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Originally Posted by Speedy1975
The Challenger is not "sport" or "pony" anything. It's a big ass car. I think that's where everyone gets confused. I do agree on the point that they may be cross shopped. I did when I was looking for something fun to drive, but even I don't know why that is. My suspicion is that it's drilled in to us from the 1970s that these are direct competitors. Maybe back then they were more so, but definitely not today. I see them clearly as different tools for different jobs, like a hammer and a screw driver.
I replaced my 370Z with the Camaro because I felt they were more in the same class, but I don't see many compare the 370Z to the Mustang GT or Camaro SS, nor a GTR to the ZL1.
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I had actually narrowed my choice 10 years ago down to the Mustang gt and the 350z. Imo I think the only reason people cross shop 'pony' cars is because they inherently give the a lot of performance per buck... not because they're classified as 'pony' cars.
You can spend almost 30k on a loaded mazda 3, or you can cough up an extra 6k and buy a decently equipped gt. The value in pony cars definitely speak for themselves.