If you've been navigating your way through a sportscar purchase on the US market, you might be familiar with a path that leads one for a Honda S2000 , through the E92 incarnation of the BMW M3 and to the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350. And we're here to talk about how such a change feels, from the perspective of an aficionado who reportedly followed the said route.
We're talking about Redditor i_seen, who recently went online to talk about the switch from the Bavarian athlete to the slab of America.
Having recently traded in his M3 for a GT350, the driver took to one of his favorite playgrounds, namely Angeles Crest Highway.
The conclusion? "This [the handling] is the part that's blowing my mind, a Mustang that runs circles around M3's in the corners,"
However, a truly accurate comparo came when the man hit the track. Having lapped the Buttonwillow Raceway in his V8 Bimmer on multiple occasions, the guy returned armed with a Shelby Mustang.
And he was amazed at how well Dave Pericak (former Mustang chief engineer and current head of Ford Performance) and his team had done their job.
"Extremely neutral in all situations, rotates nicely with some lift-off oversteer, only understeers when you've overcooked it, and puts the power down beautifully. The way you can steer with the throttle coming out of a corner is fantastic, applying power actually increases rear grip and tightens your line. It pivots very nicely around the rear axle on-throttle and it's extremely linear/easy to recover when you lose it. The M3 had a significant understeer bias so I'm enjoying this much more," the gearhead explains.
And you can get a sample of what the driver experienced in the piece of footage below, which offers a respectable comparo involving the kind of track giggles these naturally aspirated V8 heroes can offer.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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