprised if the R/T doesn't match up pretty close or even slightly beat the mustang GT. I agree that if the GT ends up being faster, even slightly so, that looks kinda bad.

If it makes you feel any better even a current mustang GT still can't beat an LS1 camaro stock for stock. I saw one for sale, 2002 with 18K miles, for 14 grand here not long ago. If that was a manual then it was a damn good deal. Shame I don't really like the look of those cars much.