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Originally Posted by Maxim
Exactly. Yeah, a base mustang V6 is about 23k out the door, and the base Scion is probably going to cost the same. But there is more standard stuff being offered, even on the Scion. Performance seats, good audio, every performance option standard. The V6 mustang, without the performance package, is extremely spartan...it's not very nice at all. Yeah it's quicker (NOT faster) but that's the only advantage it has in base form. In loaded form it's far more expensive and only marginally nicer inside.
Very few base mustangs are sold. It's difficult to find an example at dealers that's not optioned to the gills....that goes for V6 and V8 versions. I've shopped around for them a lot, as it's the car I was considering most other than the BRZ. To get the performance suspension, brembo brakes, performance tires, decent stereo, performance rear end, and the same interior options that come standard on the BRZ Limited, you're looking at 37k for the mustang GT and about 30k for the V6.
The V6 mustang is quicker than the BRZ, but it's actually not faster...it's limited to 118mph. One of the cost-cutting measures Ford used on the V6 mustang is a lower-spec drive shaft. If you take the limiter off the V6 Stang, the driveshaft will literally rip itself to pieces at anything over about 125mph. I have no doubt whatsoever that when a magazine does a comparison between equally priced V6 mustang and BRZ Limited, the BRZ will win every category other than interior room and acceleration.
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The V6 with the performance package is the only Mustang V6 I would ever even consider driving. I had a dealership out here agree to sell me one for 25.8 OTD back when I had a temporary bout of stupidity and was going to settle for the V6 instead of the V8. For 26K OTD, that is a pretty fun little package...if you can live with the chintzy interior.
As for a GT having the options that most people (I should have said enthusiasts) want, I was given a final OTD price of 32.5K
for a 5.0 with the 3.55 gears and some other random stuff). I don't care for stuff like HID's, and the spruced up interior trim and stereo bits. If you want all the goodies, you will get up to 38-39K pretty easily.
But this thread is about the RX-8 (a great handler that I wish had a bit more power), so I don't want to take away from it.