Exactly,... gearing.
I will tell you though, that in normal highway driving in hilly San Antonio @ 75mph, I get about 22-23mpg in my GT500. I couldn't care less about fuel economy for that car, though, and neither does the car itself. :cool:
But I digress, fuel economy (and GT500's) is...
So you're comparing the city rating of the 5.0 Mustang to the "sometimes" highway ability of the C7 Corvette? In that case, my '07 GT500 can get 63 MPG. I'm not gonna say how or when I've achieved that, but I achieved it.
And as far as winning the horsepower wars, if you're talking about...
I have an '07 GT500 as well. IMO, they're two totally different beasts. If you really do love the stump pulling low end torque of the GT500, you'll probably miss it. The GT500 is a big, brutish, Grand Tour'er whereas the GT350 is going to be more of a precision sports car. It's like going into...