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Originally Posted by clayrush
Good cars and mustang should not be in the same sentence  nor should Hyundai for that matter.
But i am a fanboy i guess, and i am glad my GF is gonna buy this car instead of a GTI |
You can say that about Mustangs until the latest revision, they ARE good cars now all around. Interior/Exterior quality, performance per dollar, etc, is a good car and a good value. That stigma has been dead for a couple years now. The V6 is a good car, the GT is a performance bargain (it stacks up well against BMW 3-series), and the Boss is a steal for it's performance on the track.
Hyundai has also come a long way, just like like Kia. In fact, Kia and Hyundai's progression is that of Toyota and Honda in their glory days of the 90's.
To those who say "you just can't see the value in this car's performance", wrong. It's priced far too high for what you get. 200hp is nothing to write home about, and I want to see test numbers and road course/track times on it to see what it's really capable of first. I'm sure it feels great, and I'm all for that, but right now I'm edging on that it's not up to what it's be heralded to ultimately handling wise. That said, I'm sure a proper suspension and tire set up would net some impressive numbers, even the Hotchkis Celica kit yielded that with the 7th gen, but the point is that you have to tack on another 3k+ for said parts on top of an entry level $25k car. And that's not including the typical basic power bolt-ons and tuning even. But one has to learn be happy with what you want, and good luck to all those that buy and are happy with the FR-S/BRZ.