What is the S550?

[Trappen]

I picked pony car... however i feel it is a ponies bigger more mature cousin... Kind of how a Thoroughbred horse and a quarter horse are the same but different.

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[Sinister]

I can't believe "sports car" is leading the poll. Of the 4 choices that's the one thing the Mustang definitely isn't.

 

[e30og]

I think this car is like an Aston, less of a record shatter-er and more of a showy, grand tourer.

Then again the V6/Ecoboost models are lightyears ahead of anything else in the class and the GT is still one of the best performance bargains out on the market (if not the best), so its a tough call. I lean towards GT only because Mustangs are not super lightweight, purpose driven cars (and some of them have that badge ). They are far more practical than that.

While it is a pony car, these last models (especially the S550) are such great all-around performers they can school many more expensive things in a handling course. I feel they are a bit more evolved over a Ponycar, unless one wants to consider the ponycar itself fully evolved

 

[Norm Peterson]

I am utterly surprised at how emotional people get in this trivial topic. IMHO there is no right or wrong answer.

Nobody who has ever driven a Miata, Honda S2000, Datsun (1600, 2000) or any of the little mainly British and Italian "traditional" sports cars (MG (A, B, C, TC, TD, Midget), Austin-Healey (3000, Sprite), Fiat (124, 850), Alfa-Romeo (Spider), Lotus (Elan, Elite, Europa, 7), etc.) would ever categorize the Mustang as a "sports car", and people who haven't driven at least one of those cannot have a gut-level understanding of what a sports car is.

Stated differently, anybody who thinks that a Mustang has to have all sorts of comfort & convenience features and high-tech solutions to everything simply has no idea what a sports car is all about.


Norm

 

[DarkSubRosa]

^ This. I've owned two S2000's. I love my Mustang but it's not even remotely the same car as my old S2000's to be considered the same class of car.

 

[VTECSAUCE]

it'll be interesting to see who still thinks its a sports car when the gt350/350r comes out...while I will agree the mustang doesn't feel like a sports car, I'm confident the gt350 will do the job, if not then the gt350R.

 

[Slade]

Nobody who has ever driven a Miata, Honda S2000, Datsun (1600, 2000) or any of the little mainly British and Italian "traditional" sports cars (MG (A, B, C, TC, TD, Midget), Austin-Healey (3000, Sprite), Fiat (124, 850), Alfa-Romeo (Spider), Lotus (Elan, Elite, Europa, 7), etc.) would ever categorize the Mustang as a "sports car", and people who haven't driven at least one of those cannot have a gut-level understanding of what a sports car is.

Stated differently, anybody who thinks that a Mustang has to have all sorts of comfort & convenience features and high-tech solutions to everything simply has no idea what a sports car is all about.


Norm

Exactly....

And that's not a slam on the Mustang. Nothing wrong with being a spectacular Grand Tourer (IMHO).

 

[blkandgud]

It's a Mercedes Benz. Duh.

 

[jtmat]

I'd go with Pony car... MC... then GT...

SC reminds me of a small and light two seat car...

 

[VIN666]

Fusion coupe?

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