[RobbyBeefcake87]

Originally Posted by BlaqWhole

I guess I'll just never understand the mentality of buying something that performs less but costs more. I could see if the R was much cheaper or offered luxury components/options that are not available in the GT500 or was a different model. Like let's say the R was $60K and the GT500 is $74K I could see how someone who can afford both might be attracted to the R. Or in the case of cars like a Vette vs a Camaro I could see someone being attracted to a Vette over a ZL1. But the GT350R and the GT500 are both Mustangs. If the SRT8 was the same price as a Hellcat or the Hellcat was the same price as the Redeye or a Nismo 370Z priced the same as a GTR then why would anyone pick the slower of the two? At the same price, and if both are on the lot at the same time, I don't see how or why anyone would walk past a GT500 and choose the R. Regardless of trans or higher revving engines. The performance difference between those two cars are significant. The gap is too wide.

If someone can honestly say they would walk past the GT500 and buy the more expensive R and truly be happy with that decision, then damned if I know anything. And it baffles me that a company can offer a car that is slower in everything while costing more and people buy it. I have not seen that attitude with any other car. Now what I think is that people just say they prefer the R because deep down inside they know the GT500 is pretty much unattainable. Or they know they won't get it at a decent price. And what I also don't understand is how come out of all the people talking GT500 nobody is actually buying one. LostM claimed he was buying one but I think he was FOS. Even if he was telling the truth that is just one person. So I don't get it and I probably never will.

Get a gt350 instead of the R and you can get it for considerably less than gt500 money.

What if someone is a mustang fan, loves the way they look, feel, and sound but wants a more connected visceral manual car experience? The 350/350R is obviously the way to go for them. If I was a ford loyalist it'd be gt350 or pp2 for me and no other way about it. Those are the best options offered for people with those preferences, and for a brand loyalist the thought of a better performing camaro for the money wouldn't sway their decision anyways. Might not be the most logical but personal preferances weight heavily in sports car buying decisions.

I think you might be right though as far as non enthusiasts and most people now days go though, most can't drive for shit and want/need an automatic as well as the car that wins the dick measuring contest on paper, so if given the choice between the way faster car for 75k vs a slower one for 73k the choice is easy. Throw Adm's in there and the gt350s attractiveness goes up though.