not quite. its obvious you don't have a clue to what i was getting at. See finished chart below. besides the shelby stang gt is $32k + or - option pending. About the same as a base sti. I paid about 34k for mine. Again its a better car for the same money. Have you ever rode in one? Or dove one? they are pretty sweet. plus it has 9 different fron't to rear differential settings, 3 fuel settings if you want to save on gas. I've gotten as good as 28.8mpg on the "I" or economy mode.
rx-8 248hp 1.3l = 190hp per liter
s2000 237hp 2.2l = about 108hp per liter
sti 305hp 2.5l = 122hp per liter
shelby gt about 320hp 4.6 = almost 70hp per liter
in this case the mazda has the advantagebut most people know it really isn't as fast as the others. If I were the guy who was looking and wanted a "throwback" type car I'd just wait for the new camaro. or say fuggit and get what his neighbor has. Just not the stang. Or just get a body kit that stands out.
I knew exactly what you we're getting at. A turbo subsatantially boost hp/liter which makes the comparison of a turbo engine vs a NA engine lame and invalid.
A naturally aspirated S2000 making 108hp/liter is more impressive than any turbo engine that makes more than 108 hp/liter. You can boost an STI to 450hp with relative ease, but the 180+HP per liter doesn't really matter. An NA piston engine will never make that kind of power without extreme compression, extremely agressive high RPM cams and race gas. Unreliable and not street legal.
An M5 only makes 101 hp per liter, but makes 507 HP. It is a much more impressive engineering feat than anything sibaru, mazda, ford(lol), has ever made. It ranks up at the very pinnacle of production car engineering. Just because it's hp/liter is less than another car hardly qualifies any type of car as "better" than another.
Your original argument of 2.5l turbo 300hp vs 4.6l NA 300hp is an invalid argument when trying to establish "better". It makes no difference in the superiority of he car.
Yes, I have driven a few. My friends '06 STI several times, i even raced it for him at an autocross event and took 4th place. Fucking lotus exige raped everyone. Though I have to take it out again, he just put on alarger turbo, FMIC, internal upgrades etc. I'm not sure exactly what he's done with it, but it dynoed at 411awhp. It is going to be wild!
And an '06 at the dealership a couple times when searching for another car when i bought the stang. It is awesome. Fast, and handles mazing. They are great cars. I don't think they suck in any aspect in the least.
I personally think the mustang is a more attractive looking car than a 4-door eco-looking car with a 5" tall hoodscoop and 2 foot wing, or a 4 door hatchback like the new ones. But, that comes down to personal taste. Plus, the mustang has that muscle car sound that is only bettered by exotics. 4 cylinder = rice. Though, the boxer engine does produce a unique sound that is likable and tougher sounding than a typical I-4. Not like a bees nest stuck in the tailpipe like a civic lol.
Though, a BOV "PSSSHHHH!!!!" is pretty sweet too.
Mustangs get more pussy from what I've seen lololololo just playin. Chicks are shallow, lol.
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