Supercharged Twins vs ecoboost mustang
 

What are your thoughts?

Power to weight ratio. Problem solved.

Would pick the Mustang.

Reliability, warranty, bros. Everything the twins can't give when boosted. Except bros. You'll get lots of bros who will want to kick it and smoke vapes with you.

What more could you want out of a car?

Twins, because any mustang that's not a v8 isn't a mustang. *Laughs in Merican*

My thoughts (having not driven the Mustang) would be;

Do you prefer light weight, better handling and "race car" or;
Bigger power and torque, but also heavier (aka worse handling) and "muscle car".

Looks are always subjective, and while I like both... I do prefer the smooth, sexy lines of the twins over the muscle car.

Depends on if you're like Vin Diesel or Paul Walker [RIP]

My thoughts? You should never buy a mustang without anything less than a V8

I just thought it was an even comparison. I have a supercharged twin. The mustang just got released here in AUS. They're selling out so fast you cant even test drive them.

Price wise i've bought and supercharged my gt86 for around $31k AUD (new exhaust, retune and engineering certificate included) where the ecoboost costs $51k after taxes.
I was just interested to see how they would compare, both being 4-pots.

haha, well my mrs thinks Im more suited to the mustang. Theres just the small problem of it starting at $51k here.

Different strokes but I will say the Ecoboost has one hell of an engine, and plenty of room for more power.

Twins just because I like the way they look more than the Mustang.

until you run out of fueling, my only gripe with direct injection.

That's fair. In Canada, the ecoboost starts at 28k I think. A much fairer comparison.

The Mustang is only viable as comparison in North America evrywhere else they are way to expensive for what they are.. And in the price range of alot More fast and prestigious cars. You would Be paying almost 50k for a car originally worth around 25k?

20k difference? Easy choice.
How much is the Focus RS going to be over there? I'd look into that.
Or drop a v8 in the 86 for 20k.

Just checked! 55-60k for the new focus RS! Thats mustang v8 money.
Dollar for dollar (from what ive spent) here in AUS, i know a supercharged gt86 is better value compared to an ecoboost stang. I was just trying to get an idea of how they compare performance wise.

performance wise-both are quick cars. Mustang ecoboost has torque the 86 supercharged doesn't.

Haven't driven the ecoboost but have driven the V8 and thoughts are the Mustang is a quick car and a tad faster than my 86 but man can you feel the weight of it in corners and overall handling in comparison.

If doing alot of long distance cruising then the Mustang would be a good choice but for fun factor the 86 is very hard to beat.

Got back into my 86 and had no regrets buying it and spending the extra $ to make it go and ride/handle really well etc

Like the look of both but prefer the 86 when lowered with better wheels/tires .

Model: 2016 Ford Mustang
Curb weight: 3,532 lbs

I would hope that they can fit in some extra torque to go with the extra 800 pounds of car.

Oh it more than makes up for it

If I was going to buy a mustang it would either be an ecoboost or the GT350. But I'm not because they are still too big and too heavy. Nice car though.