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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
I wouldn't put too much faith into the DSport article. They have quite a notorious slant. If they are going to compare the 370 to the 5.0, the 370 will win regardless.
The C&D article is much more objective and the testing data is interesting. For instance, the Mustang actually had the lowest body roll angle of all of the cars tested. The Miata had the highest.
Also, regarding losing time in the corners, the Mustang and 370Z had the exact same lap time with the straightaways removed at 63.3 seconds each.
For all intents and purposes, the cars are dead even stock-vs-stock in the corners, which supports everything I can tell after having spent quite a bit of time with both cars.
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If you look at the individual corner times, the Z beat the Stang in every corner except one, and by very slim margins. The sections of track without straights had some acceleration space, so that's where the Stang was able to even the test out.
That said, the Stang is dead even with the Z in handling in practically every objective measure and real world application. It wasn't faster through most corners, but it wasn't like it was even a half second behind in any of them either. It will outhandle most cars available for purchase, and that's in stock form.