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Totally agreed, the only thing comparable is the price bracket.
Even so, I've got nothing but respect for what the rednecks did to the Mustang. The new V6 and V8 engines are excellent in terms of engineering, and they seem to have done a damn fine job on the handling - considering it has a live rear axle and it's hefty amount of body fat. If the same amount of engineering went into a car with less weight and a REAL performance rear suspension setup (ie independent multilink) the resulting car would be better in every possible way.
That being said, the Mustang STILL has a live rear axle and too much body fat, and it can never be as good as a FR car that excludes these things.
On an ultra smooth track it may not be too bad, but once you hit roads in real life that actually have some bumps/rough texture, that bumbly rear solid axle will start jittering and wobbling out of control, creating a jarring ride combined with very little grip. Such attributes will only be amplified by it's obese pig weight.
No thanks.
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