Sports Car Net

Are you as impressed as we are?

Motor Trend did an unusual comparison a bit ago. They pitted the new 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 up against the reference for “pony cars”, the 2011 BMW M3. A bit of a “David versus Goliath” if you ask me. Or was it? The Mustang actually handed it to the German in almost every category. And if you ask us, the one category in this head to head is that is not an apples to apples deal is the price. You can literally pick up an extra Mustang for your wife for the cost of one M3!

So really, the test should be the 2011 Mustang Shelby GT500 up against the M3. Or better yet, the Mustang GT against the BMW 330i.

Read the Motor Trend article and let us know what you think.

We really think this is an apples to oranges kinda situation.  AWD car fitted with ultra-sticky tires vs. a RWD car with standard street tires?  Not to mention if this is a proper drag race, shouldn’t it be on a surface prepped track?  Shouldn’t the driver of the super snake have warmed up the tires?  Hmmph.